Installation of Discoverer

Oracle Discoverer is a dying Business Intelligence tool. Recently I ran into the following
error when I was installing Oracle BI Discoverer Desktop and Discoverer Administrator
11.1.1.3.0 software to my PC. My PC runs Windows 7 on 64 bit.

Discoverer Desktop Edition and Administrator Edition are 32 bit applications.

Error:
ERROR: The shiphome you are trying to install is not the proper shiphome for the
current platform.
The shiphome is for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) platform.
Try downloading the appropriate shiphome for current platform or contact Oracle
Support.

Solution:
Below is a workaround to install and run this application on a Windows 64-bit
workstation. Please do note that this doesn't make Discoverer certified on 64 bit
platforms.
a) Launch the installer using setup.exe from directory ->
\Disk1\install\win32\setup.exe instead of \Disk1\setup.exe

b) After install, right-click the Oracle Discoverer Administrator and Desktop

executables (\ora_home\bin\dis51adm.exe and \ora_home\bin\dis51usr.exe) and
select Properties -> Compatibility, enable "Run this program in compatibility
mode" property and set its value to "Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

Step1: Install the discoverer by using the DVD, it will create two folders at c:\orant.
a) BIN
b) DISCVR4
Step2: Rename these above two folders with specific names and copy the same folders
from other DVD and paste at same place.

Step3: Copy oracle_prod, prod, prod_prod files at c:\orant\SECURE.

Step4: After installation, go to Oracle Discoverer Desktop - Tools -Options

Connection and make the entry like below
Select the Radio button Connect to applications EULS
Gateway ID: applsyspub/pub
FNDNAM: apps.

Step5: Copy the TNSNAMES.ORA AND SQLNET.ORA files

at c:\orant\net80\admin path.

Step6: Make the entries at My ComputerProperties-AdvancedEnvironment

Variables
Click on Add
Variable Name: FND_TOP and Variable Value: c:\orant
Variable Name: FND_SECURE and Variable Value: c:\orant\secure.