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Run the CA Business Intelligence Installer

Important! If you are installing on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, ensure that the Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB925336) is installed on your computer before beginning the CA Business Intelligence installation.

Also, if you are installing on Windows XP, ensure that you have prepared the computer with the workaround provided by Microsoft (under the Workaround section).

To run the CA Business Intelligence installer

1. If you are installing from a DVD and the Windows Autoplay setting is enabled, the installer will start automatically. If Autoplay is not enabled, or you are installing from a hard drive, run cabiinstall.exe from the root directory of the CA Business Intelligence DVD.

   Note: If CA Business Intelligence detects that BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x is already installed on the computer, an error message displays. Click OK to exit the program. The installer program does not continue if it finds a preexisting version of a non-CA Technologies version of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x.

   The Please Choose Setup Language screen displays.

2. Choose the language as English, then click OK.
3. Click Next at the Introduction screen.
4. Accept the CA Technologies License Agreement, then click Next.
5. Click Yes to install the CA Technologies report templates, then click Next.
6. If you want to save the CA Business Intelligence response file, click Yes.

   Enter the response file name and the directory where the response file should be created, then click Next.

   Note: The default locations are:

   • For windows 32bit computers: C:\Program Files\CA\SC\CommonReporting3
   • For x64 computers: C:\Program Files X(86)\CA\SC\CommonReporting3
7. Click Install at the Review Settings screen.

   The CA Business Intelligence installation wizard begins.

8. At the CA Business Intelligence installation wizard welcome screen, click Next to proceed with the installation.
9. Accept the BusinessObjects Enterprise License Agreement, then click OK.

   The Choose Language Packs screen displays.