Setting Up Your Training Environment

In order to complete Oracle Enterprise Data Quality training you will need a training environment. You have two options:

Option 1: Use the Pre-built Virtual Machine for Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12.2.1

The Pre-built Virtual Machine for Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12.2.1, known as EDQ-12.2.1-Trn, includes:

A pre-installed version of EDQ 12.2.1.0.0 with the Customer Data Services Pack (CDS) and the Customer Data Extension Pack (CDEP) installed.
Oracle Watchlist Screening (OWS) release 11.1.1.7.3.
The EDQ Address Verification Server release 15.3. (Note that, to reduce the footprint, the Address Verification Global Knowledge Repository, which consists of the data files that AV requires to process addresses, is not included.)
An Oracle database that you can use during the training.

You will need to install Oracle Virtual Box on your computer, download and start the training virtual machine, and configure a shared folder. Please note that the virtual machine requires a host machine with a minimum of 8GB memory installed, and that 16GB is recommended. Your host computer must also have an up-to-date Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. Click here for instructions about how to download and install the EDQ-12.2.1-Trn Virtual Machine.

Option 2: Install Oracle Enterprise Data Quality on a Windows Machine

Install Oracle Enterprise Data Quality on a Windows machine. You will need to install Oracle Enterprise Data Quality version 12.2.1, using the Oracle Enterprise Data Quality Quick-Start (Windows) installer that is available from the Oracle Technology Network. You will then need to download the training data and model solutions, which are available in zip files. The training labs assume that you are using the EDQ-12.2.1-Trn virtual machine, so some file and folder paths referred to in the training labs will be different.* For some training modules, you may also have to install extra software - like the Customer Data Extension Pack, and the Customer Data Services Pack - which are pre-installed on the virtual machine. Most people, however, do not find this too arduous. Click here for instructions about how to install Oracle Enterprise Data Quality on a Windows Machine and set it up for training purposes.

*Most notably, the EDQ-12.2.1-Trn virtual Machine includes an Oracle database, in which some of the training data is stored. If you install Oracle Enterprise Data Quality on a Windows machine, then you access the same training data, but you will do so from a jmp database file, rather than from the Oracle database.