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INSTALLING ANALYTIC BUSINESS EXPLORER
INITIAL PREREQUISITES
The installation of the Analytic Business Explorer software requires the following hardware and software prerequisites:
Hardware*:
- RAM: min 2 GB, 4 GB recommended;
- Processor: multicore.
Operating system:
- Windows 7 / Windows Server 2003 or later.
Software:
- Internet Information Services with .NET Framework v2.0;
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or later;
- Clients require a PC / Tablet with an updated browser.
* The hardware specifications depend directly on the amount of data that will be processed.
Once the hardware and software requirements have been checked, it is necessary to proceed by accessing your reserved area on the site http://clienti.analytic.it/ with the download of the desired files from the following:
* be_srv_setup_xxx.exe *;
* be_scheduler_setup_xxx.exe *;
* be_manager_setup_xxx.exe *;
* be_updater_xxx.exe *;
* benetweb_xxx-full.zip * or benetweb_xxx-nomaps.zip * depending on the desired site version.
* With xxx we mean the desired software version.
After downloading, right-click on each file, select “Properties”, “Cancel block” and finally “Apply”.
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Before proceeding with the installation it is advisable to create (for example on disk D: \ t “A Business Explorer” folder and the following sub-folders:
* “Release”;
* “Models”;
* “Prefetch”;
* “Log”;
* “Web”.
Then copy the previously downloaded files to the “Release” folder you just created.
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Run as administrator be_srv_setup_xxx.exe by right-clicking on the file and selecting “Run as administrator”.
Follow the installation wizard by selecting “Next”.
Specify the destination folder and select “Next”.
If you do not want to install the Analytic Business Explorer Manager on the same user, remove the “Manager” flag automatically checked.
Finally select “Install”.
In the “Database Access” tab, fill in the “Server Name” field with the name of the server in question (“localhost” if there is only one instance), the “Authentication Type” field by selecting “Windows Authentication” from the menu drop-down and the “Application Database” field with the name of a database created by the user (if this was not done previously, use the “Create” button to do so now). Finally click on the “Test” button.
If the procedure has been followed correctly you can now read the message “Connection successful”.
In the “Service” tab the first three fields will be completed; fill in the “Prefetch Directory” field by selecting the destination path (D: BusinessExplorer Prefetch if you followed the initial suggestion).
In the “Log” tab, fill in the “Log Level” field under the “Log on text file” field by selecting “Disabled” or “Error” and the “Log file path” field from the drop-down menu by selecting the destination path (D : BusinessExplorer Log if you have followed the initial suggestion) and naming the file as “beNet.log”, under the “Log SQL” entry the “Log level” field by selecting “Warning” from the drop-down menu, under “ Log on Application Log “the” Log level “field by selecting” Error “from the drop-down menu and the” Application name “field with” Business Explorer Server ”.
Go back to the “Service” tab and click the “Start service” button. If the service has been started correctly, you will see the relevant message box.
Finally click on the “Save” button.
After the procedure select “Finish”.
Now the “Business Explorer Manager” icon will be available in the Windows toolbar, execute it; if the installation was successful, the following screen will appear.
