Installing the Client Reporting Engine for Windows

Installing a Reporting Engine to Improve Performance on a PSQL Server

The following topics cover installation of a PSQL Client Reporting Engine:

• Before You Install the Windows Client Reporting Engine

• Installing PSQL Client Reporting Engine for Windows

Before You Install the Windows Client Reporting Engine

Before you install any edition of PSQL, you should be familiar with the following information:

• Preparing to Install PSQL – Provides important information, including system requirements and platform specific notes.

•Release Notes – The latest version of the release notes can be downloaded from the Actian website.

Installing PSQL Client Reporting Engine for Windows

After you run the installer, you can find the installation log file in the Windows %Temp% directory. This log may be useful if the installation fails.

►To install PSQL Client Reporting Engine for Windows

1 Launch the PSQL installer from your Windows machine in one of the following ways:

•Download and run the installer.

•Insert the PSQL CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the installer does not start automatically, then open the CD root directory and run autorun.exe.

2 In the installer selection list, click Client Reporting Engine to install the components appropriate for your 64-bit Windows system.

3 If prompted, close or uninstall any running applications that may interfere with PSQL installation. If you wish to leave any of these programs running, you must click Ignore to continue. However, unpredictable behavior may occur during PSQL installation that cause it to fail.

4 In the Welcome screen, click Next.

5 On the License Agreement page, read and accept the Software License Agreement, then click Next.

6 Select one of the following setups:

•Complete setup is recommended for most users. It installs all PSQL components using the default options and locations. If you choose this setup, click Next and continue with step 11.

•Custom setup is for advanced users. It allows you to choose installation locations and control the number of PSQL components installed. If you choose Custom, continue with the next step.

7 To choose different installation locations, click Change for any of the directories listed. When you have made your choices, click OK.

8 Click Next to continue.

9 By default, all PSQL components and features are selected for installation. If needed, select from the following items to exclude them from installation and click Next.

•Data Access

•ActiveX Interface Controls

•ADO.NET Providers

•DTO/DTI

•JCL

•JDBC

•OLE DB

•PDAC

•Utilities

•Java Utilities

•PSQL Control Center (PCC)

•Documentation plug-in for PCC

•Data Dictionary File Builder

•Notification Viewer

•Other Utilities

•Cobol Schema Executor

•PSQL System Analyzer

10 Click Next to continue.

11 Click Install to begin the installation.

12 Once the installation is complete, the wizard indicates that it was successful. Click Finish.

If you are prompted to restart your system, please do so to ensure proper operation of your PSQL product.

Note The installer modifies selected system environment variables.

Where to Go from Here

The Client Reporting Engine does not require a license key. It depends on the license of the PSQL server that you configure it to support.

The Client Reporting Engine must be configured to enable most of its functions. See Setting Up a Client Reporting Engine for detailed information on how to do this task.