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Installing the Client Reporting Engine for Windows
The following topics cover installation of a Zen Client Reporting Engine:
Before You Install the Windows Client Reporting Engine
Before you install any edition of Zen, you should be familiar with the following information:
• Preparing to Install Zen – 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 Zen 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 Zen Client Reporting Engine for Windows
1. Launch the Zen installer from your Windows machine in one of the following ways:
• Download and run the installer.
• Insert the Zen 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 Zen installation. If you wish to leave any of these programs running, you must click Ignore to continue. However, unpredictable behavior may occur during Zen 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 Zen 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 Zen 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 Zen components and features are selected for installation. If needed, select from the following items to exclude them from installation and click Next.
• Data Access
• ADO.NET Providers
• DTO/DTI
• JCL
• JDBC
• PDAC
• Utilities
• Java Utilities
• Zen Control Center (ZenCC)
• Documentation plug-in for ZenCC
• Data Dictionary File Builder
• Notification Viewer
• Other Utilities
• Cobol Schema Executor
• Zen 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 Zen 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 Zen 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.
 
Last modified date: 10/31/2023