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About this guide This guide provides instructions for installing and configuring HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer software on Microsoft Windows.
Table 1 Additional Documentation Document Description Performing On-Report Analysis with Web Intelligence. Provides information about viewing, analyzing, and enhancing Web Intelligence reports interactively on the web. This guide includes information on filtering and sorting report data, adding calculations, and modifying the formatting and data content of reports (all without needing to launch a Web Intelligence report panel).
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1 Installing and Configuring SRM Report Optimizer on Microsoft Windows This chapter provides instructions for installing and configuring SRM Report Optimizer on Microsoft Windows.
Installing SRM Report Optimizer NOTE: During the installation, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 is installed to the installation directory, and the location of the JRE is appended to the PATH environment variable. To install SRM Report Optimizer: 1. Insert the SRM Report Optimizer installation DVD into the DVD drive. 2. If the DVD does not autorun, double-click InstallReportOptimizer.exe. The SRM Report Optimizer Setup Wizard displays. 3. Click Next. The End User License Agreement (EULA) displays. 4.
NOTE: DEP can be re-enabled after successful installation of SRM Report Optimizer. Uninstalling SRM Report Optimizer To uninstall SRM Report Optimizer: 1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. 2. Select HP SRM Report Optimizer and click Remove. NOTE: It is not necessary to remove BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 or BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2 Service Pack 3. These programs are removed when HP SRM Report Optimizer is removed.
5. Restart the Web Intelligence Report Server service. This service can be accessed from the Central Configuration Manager. Launch the Central Configuration Manager by selecting Program Files > BusinessObjects XI Release 2 > BusinessObjects Enterprise > Central Configuration Manager.
2. Once you have received a permanent license key, launch the Central Management Console as described in ”Accessing the Central Management Console” on page 4. 3. In the Manage section, click License Keys. 4. Remove the existing license keys by highlighting each key and clicking Delete. NOTE: Remove all existing keycodes before adding new keycodes. 5. In the Add Key box, enter your new license key, and click Add. Repeat this step for each of your new license keys. 6.
3. If the box next to Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration does not contain a check mark, then the feature is already disabled and no additional steps are required. If the box does contain a check mark, continue to the next step. 4. Click the box next to Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration to remove the check mark. 5. Click Next. Enhanced Security is disabled. Increasing the memory heap size value Increasing the memory heap size value size will prevent potential error messages.
Disabling browser access to Desktop Intelligence Desktop Intelligence is not installed with SRM Report Optimizer, so references to that feature should be removed from the user interface. To remove these references by disabling browser access to Desktop Intelligence: 1. Launch the Central Management Console as described in ”Accessing the Central Management Console” on page 4. 1. In the Manage section on the home page, click BusinessObjects Enterprise Applications. 2. Click Desktop Intelligence. 3.
2. Click BusinessObjects Enterprise Applications in the Manage section. 3. Click Web Intelligence. 4. Click Add/Remove. 5. Select Report Designers in the Available groups list. 6. Click the > button to add the group to the Groups with an access level for Web Intelligence list. 7. Click OK. 8. Click Advanced in the Net Access column of the Report Designers row. 9. Un-check the checkbox “Report Designers” will inherit rights from its parent groups if checked. 10.
NOTE: If you changed the port number during installation, enter the selected port number instead of 8080. For more information, see the “Creating an Enterprise user account” section of the “Managing User Accounts and Groups” chapter of the administrator’s guide. Best Practices Assign rights to groups instead of individual users. All users who need rights for the creation, modification, or deletion of reports should be added to the Report Designers group.
Best practices Set up an email account like StorageReporter@mycompany.com and use this account for SMTP mailings. Adding a folder for user created custom reports To add a folder for user created custom reports: 1. Log on to InfoView. a. User a web browser to go to the following URL: http://:8080/businessobjects/ enterprise115/desktoplaunch/InfoView/logon/logon.do NOTE: If you changed the port number during installation, enter the selected port number instead of 8080. b.
1. Use the Central Configuration Manager to stop the event server. 2. Click the Properties button.
3. Uncheck the System Account check box. 4. Enter the Windows user name and password: NOTE: SRM Report Optimizer and the management server are installed on different machines. Both machines must be in the same domain. a. Click the button to the right of the User field. The Browse User window displays.
b. Click the Change button, and select the domain name. c. Click OK to return to the Browse User window. d. Select the appropriate user, and click OK to return to the Event Server Properties window. 5. Click Apply, and then click OK. 6. Start the event server. The server process will log on to the local machine with the specified user account. In addition, all reports processed by this server will be formatted using the printer settings associated with the user account that you entered.
7. Enter a filename in the Filename field. NOTE: Enter the absolute path to the file. The drive and directory that you specify must be visible to the Event Server. 8. Click OK. Editing a file-based event (to change the server name where the file is located) To edit a file-based event: 1. Click the Events link on the home page of the Central Management Console.
2. Edit the “Reporter Event.” 3. In the File Name field, change the server name or IP address to point to where the Report Optimizer file exists. (The folder where the file is created on successful completion of Report Refresh Cache has be shared so that it is accessible to the Report Optimizer Event Server). Increasing the time before sessions time out To increase the time before sessions time out: 1.
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