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Documentation

 

Load the “Enterprise Performance Management System Release 9.3.1 Start Here: Installation Documents and Readmes” DVD, unzip the master file, navigate to the “English” folder, unzip file “esb_93120_install_doc.zip”, and open file “esb_windows_install.pdf”.  The installation instructions are contained in chapter five.

 

 

Installation Process

 

The Essbase Client installation is straightforward with no prerequisites.  It installs the:

 

*  Runtime Client,

*  Essbase Spreadsheet Add-in, and

*  Essbase API.

 

Load the “Hyperion Essbase – System 9 Release 9.3.1 Client Windows Installer” DVD.  Unzip the master file, and copy its contents to a temporary installation directory.

 

To start the installation run file “setup.exe”.

 

When the language installation screen appears, select the installation language from the drop down list, and press “OK”:

*
Language Selection Screen

 

When the welcome screen appears, press “Next”:

      *
   Welcome Screen

 

When the locale screen appears, select the country of your choice from the drop down list, and press “Next”:

      *
   Locale Screen

 

When the licence screen appears, click on the “I Agree” radio button, and press “Next”:

      *
   Licence Screen

 

When the home directory screen appears, browse to select a home directory for the Hyperion installation (the default is “C:\Hyperion”), and press “Next”:

      *
   Home Directory Screen

 

When the Essbase Client directory screen appears, browse to select a home directory for the Essbase Client installation (the default is directory “AnalyticServices” under the Hyperion home directory), and press “Next”:

      *
   Essbase Client Directory Screen

 

When the setup type screen appears, click on the “Typical” radio button, and press “Next”:

      *
   Setup Type Screen

 

When the ESSLANG value screen appears, select “English (Latin1)” from the drop down list, and press “Next”:

      *
   ESSLANG Value Screen

 

When the confirmation screen appears, check the values, and, in the absence of error, press “Next”:

      *
   Confirmation Screen

 

An installation in progress screen will appear.  Installation should take less than a minute on a typical desktop machine.

 

When the installation successful screen appears, press “Next”:

      *
   Installation Successful Screen

 

Now you have installed the Essbase Client.