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Installing the Siebel Reports Server for UNIX

This chapter describes how to install the Siebel Reports Server and related components. For more information, see the system requirements and supported platforms documentation for your Siebel application.

In Siebel 7.5, the same instance of the Siebel Reports Server allows the generation of reports in multiple languages.

The Actuate e.Reporting Server no longer runs reports based on the regional settings of the host machine. Instead, it refers to the localemap.xml file (located in the etc folder of the Actuate e.Reporting Server installation directory). For more information, see the "Configuring Locales" section in Administering Actuate e.Reporting System manual located on the Siebel eBusiness Third-Party Bookshelf under Actuate.

The Siebel Reports Server can be deployed in a mixed platform environment. Therefore, deployments can include the files for the Siebel Server on a machine using the UNIX operating system, with the files for the Reports Server on a different machine using the Windows operating system, and vice versa. However, administrators should be careful and use the correct installation instructions (see Installing the Siebel Reports Server for Microsoft Windows for Windows instructions) when installing the Reports Server in mixed environments.

The installation of the Siebel Reports Server consists of several tasks to be completed by the Siebel Reports Administrator. The tasks are listed below.

  1. Before installing Siebel Reports Server, set up a UNIX account for the Reports Administrator. See Preinstallation Tasks for the Siebel Reports Server.
  2. Install Actuate e.Reporting Server. See Installing the Actuate e.Reporting Server.
  3. Install Actuate Management Console. See Installing the Actuate Management Console.
  4. Install Actuate Active Portal. See Installing the Actuate Active Portal.
  5. Install Siebel Report Server Access. See Installing the Siebel Report Server Access.
  6. Enable the Reports Server for the Dedicated Web Client. See Enabling the Siebel Reports Server with the Dedicated Web Client.
  7. Enable the Reports Server for the Web Client. See Enabling the Siebel Reports Server with the Web Client.
  8. Synchronize the Reports Administrator on the Actuate e.Reporting Server. See Synchronizing the Reports Administrator.
  9. Synchronize Reports Server users on the Actuate e.Reporting Server. See Synchronizing Reports Server Users.
  10. Verify Siebel Reports Server on the Dedicated Web Client. See Testing the Siebel Reports Server from the Dedicated Web Client.
  11. Verify Siebel Reports Server on the Web Client. See Testing the Siebel Reports Server from the Web Client.

 Siebel Reports Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 July 2003