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Installing the Actuate Active Portal

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Actuate Active Portal provides access to the Siebel Reports Server from the Web. Using Actuate Active Portal, you can access and work with reports through a Web browser.

Siebel Systems recommends that the defaults presented during the Actuate Active Portal installation be accepted. If the defaults are not selected, errors could occur that will affect the performance of the Siebel Reports Server.

To install the Actuate Active Portal

Insert the Windows Server Ancillary Programs, Language (where Language is the Language Pack you want to deploy) CD 1 of 3 into the CD-ROM drive.
Navigate to the following directory:

Thirdpty\actuate\language\activeportal

Where:

language = the Siebel code for the Language Pack you installed; for example, enu for U.S. English.

Double-click Setup.exe.

Guidelines for the Actuate Active Portal Installation

During the installation of the Actuate Active Portal, note the following:

On the Setup Type screen, choose Typical.
On the Deployment Options screen, accept the default of using the Actuate HTTP service as the deployment option.

Using a different application server with the Actuate e.Reprting System is not supported.

On the same screen, accept the default to automatically configure the deployment choice to run this product.
When Next is clicked, you might see a Question dialog box stating that the Actuate HTTP service already exists and where the installation is located.

If installing Active Portal on the same machine as the Management Console, click Yes to use the existing installation of the Actuate HTTP service.

On the e.Reporting Server Information screen, you can accept the default, 8000, as the port number.

The host name and the port number are used by Active Portal to contact the e.Reporting Server.

On the Volume Name screen, accept the default volume name as displayed.

You may choose to designate a different port number. For more information, see Installing Actuate e.Reporting System manual on the Siebel eBusiness Third-Party Bookshelf under Actuate.

The defaulted volume name is the host name of the machine that hosts the Actuate e.Reporting Server.

After the Actuate Active Portal is installed, you should confirm that the installation was successful.

To confirm a successful installation of the Actuate Active Portal

Confirm that the Actuate HTTP Service used by Active Portal is running.
Open a Web browser and access Active Portal's login page by typing the URL:

http://host:port/acweb/login.jsp

Where:

host = the name of the machine where the Actuate Active Portal is installed.

port = the port number that the Actuate HTTP Service listens on. The default port number is 8700.

The Active Portal login page appears.
Using Administrator as the default user name and a blank password click Log In.

The Active Portal home page appears.

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