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Installing the Siebel Reports Server for Microsoft Windows

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 for 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 the 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 a Siebel Server in UNIX with a Reports Server in Windows, or a Siebel Server in Windows with a Reports Server in UNIX. However, administrators should be careful and use the appropriate instructions (UNIX or Windows) while 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 the Reports Server, set up a windows account for the Reports Administrator. See Preinstallation Tasks.
  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 on the same machine as the Actuate e.Reporting Server. 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 to the Reports Server. See Synchronizing the Reports Administrator.
  9. Synchronize Reports Server users. See Synchronizing Reports Server Users.
  10. Verify Siebel Reports Server from the Dedicated Web Client. See Testing the Siebel Reports Server from the Dedicated Web Client.
  11. Verify Siebel Reports Server from the Web Client. See Testing the Siebel Reports Server from the Web Client.
  12. Install Actuate e.Report Designer Professional (optional). See Installing Actuate e.Report Designer Professional.
  13. Install Actuate e.Report Designer (optional). See Installing Actuate e.Report Designer.
  14. Install Siebel Reports Server Utility. See Installing Siebel Reports Server Utility.

 Siebel Reports Administration Guide, Version 7.5, Rev B 
 Published: 18 April 2003