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Preparing Disconnected Analytics Applications for Deployment

After you create the application configuration file, you need to test the application elements and the deployment process. When these tests are complete, you can make the application available for downloading by mobile users. You can set up a silent installation or the application can be downloaded by the mobile user using the Disconnected Analytics Application Manager. The Disconnected Analytics Application Manager is installed when the Disconnected Analytics client is installed on each mobile user's laptop.

Perform the following tasks to install a disconnected application on a mobile user's laptop:

Creating the Disconnected Application Directories

The administrator should create a separate directory named for each application to be deployed. The application directory must be created in the \SiebelAnalyticsData\Disconnected\ directory so that each application appears on the disconnected application page for downloading. You need to set up the following directory structure:

\SiebelAnalyticsData\Disconnected (Contains a subdirectory for each application you deploy and a subdirectory for data.)

 
\[application name] (Contains the application files required for each disconnected application deployment. Must be an exact match with the application name specified in the application configuration file.)

 
[application name].xml (This is the application configuration file. It is stored in the root directory of each application directory on the network drive)

 

 

\App_Dir\

 

 

 

[application name].rpd (repository file)

 

 

 

[application name].webcat (Web Catalog file)

 

 

 

[application name].sql (create table file)

 

 

 

[application name].sql (optional postdb.sql file. that cleans up after download)

 

 

\Data_Dir\ (Must be an exact match with the directory specified in the application configuration file.)

Creating a Silent Installation for Disconnected Application Deployment

You or mobile users can use Disconnected Analytics Application Manager to download an application on each mobile machine or you can create a silent installation. Creating a silent installation saves you time if many users will be downloading the same application. For more information about using Disconnected Analytics Application Manager, see Siebel Disconnected Analytics Online Help.

To create a silent installation, you perform an install exactly as a mobile user would perform an install, capturing all of the responses in a BAT file. It is recommended that you use a BAT file to launch the silent installation so that mobile users can map to a shared network drive, access the CD image, and execute the response (BAT) file from the command line. You can add a message to the response file that notifies mobile users that a silent installation is taking place.

The silent install does not force a restart and, most of the time, one is not needed. However, on many Windows 2000 international operating systems, a restart is required.

NOTE:  Incremental synchronization is not available at this time.

After building a response file you should test it on a laptop that is similar to one used by the typical mobile user for that application. For more information, see Testing the Installation Processes.

Make sure that Siebel Disconnected Analytics (client components) has been installed on the mobile machine (typically a laptop) before deploying.

To build a response file for a silent disconnected application installation

  1. Type the following command line to generate a response file:

    setup.exe -options-record [complete path, including response file name, to shared directory]

  2. Perform a complete installation, so that all responses will be captured in the specified file.

    Make sure that you choose the installation directory where you want the mobile users to install the files.

  3. To create a notification message for a silent installation, add the following lines to the BAT file:

    @ECHO OFF

    CLS

    echo Siebel Analytics Disconnected Client is being installed. Please wait...

    setup.exe -options [complete path to response file] -silent

    echo Siebel Analytics Disconnected Client was successfully installed.

You will test the response file when you test the silent installation.


 Siebel Analytics Server Administration Guide
 Published: 11 March 2004