User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS DASHBOARD DESIGN REPORTING SERVICES GATEWAY INSTALLATION GUIDE 2010-11-05

[. . . ] 2010-11-05 Contents Chapter 1 About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 Planning Installations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Overview of Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Naming conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Performing Installations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 To install the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Post Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Configuring the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To configure the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To configure the XRS virtual directory for Reporting Services 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Testing the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Uninstalling the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17 2. 1 2. 1. 1 2. 2 2. 2. 1 Chapter 3 3. 1 3. 1. 1 Chapter 4 4. 1 4. 1. 1 4. 1. 2 4. 2 4. 3 Appendix A Index 3 2010-11-05 Contents 4 2010-11-05 About this Guide About this Guide This guide is intended for business intelligence users who need to use Microsoft Reporting Services reports with Dashboard Design. For more information about features and capabilities, see the Dashboard Design and Presentation Design User Guide. 5 2010-11-05 About this Guide 6 2010-11-05 Planning Installations Planning Installations 2. 1 Getting started 2. 1. 1 Overview of Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway Dashboard Design is a data visualization tool that allows you to create dynamic, interactive dashboards. These dashboards can access live data, and you can add them to web-based dashboards. [. . . ] Note: Ensure that your IIS server configuration includes the same port. When the installation is complete, click Finish. You can now configure the XRS. 9 2010-11-05 Performing Installations Related Topics · Variables 10 2010-11-05 Post Installation Post Installation 4. 1 Configuring the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway 4. 1. 1 To configure the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway After you install the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway (XRS), you can configure it. On your Reporting Services Server, copy <WWWROOTDIR>\wss\<virtualdirecto ry>\80\web. config to web. config. bak 2. Change localhost to new values for the following parameters: Parameter New value · · ReportingServicesUrl ReportServerUrl The name of the server on which Reporting Services is installed. The name of the server on which XRS is installed. XrsServicesUrl 4. Ensure that the authentication methods for the Report, ReportServer, and XRS virtual directories match on the "Directory Security" tab of your IIS settings. Save and close web. config Related Topics · Variables 4. 1. 2 To configure the XRS virtual directory for Reporting Services 2005 11 2010-11-05 Post Installation After you install the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway (XRS), you can configure the XRS virtual directory. Note: You must configure the XRS virtual directory to point to an application pool different from the Report and ReportServer virtual directories. In the Report directory, on the Virtual Directory tab, click the application pool list and note its value. Open the SRS virtual directory properties, and change the application pool to a value different from the value used for the Report virtual directory. 4. 2 Testing the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway To test the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway, use a web browser to navigate to the following URL on your Reporting Services Server, and log in using the information in the web. config file. http://<reporting_services_server>/xrs/srx. asmx/GetReports Note: If you run the test on a local machine, you may not be asked to log in. If the test succeeds, XML-formatted output containing <param> and <report> tags appears. The output may also contain additional messages: Message Solution License Key Failed - LogonUser failed with error code: 87 License Key Failed - Could not find file "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\xrs. xky". The permissions granted to user '<username>' are insufficient for performing this operation. Add the Administrator credential information to the web. config file on the server. Ensure that a valid license key exists in the correct location. <username> does not have sufficient permissions to view reports in Reporting Services. 4. 3 Uninstalling the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway You can use Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features in "Control Panel" to repair, modify, or remove your installation of the Dashboard Design Reporting Services Gateway. 12 2010-11-05 Post Installation Note: If you have configured any virtual directories, copy <WWWROOTDIR>\wss\<virtualdirecto ry>\80\web. config. bak to web. config for every virtual directory. Related Topics · Variables 13 2010-11-05 Post Installation 14 2010-11-05 More Information More Information Information Resource Location SAP BusinessObjects product information http://www. sap. com Navigate to http://help. sap. com/businessobjects and on the "SAP BusinessObjects Overview" side panel click All Products. You can access the most up-to-date documentation covering all SAP BusinessObjects products and their deployment at the SAP Help Portal. [. . . ] https://boc. sdn. sap. com/ Developer resources https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-sdklibrary 15 2010-11-05 More Information Information Resource Location SAP BusinessObjects articles on the SAP Community Network https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/boc/businessobjects-articles These articles were formerly known as technical papers. https://service. sap. com/notes Notes These notes were formerly known as Knowledge Base articles. 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