Prognoz Platform 9 Distribution Kit

Distribution Kits

Various versions of Prognoz Platform 9 distribution kits are provided. Distribution kits used only for 64-bit systems (labeled as x64) can address more memory compared to the 32-bit distribution kits.

Distribution kit name may also contain number of the version and assembly in the _N1.N2.NNN format, where:

Example of distribution kit name explanation

NOTE. If you have any questions related to using Prognoz Platform 9, contact helpdesk support by sending a request to support@fsight.ru or using helpdesk support services, which are available after registration on the site.

Reg-free COM registration

There are Prognoz Platform 9 distribution kits that use the Reg-free COM registration technology. This technology enables the user to install Prognoz Platform 9 without registering object classes and type libraries.

Technology advantages:

NOTE. Within one release the assemblies, installed using the Reg-free COM registration distribution kits and distribution kits not using this technology cannot be used.

For 32/64-bit Windows OS

The following distribution kits are included in the package:

For 32-bit and 64-bit systems For 64-bit systems Brief description Use of Reg-free COM registration
PP9Full_x86.exe PP9Full_x64.exe Complete distribution kit of Prognoz Platform 9 desktop application includes administration units, the Analytical Queries (OLAP) and the Reports tools, development environment unit and designer of models and algorithms.

PP9Standard_x86.exe PP9Standard_x64.exe Prognoz Platform 9 desktop application includes only tools for viewing express reports, regular reports, time series analysis, tables, dictionaries and some other objects, and form starting tools.

- PP9BIServerIIS_x64.exe BI server for IIS web server. The distribution kit also includes a full package of Prognoz Platform 9 desktop application and IIS configuration. Installation order is described in the Installing BI Server on Windows OS subsection. During the installation, the necessary platform .NET assemblies are registered in the global assembly cache (GAC).

NOTE. Only distribution kits using the Reg-free COM registration technology are available for BI server.

- PP9BIServerApache_x64.exe BI server for Apache web server. The distribution kit also includes a full package of Prognoz Platform 9 desktop application and Apache configuration. Installation order is described in the Installing BI Server on Windows OS subsection. During the installation, the necessary platform .NET assemblies are registered in the global assembly cache (GAC).

NOTE. Only distribution kits using the Reg-free COM registration technology are available for BI server.

PP9WebServer.exe Prognoz Platform 9 web application. For detailed description see the Installing and Setting Up Web Application Back End section.

PP9DevTools_x86.exe PP9DevTools_x64.exe Development Tools. It registers assemblies of .NET platform to global assembly cache (GAC) and writes Prognoz Platform 9 installation path to the PATH system variable.

PP9DemoRuSuite_x86.exe   Prognoz Platform 9 demo version includes all tools of Prognoz Platform 9; built-in repository with examples, trial license.

PP9DemoEnSuite_x86.exe   Similar Prognoz Platform 9 demo version with examples in English.

PP9PersonalRuSuite_x86.exe   Prognoz Platform 9 personal version with built-in examples, time unlimited.

PP9PersonalEnSuite_x86.exe   Similar Prognoz Platform 9 personal version with examples in English.

Prognoz Add-in for Excel_x86.exe Prognoz Add-in for Excel_x64.exe Microsoft Excel add-in. Add-in for the desktop application.

Prognoz Add-in for Word_x86.exe Prognoz Add-in for Word_x64.exe Microsoft Word add-in. Add-in for the desktop application.

Prognoz Add-in for PowerPoint_x86.exe Prognoz Add-in for PowerPoint_x64.exe Microsoft PowerPoint add-in. Add-in for the desktop application.

To correctly connect to repository, bitness of Prognoz Platform 9 and Oracle client must match.

All distribution kits (except for Add-in distribution kits) contain a driver for working with SQLite DBMS.

NOTE. On using of distribution kits that do not use Reg-free COM registration technology, only one distribution kit (PP9Full, PP9Standard, PP9BIServer) of one release can be installed on one computer.

Working with the Use of Security Server

On working with security server, security server distribution kit is provided and distribution kits of client workstations that are used to work with security server. All distribution kits that are used to work with security server use Reg-free COM registration technology.

Distribution kit name includes additional prefix Sec:

The versions that are used to work via security server do not have repository manager, connection is set up by means of the PP.Util.exe utility at the security server.

Security Server for Linux OS

Security server is also provided in distribution kit for Linux OS:

Distribution kit name Brief description
PP9BIServer_X64_security.tar.gz Prognoz Platform 9 security server and all required libraries.
PP9BIServer_X64_bi_security.tar.gz Prognoz Platform 9 BI server to work via security server and all required libraries.

BI Server for Linux OS

Installation order is described in the Installing Web Application on Linux OS subsection. The package includes distribution kits for 64-bit systems only:

Distribution kit name Brief description
PP9BIServer_X64.tar.gz The archive containing Prognoz Platform 9 BI server and all required libraries. It can be used for installation in all supported versions of Linux OS.
foresight-pp-biserver_amd64.deb DEB package for installation of Prognoz Platform 9 BI server. This package is used for installation in the following Linux OS: Astra Linux, Debian, Ubuntu.
foresight-httpd2.2_2.2.22-1~AstraLinuxSE~1.4_amd64.deb Apache HTTP Server with the MPM coworker module used when working in Astra Linux 1.4.
foresight-pp-biserver.el6.x86_64.rpm RPM package for installation of Prognoz Platform 9 BI server. This package is used for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Prognoz Platform 9 Extensions

The distribution kit includes installer required to provide work of Prognoz Platform 9 extensions in web interface.

Distribution kit name Brief description
DBAWebServer.exe Back end of Prognoz Platform 9 extensions. For detailed description, see the Installing and Setting Up Extensions Back End section.

Help System Prerequisites and Installers

The distribution kit may include:

To automatically install prerequisites and help systems during Prognoz Platform 9 installation, the prerequisites folder and MSI help installers must be located in the folder with Prognoz Platform 9 installer. Prerequisites are installed before Prognoz Platform 9 installation, whereas help systems are installed afterwards. The list of installed applications will contain different records for Prognoz Platform 9 and each help system (see Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs). On deleting Prognoz Platform 9 the help systems are automatically deleted.

NOTE. If on installing Prognoz Platform 9 Russian, Ukrainian or Kazakh language was selected, the help system in Russian is automatically installed, otherwise the help system in English is installed. If the required help installer is not found, the existing help system is installed, independently on the selected language.

The help system can be installed separately by starting a help system installer.

NOTE. If under one transaction a number of installers are started, if an error occurs in one of them, all of the installations will be rolled back including Prognoz Platform 9. To successfully install Prognoz Platform 9 using a remote connection (RemoteDesktop), the installer folder must not contain MSI files of the help system. For details see the Installation Features section.

See also:

Installing Prognoz Platform 9 | Starting Distribution Kit Using Parameter | Prerequisites | Prognoz Platform 9 Applications