Installing Extensions to Repository

Each extension is installed from file to existing repository using the Repository Manager tool. The required files are included into the software package of Foresight Analytics Platform, and they are included in all installers except for Standard and SecServer. After Foresight Analytics Platform is installed, the extension files will be available at S\Rm\, where S is the path to the folder with installed Foresight Analytics Platform.

The list of extension files:

File Extension
Component DEF.UPDPACK Interactive Data Entry Forms
Component BPM.UPDPACK Business Process Management
Component ALG.UPDPACK Calculation Algorithms
Component DBA.UPDPACK Designer of Business Applications

Installation

Foresight Analytics Platform supports several interface languages, to correctly install extensions, determine preliminary default repository language.

To install extension:

  1. Start the repository manager. To do it, use the shortcut that is created in the Windows main menu or use the RepoMngr.exe application from the Foresight Analytics Platform installation folder. After start, select the Platform Extensions Installation item:

  1. Select the extension file and connect the repository, into which the extension will be installed:


Clicking the Next button installs the selected extension.

NOTE. Connect to the repository under the name of the user who is a database (schema) owner.

  1. When the installation is finished, click the Finish button:

As a result the extension is ready to be used in the desktop application.

To connect the extension to web application, see the Connecting Extensions to Web Application article.

See also:

Installing Foresight Analytics Platform Extensions