About Foresight Analytics Platform Features

The term "feature" is used to identify a Foresight Analytics Platform tool or functionality that are licensed.

Working with Foresight Analytics Platform requires valid licenses. If there is no valid license, operation calls are not available for the corresponding Foresight Analytics Platform tool in the desktop and web applications.

Some tools of Foresight Analytics Platform contain operations, executing of which may require licenses of other tools: the user will be able to directly or indirectly address from functionality A to functionality B. This addressing is successful if the user has a valid license for the B tool functionality, otherwise a license restriction message is displayed. For example, in the Dashboards tool on building dashboard and on connecting a ready regular report to is, it is checked if there is a valid reports license.

The table gives the correspondence between features and functionality of Foresight Analytics Platform:

Feature name Feature description Additional features
AnalyticsPlatform

Foresight Analytics Platform. The feature enables the user to establish repository connection and use functionality of the following tools:

When the license manager is started, it is checked if the AnalyticsPlatform valid feature is available.

The basic feature is included in all product software packages.

 
PP_DWDesigner

Data Warehouse Designer. The feature enables the user to edit dimensions of data sources in the tools and open wizards of the following objects:

 
PP_Adm Administration. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Security Manager tool.

NOTE. When opening the security manager, a repository connection is created that is why the AnalyticsPlatform feature is needed at the same time as PP_Adm.

 
PP_DashboardViewer Dashboards. View. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Dashboards tool in the mode of viewing ready dashboards. PP_OLAP
PP_ReportViewer
PP_TimeSeries
PP_Stat
PP_Modeling

NOTE. The PP_Modeling additional feature is used to display calculated elements and filter data via formula.

PP_DashboardEditor Dashboards. Edit. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Dashboards tool in the mode of creating and editing dashboards. PP_OLAP
PP_ReportViewer
PP_TimeSeries
PP_Stat
PP_Modeling

NOTE. The PP_Modeling additional feature is used to work with tables, to add calculated elements and set up data filtering via formula.

PP_ETL ETL. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the ETL Task tool.  
PP_OLAP Analytical Queries (OLAP). The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Analytical Queries (OLAP) tool. PP_Stat
PP_Modeling

NOTE. The PP_Modeling additional feature is used to work with tables, to add calculated elements and set up data filtering via formula.

PP_ReportViewer Reporting. View. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Reports tool and the Interactive Data Entry Forms extension in the view mode. PP_Stat
PP_Modeling

NOTE. The additional feature PP_Modeling is used to display calculated elements and filter data via formula; to calculate algorithm connected to data entry form.

PP_ReportEditor Reporting. Edit. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Reports tool and the Interactive Data Entry Forms extension in the edit mode. PP_Stat
PP_Modeling

NOTE. The additional feature PP_Modeling is used to work with tables, to add calculated elements and set up data filtering via formula; to connect and calculate algorithm in data entry form.

PP_TimeSeries Time Series Analysis. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Time Series Analysis tool. PP_Stat
PP_Modeling
PP_Modeling Modeling and Forecasting. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Modeling and Forecasting tool and the Calculation Algorithms extension. PP_Stat
PP_OLAP
PP_ReportEditor

NOTE. The additional features PP_OLAP and PP_ReportEditor are used to create a calculate algorithms.

PP_Scheduler Task Scheduler. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Task Scheduler tool and the Business Process Management extension.

NOTE. When working with the task scheduler, a repository connection is created that is why besides the PP_Scheduler feature the system requires one concurrent session for the AnalyticsPlatform feature. When executing business processes on server, one requires several AnalyticsPlatform features depending on the specified number of executors.

To work with the extension:

  • PP_ReportViewer.

  • PP_Modeling.

  • PP_ETL.

PP_Stat

Statistic. The feature enables the user to work with functions of the Data Mining tool and with the Stat and MathFin system assemblies. The following interfaces and methods do not require this feature for work:

 
PP_DevEnv Development Environment. The feature enables the user to work with development environment. Executing some operations from code requires features for other tools. For example, the PP_OLAP valid license is checked on executing express report editing operation from code.
PP_ExcelAddin Excel Add-In. The feature enables the user to work with Foresight Analytics Platform Microsoft Excel add-in.

NOTE. When working with the add-in, a repository connection is created that is why the AnalyticsPlatform feature is needed at the same time as PP_ExcelAddin.

PP_OLAP
PP_TimeSeries
PP_Stat
PP_WordAddin Word Add-In. The feature enables the user to work with Foresight Analytics Platform Microsoft Word add-in.

NOTE. When working with the add-in, a repository connection is created that is why the AnalyticsPlatform feature is needed at the same time as PP_WordAddin.

PP_OLAP
PP_ReportViewer
PP_ReportEditor
PP_TimeSeries
PP_PowerPointAddin PowerPoint Add-In. The feature enables the user to work with Foresight Analytics Platform Microsoft PowerPoint add-in.

NOTE. When working with the add-in, a repository connection is created that is why the AnalyticsPlatform feature is needed at the same time as PP_PowerPointAddin.

PP_OLAP
PP_ReportViewer
PP_ReportEditor
PP_TimeSeries

See also:

Activation of Foresight Analytics Platform | Application System Security