In this article:
Installing and Setting Up Foresight Analytics Platform
Foresight Analytics Platform contains the main interconnected components:
Mobile application. The application is presented for information purposes.
The use of software based on Foresight Analytics Platform includes a number of requirements and conditions that must be considered on software procurement planning and on application systems development.
Planning Installation
Before installing Foresight Analytics Platform follow installation planning steps:
Select system configuration and study principles of its work.
Check correspondence to system requirements imposed on DBMS servers, web servers and client computers.
Select authentication type for users.
Study the product activation procedure and a list of available licenses. The license server is a mandatory component of any system, it is used to activate software based on Foresight Analytics Platform, as well as to control access to the tools in use.
Prepare DBMS back end.
After the environment is prepared, proceed to installation of Foresight Analytics Platform. The web application and the desktop application can be installed using installers included in the Foresight Analytics Platform software package. During the work, Foresight Analytics Platform uses various additional software that must be installed in the operating system. The availability of necessary software is checked during the installation of Foresight Analytics Platform. If any program is missing, it will be automatically installed from the prerequisites package.
NOTE. It is recommended to use installers that support Reg-free COM registration.
Installing Web Application
TIP. To quickly install the web application on Linux OS (PostgreSQL DBMS), see the Installing Foresight Analytics Platform Web Application on Linux OS (PostgreSQL DBMS) section. To execute advanced installation of the web application with minimum requirements, see the Advanced Installation of Foresight Analytics Platform Web Application on Linux OS (PostgreSQL DBMS) section.
To install the web application of Foresight Analytics Platform in Linux OS and Windows OS:
After executing the operations, the web application of Foresight Analytics Platform is installed. The applications that will be available after installation are described in the Foresight Analytics Platform Applications subsection.
To get started with the web application, see the Getting Started with Web Application and Desktop Application section.
Installing Desktop Application
To install the desktop application of Foresight Analytics Platform in Windows OS:
Study desktop application installation features.
Make sure that installation is executed under the user who has local computer administrator permissions.
Start one of the installers included in the software package of Foresight Analytics Platform:
FP10Full_x64.exe.
FP10Standard_x64.exe.
NOTE. To ensure correct work of the platform, bitness of Foresight Analytics Platform and Windows must match.
Desktop application installation procedure using an installer is described in the Installing Foresight Analytics Platform Desktop Application section.
If required, the FP10Full_x64.exe and FP10Standard_x64.exe installers can be started with parameters. For details see the Starting Distribution File Using Parameters section.
After executing the operations, the desktop application of Foresight Analytics Platform will be installed. The applications that will be available after installation are described in the Foresight Analytics Platform Applications subsection.
Desktop application installation may include setup of repositories and autoupdate options. For details see the Setting Up Repositories and Autoupdate Using File section.
The desktop application can be started from command line using a specific syntax, for example, for automatic repository connection and/or object opening. When the platform is started from the command line, keys can be used. Starting the desktop application from the command line with various parameters is used to create and test commands that can be saved in the future as shortcuts and can be used for automatic startup of developed applications and also change startup procedure.
If you have problems, see the Startup, Login, and User Check Problems section.
To get started with the desktop application, see the Getting Started with Web Application and Desktop Application section.
Installing Mobile Application
To install the Foresight Mobile BI mobile application:
Make sure that the tablet operating system supports:
iOS 11 or later.
Android 7 or later.
Download the Foresight Mobile BI mobile application in App Store or Google Play.
After executing the operations, the Foresight Mobile BI mobile application is installed on a tablet.
IMPORTANT. To work with a mobile application, make sure that the following is installed: the web application or the desktop application of Foresight Analytics Platform, Foresight Mobile Platform mobile application.
To get started with the mobile application, see the Getting Started with Mobile Application section.
Additional Components
To extend functions of developed applications in Foresight Analytics Platform, there are additional components installed separately:
Extensions. Tools for extending functionality of created systems: Calculation Algorithms, Business Process Management, Interactive Data Entry Forms, Designer of Business Applications, Cube Cache.
Microsoft Office add-ins. Integration of Foresight Analytics Platform tools with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Add-ins allow for getting data from platform repositories and using it in Microsoft Office applications.
Developer tools. Interop assemblies registered in global assemblies cache (GAC) for development of user applications using components of Foresight Analytics Platform based on .NET platform.
If you still have questions, see the Questions and Answers article.