Data Access Studio Installation Guide for

JD Edwards World

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Contents
System Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 3
Downloading and Installing DAS ................................................................................................................... 3
Web Install Procedure............................................................................................................................... 6
LAN Server Install Procedure .................................................................................................................. 13
Citrix Install Procedure ............................................................................................................................ 16
Workstation Install Procedure ............................................................................................................... 16
Requesting and Importing License Key ....................................................................................................... 17

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These installation instructions show how to install Data Access Studio onto your World system. Use these
instructions to install the trial or purchased versions of Data Access Studio. These instructions apply to the
all World releases.

System Requirements
To successfully install and run Data Access Studio, your system must meet the following minimum
requirements.

Windows Server 2008, or greater

2 processor cores per 20 clients (1 processor core per 20 users minimum)
Automator requires at a minimum 2 processor cores per 20 clients
4 GB RAM per 20 clients (2GB per 20 users minimum)
Use of server side summarization requires at a minimum 4 GB RAM per 20 clients
.NET Framework v4.0 Extended Profile
IIS 7.0+
For JDE World:
IBM Client Access Version V5R4M0 or higher and matching the JDE World server's
version. The latest service pack must also be applied.
For External Datasources:
Appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit drivers for the targeted databases
For Automator:
Microsoft Excel 2010 or 2013 (2003 minimum). Highest version of Excel for your
organization.
Excel deployed via Office 365 ProPlus is not supported

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Downloading and Installing/Upgrading DAS

Follow these steps to download the latest version of Data Access Studio.

1. Download DASUpdate.exe from our Download Center to the DAS server.

Note: If this is just an upgrade, and you have a LAN or Web deployment, please stop the DAS
Automator and Data Access Studio services first. Kill any DASWorker.exe processes and continue.
2. Run the DASUpdate.exe you just downloaded from your DAS server and click Setup.

3. You will see this screen:

Select OLEDB Provider IBMDA400.DataSource.1. If you do not see this in the available list, then
you need to cancel this install and then install Client Access OLEDB Provider 10.00 or higher.
Enter your AS400 Name
Enter the library where to find the F0094 (Library list table).
Enter your World account information: user, password and library list and click Login.
If the login or connection fails, the install will pop up to text screens with error information. Use
this information to trouble shoot the connection problem. If you cannot resolve the issue with

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the information provided, please send the error information to support@ReportsNow.com and
we can assist you.

4. Once you have created the FDASPROP table, choose one of the following links to be taken to
steps on how to deploy DAS:
JDE World Workstation.
Citrix
LAN
Web

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Web Install Procedure

1. Once DAS is installed on your web server, you need run a script to convert it from a Workstation
mode to a Web mode. Please go to Start->Run and type: rundaswebsetup and hit enter. You will
see the following window.

Fill in the fields as follows or accept the defaults and click Setup Web.

Field Description
Channel Select http.
Formatter Select Binary.
Compress Check if you want to compress the network traffic. Check this if you are running over
a slow network connection or WAN.
Encrypt Check to encrypt the network traffic. Check this if you are running over an unsecured
network. Select from the following encryption algorithms: DES, TripleDES, RC5, and
Rijndael. Also select the key size you want for your encryption. Higher key sizes
correspond to higher security.
Listener Port The port for the DAS Server service. IMPORTANT! If you run a firewall, make sure this
port is open.
Start Port The port that the DAS Server service will start with to assign client connections
Maximum The maximum number of allowed client connections. Use this setting to limit the
Connections number of users per server as you see fit. IMPORTANT! If you run a firewall, make
sure the range of Start Port to Start Port + Maximum Connections is open. The
default setting is 10. Please increase to the number of licenses you purchased.
Lease Timeout The number of seconds a DASWorker will stay alive after a client session has
disconnected. When the client session ends abnormally, this timeout ensures that
the corresponding server executable gets cleaned up. Using the default timeout is
recommended. IMPORTANT! If your clients experience timeouts when running DAS,
try increasing the value of this parameter.

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Signin Timeout Once a user signs in, this is the number of seconds the server has to create a session
for the user. If users have trouble signing in, try increasing this value. Otherwise, the
default timeout is recommended.
Idle Timeout Version 4.9 and higher. If set to a non-zero amount, this will set the number of
minutes the software will allow the client to run before automatically shutting it
down. For instance, if you set to 30 minutes, then if the web client is idle for 30
minutes, the software will issue a 20 second idle warning and then shutdown the
client -- thereby freeing the concurrent license and any system resources the client
held.
Firewall Machine Leave blank. You can fill in this field with your firewall name to troubleshoot WAN
Name connection issues.
URL The IP or machine name of the DAS Web Server.
Prompt before When you press "Setup Web" on the menu bar and this field is checked, the setup
setup program will display a message box that warns you that you are about to setup the
Web Server. Any DAS client that is connected to the existing Web server will be
disconnected.
Mixed-case Check this box if you are using LDAP security or other login authentication that
password accepts passwords that are not all uppercase.

2. During the install, ReportsNow recommends changing the service account for DAS Automator to
an admin account. This is done by going to your Windows Services and changing the DAS
Automator service from Local to an Admin account. Click OK to continue with the install.

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3. When the install is complete, it will say Setup Succeeded.

Note: If there are any errors, please go to Program Files->ReportsNow->Data Access Studio and
locate websetup.exe. Right click and run as administrator. This will open the Web Setup Window.
Click Setup Web.

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IMPORTANT: The Web Setup creates and starts a service named Data Access Studio Server in your
services. If the login for this service does not have sufficient privileges to launch process
(DASWorker.exe), then the web server will give an error when users try to sign in.
NOTE. Once you RunDASWebSetup successfully, from that point onward, every time you update
Data Access Studio on the server, the update will automatically run RunDASWebSetup.

4. The next steps describe how to host DAS using IIS. You can host DAS with other products such as
Apache.
Depending on your Windows Server Edition and IIS release, follow the instructions that match
your setup:

IIS 6.0 and earlier

Use these instructions to setup IIS on Windows Server 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
Install IIS on your DAS Web Server.
Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Components to install.
For DAS 5.3 and later: In Program Files/ReportsNow/Data Access Studio, right-click the Data
Access Studio folder. Select "Properties". Select the "Web Sharing" tab.
For DAS 5.2 and earlier: In Program Files/Dominion Software/Data Access Studio, right-click the
Data Access Studio folder. Select "Properties". Select the "Web Sharing" tab.

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Select "Share this folder".

Enter an Alias such as "DASWeb". Click OK. This will create a DASWeb virtual directory in IIS.
In IIS, allow anonymous access to the DASWeb folder.
Configure IIS to run HTTPS (encrypted HTTP) for your new virtual directory. Please have a
qualified IIS resource setup IIS security to prevent unauthorized access to Data Access Studio.

IIS 7.0 and higher

Use these instructions to setup IIS on Windows Server 2008 and higher.

Go into the Control Panel and open Internet Information Services.

Right click on Default Website and Add a Virtual Directory

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Enter an Alias such as DASWeb.

Physical Path will need to point to Data Access Studio.
For DAS 5.3 and later: Program Files | ReportsNow | Data Access Studio
For DAS 5.2 and earlier: Program Files | Dominion Software | Data Access Studio

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Configure IIS to run HTTPS (encrypted HTTP) for your new virtual directory. Please have a qualified IIS
resource setup IIS security to prevent unauthorized access to Data Access Studio.

Version 5.3 and higher:

To run DAS from a browser, type: "http://<WebServerName>/DASWeb/DASWeb.application". If
you have a slow connection, DAS may take up to a minute to load. Once DAS is loaded, the
browser will cache the downloaded information so that future sign-ons go faster. You may place
DASWeb.application as a hyperlink on a web page as well or even your E1 menu.

IMPOTANT: If you are upgrading from 5.2.

The web link in 5.3 changed from DASWeb.exe to DASWeb.application. DASWeb.application is
the standard Microsoft ClickOnce extension - so this change was necessary. ClickOnce eliminates
the DASWebSecurity piece that was necessary in DAS 5.2 and earlier. Once you have completed
the installation, please change the Physical Path in your IIS to point to the correct folder. DAS 5.3
creates a folder under Program Files | ReportsNow | Data Access Studio. Previous versions of DAS
would create it under Program Files | Dominion Software | Data Access Studio.

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LAN Server Install Procedure

1. Once DAS is installed on your web server, you need run a script to convert it from a
Workstation mode to a Web mode. Please go to Start->Run and type: rundaswebsetup and hit
enter. You will see the following window.

Fill in the fields as follows or accept the defaults and click Setup Web.

Field Description
Channel Select tcp.
Formatter Select Binary.
Compress Leave unchecked
Encrypt Leave unchecked
Listener Port The port for the DAS Server service. IMPORTANT! If you run a firewall, make sure
this port is open.
Start Port The port that the DAS Server service will start with to assign client connections
Maximum The maximum number of allowed client connections. Use this setting to limit the
Connections number of users per server as you see fit. IMPORTANT! If you run a firewall, make
sure the range of Start Port to Start Port + Maximum Connections is open. The
default setting is 10. Please increase to the number of licenses you purchased.
Lease Timeout The number of seconds a DASWorker will stay alive after a client session has
disconnected. When the client session ends abnormally, this timeout ensures that
the corresponding server executable gets cleaned up. Using the default timeout is
recommended. IMPORTANT! If your clients experience timeouts when running
DAS, try increasing the value of this parameter.
Signin Timeout Once a user signs in, this is the number of seconds the server has to create a
session for the user. If users have trouble signing in, try increasing this value.

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Otherwise, the default timeout is recommended.

Idle Timeout Leave it at default
Firewall Machine
Leave blank.
Name
URL The IP or machine name of the DAS Web Server.
Prompt before When you press "Setup Web" on the menu bar and this field is checked, the setup
setup program will display a message box that warns you that you are about to setup the
Web Server. Any DAS client that is connected to the existing Web server will be
disconnected.
Mixed-case Check this box if you are using LDAP security or other login authentication that
password accepts passwords that are not all uppercase.

1. During the install, ReportsNow recommends changing the service account for DAS Automator
to an admin account. This is done by going to your Windows Services and changing the DAS
Automator service from Local to an Admin account. Click OK to continue with the install.

2. When the install is complete, it will say Setup Succeeded.

Note: If there are any errors, please go to Program Files->ReportsNow->Data Access Studio and
locate websetup.exe. Right click and run as administrator. This will open the Web Setup
Window. Click Setup Web.

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IMPORTANT: The Web Setup creates and starts a service named Data Access Studio Server in
your services. If the login for this service does not have sufficient privileges to launch process
(DASWorker.exe), then the web server will give an error when users try to sign in.
NOTE. Once you RunDASWebSetup successfully, from that point onward, every time you
update Data Access Studio on the server, the update will automatically run RunDASWebSetup.

To run DAS, create a share to the DataAccessStudio.exe under Program Files->ReportsNow->Data Access
Studio. Have your users link to this share.

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Citrix Install Procedure

Simply publish the DataAccessStudio shortcut placed on your desktop to the Citrix Server

Workstation Install Procedure

Simply run the DataAccessStudio shortcut placed on your desktop.

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Requesting and Importing License Key

1. Sign in to Data Access Studio
2. You will be prompted to Request License, Import License, Cancel.

3. Click on Request License.

4. Copy and paste the information and email it to support@reportsnow.com

Once we receive the request, ReportsNow will generate a 30 day key and email you the license
file. Upon receipt, save the file to a local folder and click on Import License to import the file.

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