Installing Olation Studio
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Table of Contents
1.OLATION® System Requirements
2. Installing OLATION® Studio
3. Registering the OLATION® Studio License
OLATION® Installation Guide
1. OLATION® System Requirements
OLATION Version 22 Minimum and Recommended Hardware
OLATION® – Professional Edition
OLATION® Studio
Hardware:
Minimum: Intel Core i5 – 2.0 GHz, 2 Cores, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB disc space available
Recommended: Intel Core i7 – 4.0 GHz, 4 Cores, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disc space available
Software:
Microsoft Windows XP minimum, Windows 7 or later recommended
OLATION® – Enterprise Edition
OLATION® Studio
Hardware:
Minimum: Intel Core i5 – 2.0 GHz, 2 Cores, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB disc space available
Recommended: Intel Core i7 – 4.0 GHz, 4 Cores, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disc space available
Software:
Microsoft Windows XP minimum, Windows 7 or later recommended
Each environment is unique and your OLATION® application may require more resources than those listed above.
2. Installing OLATION®
IMPORTANT: The user must be logged in with administrator rights or its equivalent to install OLATION®.
PRE-INSTALL REMINDERS:
BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE READ.
Before installing, make sure that the OLATION® and the PowerOLAP® applications are closed.
You can opt to stop OLATION and PowerOLAP services in the Task Manager to avoid restarting your computer after installing.
When upgrading to a newer version of OLATION®, you do NOT need to uninstall your current version.
To install OLATION®:
Locate and run the Setup installation file for OLATION®. This initializes the OLATION InstallShield Wizard.
Important: The user must run the application as an administrator. To do this, right-click on the setup.exe installation file and select the Run as Administrator option.
To continue with the installation, click Next.
In the Customer Information screen, specify the username and company name, and click Next.
The License Agreement screen appears next. Accept the agreement and click Next.
The Maintenance Agreement screen appears next. Accept the agreement and click Next.
The subsequent screen allows the user to select the setup type for the OLATION® installation. Select to install OLATION® Studio, select Install to trigger the installation process.
To modify any previous configuration for the installation, click on the Back button to return to the previous Install Wizard screens.
Once the installation has successfully completed, click on the Finish button to exit the wizard.
This completes the OLATION® installation.
In order to activate the OLATION® software, call or contact PARISTech support after installing and PARISTech support then provides you with license codes to register the OLATION® software.
3. Registering the OLATION® Studio and Licensing
IMPORTANT: The following sub-topics assume internet connectivity for the machines on which you perform the OLATION registration.
First, we need to register the OLATION® Server to add the server to the servers list. To add the OLATION® Server to the servers list:
Launch OLATION®.
In the Database Explorer, right-click on Servers and click Register Server.
This displays the Register New Server dialog box.
Enter the Display Name.
Enter the server name/IP addr in the Server field.
Enable the Secure Connection option by clicking the checkbox. However, in this instance, leave the box unchecked.
Click OK.
Expanding Servers shows the name of you Serer under it.
Right-click on Server under Servers in the Database Explorer and click the Licensing option.
This displays the Licensing dialog box.
Click the License button.
This displays the Register dialog box.
Enter the License Number and the Password provided by PARIS Technologies. Make sure to use the correct license number and password assigned for the OLATION® Studio.
Once the keys are entered, click the Register Online button.
Back in the Licensing dialog box, you should now see the features enabled in the OLATION® software as well as other licensing info
Click Close.
This completes the OLATION® Studio license registration.
When right-clicking on the server and connecting, you will now be able to see the databases connected to the registered server:
