Requirements
- A private flex.bi installation that is supported on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
- Java SE 7 or Java SE 8 should be installed.
- MySQL (version 5.x), PostgreSQL (version 9.x), MS SQL (version 2008 or later) and Oracle (version 11g or later) are supported as a private flex.bi database.
Installation
Ask flex.bi support to provide a download URL for the latest private flex.bi full distribution .zip file.
Unzip the downloaded full distribution .zip file in directory of your choice. It will create a flexbi_private subdirectory where all private flex.bi files will be located.
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On Windows there exists a length limit for the file path - 260 characters. Flex.bi has a deep nested directory structure. System full file paths may exceed this limitation if the |
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Directory structure
The flexbi_private directory contains the following subdirectories and files:
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On Windows please use a text editor that supports Unix style line endings when editing the eazybi.toml file. The standard Notepad application will not display the content of this file correctly. We recommend you use Notepad++ . |
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If you would like to add e-mail notification support (to invite users, reset passwords or receive notifications about failed import jobs) from flex.bi then provide the SMTP server information which can be used for outgoing e-mails (located in the mailer section of configuration file). In addition uncomment and specify the default_url_options section which is used to generate full URL links back to your private flex.bi server.
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In the accounts section you can provide the connection parameters and schema definition files for accounts with custom schemas. See “FoodMart custom” account as example.
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If you would like to add or replace your flex.bi private license key |
You need to open the eazybi.toml file and edit the section "Specify your license information". Next to "name =" enter your organizations name, and in the "key = " section copy and paste your key. Example:
name = "Forward And Upward Inc."
key = """
dwadwadakjajghvt67wbrv439bt4832893e209389bv23
"""
Linux service startup script
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