Spectrum Visual Insights™ is a standalone installation, which runs in its own
environment, outside Spectrum™ Technology Platform server. The installer, in the form
of an executable jar, is located at: <Spectrum Installation
path>/server/modules/svi/installer. You need SVI license file for
completing the installation.Pre-requisites:
- Java version is same as that required for Spectrum™ Technology Platform
installation or later than that.
- Spectrum™ Technology Platform 12.1 is installed.
Perform these steps to install Spectrum Visual Insights™:
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Click the svi-installer<version number>.jar at this
file path on your Spectrum™ Technology Platform installation:
<Location of Spectrum
Installation>/server/modules/svi/installer.
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Select the language, and click Next.
Note: The language options are: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and
German.
The Spectrum Visual Insights™ installation home panel is displayed.
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Select the appropriate pack and click Next. The
Core pack is mandatory and is auto selected.
Note: As you click the packs, information about the related content and total
space required to install it is displayed below the package snapshot.
You
can also select multiple packs.
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Locate the license file using the Browse button, select
it, and click Next.
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In the General Options, specify these details and click
Next:
- Web Server Port
- The HTTP port that you want to use for running Spectrum Visual Insights™. The default port is 8080.
- Windows Service
- Select Install Windows service check box to
install Spectrum Visual Insights™ as a Windows service (with
name: SpectrumVisualInsights).
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Specify the type of database on which you want to install Spectrum Visual Insights™. The supported databases are: AS400, CacheDB, DB2,
HSQLDB, Ingres, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Progress, and
Sybase ASE/ASA/IQ.
Note: TiDB is in beta phase and HSQL embedded Configuration Database is not
supported in production in this release.
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Specify these connection details for the selected database, and click
Next.:
- Database Server Location
- Enter the host, port, and name of the selected database server.
Select the Create new database check box to
create a new database.
Note: Only a user having administrator-level
access to the database server can create a new database. Enter
the credentials, if you have that access, in the
Administrator User section.
- Database User
- Enter the credentials of the database user. If you are a new user,
select the Create new user check box and
enter details.
The installation completes and you receive a message:
Spectrum Visual Insights <version> is now
installed!
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Select the path where you want to install tSpectrum Visual Insights™. The
default path installs it in the same directory as Spectrum™ Technology Platform.
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Click Done to exit the installer window.
Spectrum Visual Insights™ is installed in the same folder where you
have installed Spectrum™ Technology Platform.
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To start the Spectrum Visual Insights™ server, click the startup icon
at the location where SVI is installed, or
alternately, run the startup.bat at this location:
<SVI install location>\appserver\bin.
The Spectrum Visual Insights™ is installed with
repository configured. You now need to log in to it to create a data source connection,
views, content categories and perform other activities. For details, see Signing In to Spectrum Visual Insights™.