Installing the Client Tools

The Spectrum™ Technology Platform client tools are applications that you use to administer your server and design and run dataflows and process flows. You must install your Spectrum™ Technology Platform server before installing the client tools.

Before installing, be sure to read the release notes. The release notes contains a list of known issues, important compatibility information, and release-specific installation notes.

This procedure describes how to install the client tools:

  • Enterprise Designer allows you to create, modify, and run dataflows.
  • Flow Designer is the next-generation Web UI dataflow design tool. This release provides a technical preview version of Flow Designer.
    Note: Enterprise Designer will be retired once Flow Designer contains the full feature set in a future release.
  • Job Executor is a command line tool that allows you to run a job from a command line or script. The job must have been previously created and saved on Spectrum™ Technology Platform using Enterprise Designer or Flow Designer.
  • Process Flow Executor is a command line tool that allows the execution of a process flow from a command line or script. The process flow must have been previously created and saved on Spectrum™ Technology Platform using Enterprise Designer or Flow Designer.
  • Administration Utility provides command line access to several administrative functions. You can use it in a script, allowing you to automate certain administrative tasks. You can also use it interactively.

To install the client tools:

  1. Open a web browser and go to the Spectrum™ Technology Platform Welcome Page at:

    http://<servername>:<port>

    For example, if you installed Spectrum™ Technology Platform on a computer named myspectrumplatform and it is using the default HTTP port 8080, you would go to:

    http://myspectrumplatform:8080

  2. Click Platform Client Tools.
  3. Download the client tool you want to install.