Configuring your Business Analyst Server

The post installation allows you to configure your Business Analyst Server.

The Business Analyst Server post installation registers the Business Analyst Server object extensions on ArcGIS for Server and allows the configuration of Business Analyst Server settings.

After you complete your Business Analyst Server setup, the post installation dialog box below should automatically appear. If it does not, you can initiate the process by navigating to Start > All Programs > ArcGIS > Esri Business Analyst Server 10.1 > Business Analyst Server Post Install.

Steps:
    In the Welcome to Business Analyst Server Post Install dialog box, you can manually configure the settings for the post installation, specify a path to a configuration file or accept the defaults.
    • If you want to manually configure the Business Analyst settings, select what you want to configure by clicking the appropriate check boxes.
    • If you want to use a configuration file, browse to the location of the configuration file using the Browse.
    • If you don't have a saved configuration file, accept the default.
    Business Analyst Server default settings
  1. Click Next.
  2. Specify the host name of where Business Analyst Server is installed. If this is the local system, type localhost. Click Next.
    Registration
  3. In the ArcGIS Server Manager Credentials dialog box, enter the user name and password for the user that administers ArcGIS for Server. Click Next.
    ArcGIS Server Manager Credentials

    These credentials were created when creating a site for ArcGIS for Server in ArcGIS Server Manager. Click Check to see if the credentials are correct.

  4. Enter the username for ArcGIS for Server in the ArcGIS for Server account page. This was created when running the setup for ArcGIS for Server. Click Next.
    ArcGIS Server account
  5. Select the dataset that you want associated with the Business Analyst Server map service by clicking the Make available check box. Select the default dataset by clicking the Set as default radio button. Click Next.
    Dataset configurations
    NoteNote:

    When sending a request for the non-default dataset, the ActiveDatasetID will need to specify the dataset.

  6. In the Dataset configuration dialog box, specify the Business Analyst dataset configuration. If the Business Analyst Server Data was installed from the ArcGIS for Server Object Manager host machine then the data component location boxes will be populated automatically. If the Business Analyst Server Data was not installed, browse to the custom dataset configuration file and data component locations. It is possible to configure the Business Analyst Map Service to use more than one dataset in this dialog box. Click Next.
    Dataset configuration
    NoteNote:

    Click the Load Registry Values button at the bottom of the Dataset configuration dialog box to load the paths to the Business Analyst Server Dataset Components if the Business Analyst Server Data was installed from the Business Analyst Server Object Manager machine.

  7. In the Create Business Analyst Server Map Services dialog box, specify the name of your Business Analyst Map Service and browse to the MSD file that you want published as your Business Analyst Map Service. By default, the map document used is stored as [Install]\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US\Data\Empty.msd. Click Next.
    Map service
  8. Specify the democalc setting to be used by each dataset in your Business Analyst Map Service. Click Next.
    Dataset configuration
  9. Configure the geocoder that you want to use with Business Analyst Server. If the geocoder is file-based, browse to the address locator file. If the geocoder is a geocode service, specify the host name of the server and the geocode service name. Click Next.
    Configure geocoder
    NoteNote:

    Click the Load Registry Values button to load the path and filename of the geocoder from your registry if the Business Analyst Server Data was installed from the Business Analyst Server Object Manager machine.

  10. Specify the Business Analyst Server repository type. Click Next.
    Repository type
    1. If you chose No Repository, proceed to step 12.
    2. If you chose the File-based Repository, the Business Analyst Server file-based repository location dialog box appears. Browse to the repository location and click Next.
      File-based repository location

      If the Warning dialog box appears, click OK to create a new repository folder structure.

      Folder doesn't exist warning
    3. If you chose the ArcSDE-based Repository, the Business Analyst Server ArcSDE repository configuration dialog box appears. Enter the ArcSDE connection settings and click Next.
      ArcSDE repository configuration dialog box
  11. The Business Analyst Server Post Install Summary dialog box appears. Click Next.
    Post Install Summary
  12. The Export Business Analyst Server Post Install Configuration file dialog box appears.
    Export Configuration file
  13. If you want to save these configurations to a file for reuse, click the Export Configuration file check box to export the configurations to a file to be reused. Provide a location and a file name to save the settings.
  14. Click Next.
  15. The Business Analyst Server Post Install Completion Summary dialog box appears indicating that the post installation is complete.
    post installation completion summary
  16. Click Finish.
8/21/2012