Installing Esri Business Analyst Desktop silently
Esri Business Analyst Desktop can be installed without a user interface (UI) by running the setup using Windows Installer command line parameters. To run the Windows Installer with command line parameters, you execute setup.exe from the command line.
Note:Upgrading to 10.2.2? For more information, see Existing Esri Business Analyst users.
Requirements
- Windows Installer version 3.1 must be installed and running on your machine prior to running the setup silently.
- All previous versions must be uninstalled before you proceed with the silent installation.
Esri Business Analyst Desktop installation command line parameters
The following are explanations of the parameters:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Path to installer | The path to the setup.exe file or setup.msi file. |
Method | /q, which provides a basic UI with a progress bar and error handling |
How to perform a silent installation of Esri Business Analyst Desktop
The following is an example that uses the setup command to perform a silent installation:
c:\Esri_Business_Analyst\setup.exe /q
How to perform a silent installation of Esri Business Analyst 2014 data
For installing Esri Business Analyst data in the default configuration, this following command should be run:
msiexec /i <PATH_TO_DATA_SETUP_FOLDER>setup.msi /q
You can also select which data features will be installed using ADDLOCAL parameter, e.g.:
msiexec /i <PATH_TO_DATA_SETUP_FOLDER>setup.msi /q ADDLOCAL=Business_Data
In this case only business data will be installed locally. For the 2014 Data Setup, the list of features names are:
- Demographic_Data
- Business_Data
- Shopping_Centers_Data
- Geocoding_Data
- ZIP4_Geocoding_Data
If you want to change the data install location (default is C:\ArcGIS\Business Analyst\US_2014), use INSTALLDIR property:
msiexec /i <PATH_TO_DATA_SETUP_FOLDER>setup.msi /q INSTALLDIR=E:\US2014
For setting the custom install folders into separate components, use the following properties:
- BUSINESS_DATA
- DEMOGRAPHIC_DATA
- GEOCODING_DATA
- STREETS_DATA
msiexec /i <PATH_TO_DATA_SETUP_FOLDER>setup.msi /q BUSINESS_DATA=E:\US2014Businesses