App Studio Installation and Configuration Steps

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Installation and Configuration Steps

The steps to install and configure App Studio vary depending on how you plan to develop applications.

Local Processing. Install App Studio on the machine of each developer, then ensure that a web and/or application server is configured on each machine. To access data, configure the local WebFOCUS Reporting Server. Developers will develop applications and run reports on their machines.
Remote Processing. Install App Studio on the machine of each developer, then set up a connection from each App Studio machine to a WebFOCUS environment installed somewhere on your network. To access data, configure the WebFOCUS Reporting Server in the WebFOCUS environment. An application server is needed on the App Studio machines to run the Help system. Optionally, App Studio can be configured to use remote hosted Help. However, WebFOCUS processing occurs on the remote environment, so the local web and/or application server is not needed on these machines. This is because developers connect to environments running elsewhere to develop applications and run reports.
Network Installation. Install App Studio on one shared machine. Developers will run App Studio from their desktop by accessing the files installed on the shared machine over the network. You must set up a connection from App Studio on the shared machine to a WebFOCUS environment. To access data, configure the WebFOCUS Reporting Server in the WebFOCUS environment. A special license code is needed for a network installation.
Installation on a WebFOCUS Machine. Install App Studio after WebFOCUS is installed and configured. App Studio connects to the WebFOCUS environment that is already installed or, optionally, App Studio can be configured to have its own configuration.

Installation and Configuration Steps

Perform the following steps to install and configure App Studio:

Ensure all requirements are met (see Installing App Studio).
Run the App Studio installation (see Installing App Studio).
Ensure a web and/or application server is configured either locally or remotely.
- For local processing, verify the automatic web or application server configuration (see Installing App Studio) or manually configure a web or application server (see Configuring the Web Server or Application Server).
- For remote processing, or network installations, ensure a WebFOCUS environment has been configured somewhere on your network. To install WebFOCUS, see the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster Installation and Configuration manual for your platform.
Launch App Studio.
Set up a connection to a WebFOCUS environment.
- For local processing and installation on a WebFOCUS machine, this should occur automatically if the web server is configured. In some environments, you may need to specify the web server port to set up the connection. You can also create connections to additional WebFOCUS environments running on your network.
- For remote processing, or network installations, set up connections to WebFOCUS environments and specify the default environment to use for development.
Configure data adapters and metadata to report on your data through the WebFOCUS Reporting Server (see the WebFOCUS App Studio User's Manual). For remote processing, and network installations, use the adapters and metadata of the remote environment.
For network installations, configure access from developer desktops to the shared machine where you installed App Studio (see Configuring a Network Installation).

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