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Plant Applications Products Documentation

Getting Started Guide
- Plant Applications Installation Overview
- Preparing to Install Plant Applications
- Installing Plant Applications
- Installing the Report (Web) Server
  - Report Server Installation Overview
  - Install the Plant Applications Report Server
    You can install the Plant Applications Report Server, after completing the prerequisites.
  - Set Up the Plant Applications Report Server
  - Secure Socket Layer and Certificate Requirements
    The Plant Applications Report Server requires a valid IIS server certificate to work in SSL mode. When you install and access the Report Server across different machines, the certificate should be validated across machines and preferably signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) known to these machines.
  - Create or Modify UAA Users to Access Web Reports
  - Set Up IIS for Remote Use
    When the Plant Applications Report Server has been installed on a different machine from the Plant Applications Web Client, you must configure Plant Applications Report Server applications (PAReporting, Apps, and ProficyDashBoard) to use different X-Frame-Options.
  - Set Up FTP for Report Server
    To use Plant Applications Report Engines, you must enable your machine with the FTP permissions. Following are the steps to configure Microsoft IIS FTP permissions.
  - Set Up the Plant Applications Excel Add-In
  - Setting up IIS Web Services
  - Changing the SharePoint Port Number
    SharePoint Services 3.0 uses port 80 by default, which is the port used by the Plant Applications Web server.
  - Local Client Application Support
    You can install local copies of the Plant Applications Administrator, Plant Applications Client, and Workflow Client and directed them to an installed server to access the Unified Manufacturing Database (UMDB), a historian, and Web Server reports.
  - Troubleshooting Web Reporting Issues
- Post-installation Tasks
- Plant Applications Client Interfaces
- Test and Production Environments
- Upgrading from Version 7.0 SP5 and Later
- Appendix: Cluster Installation and Configuration

Report Server Installation Overview

Plant Applications offers Web Reports for access through a browser and specialized Web Parts for access through a portal using the Report (Web) Server. Plant Applications Web Reports now supports multiple browsers and Proficy Authentication.

The Plant Applications Report Server must be installed after the Plant Applications Server, but before installing a Plant Applications Client. For information about setting up and using Web Reports and Web Parts, see the Plant Applications help.

Web Client Reports offer another means to access similar data. See Plant Applications Client Interfaces for information about accessing the Plant Applications Web Server Administrator and the Web Server.

You must also determine the account that the Plant Applications services uses to start. The account must have Log on as a service rights.

For information about installing and using SSRS, see the Proficy Plant Applications SSRS Report Configuration and Report Creation Guide, which is posted with KB16011.

Note:

It is highly recommended not to install Plant Applications Web Reporting Engines on Plant Applications Server as the engines can be configured to periodically force a reboot of the computer they are running on.
If Plant Applications Report (Web) Server is installed on Plant Application Server, you must note that the Proficy Server Manager service will be stopped and started during installation when the Plant Applications Report Services are created.
The Plant Applications Report Services do not start when using the Local System account.