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Quickstart

Install MetaMiner on one Windows server, connect one BusinessObjects environment, and browse it in the CMS Explorer.

What you will build: a single-host installation with the embedded MetaMiner Database, one enabled BusinessObjects environment, and the MetaMiner Client connected to it.

Time: about 30 minutes of work, plus the first pull, which depends on the size of your CMS (estimate).

You need:

  • A 64-bit Windows Server host where you are a local administrator.
  • The full installer MetaMiner-ENTERPRISE-windows-x64-5.2.<build>.exe and a license file.
  • The CMS host name and a BusinessObjects account in the Administrators group, for example MetaMinerAdmin.
  • Network access from the host to the CMS.

1. Install

  1. Right-click the installer, choose Run as administrator, and accept the defaults: folder C:\Program Files\Infolytik\MetaMiner, components MetaMiner Server and MetaMiner Client.
  2. On the last screen, select Run MetaMiner Admin and click Finish.

Details: Install the Server.

2. Configure the MetaMiner Administrator

  1. Accept the Windows elevation prompt when the MetaMiner Administrator starts.
  2. When Choose License File opens, select your license file.
  3. Leave MetaMiner Database Configuration on Postgres (embedded).

Image of the MetaMiner Administrator after the license is accepted, with the empty environment list

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3. Add your BusinessObjects environment

  1. In Add SAP BusinessObjects Environment, enter Display name:, CMS Host:, BI LaunchPad:, Username: and Password:.
  2. Click Test Connection and wait for a successful result.
  3. Save the environment. It appears in the list, enabled.

Skip the Audit DB and CMS DB tabs for now; you can add them later. Details: Add an Environment.

4. Start the server

  1. Click Start Server.
  2. Wait until the button reads Stop Server. The first start also creates the embedded database, so it takes longer than later starts.
  3. Choose File > Open Log Folder, open slc.log, and wait for the line state changed: Initial Pull Done for your environment.

5. Connect the client

  1. Start MetaMiner from the Start menu.
  2. In the Connection Manager, enter localhost in MetaMiner Server Host:, keep port 49714, and click Connect.
  3. Check your environment under Select one or more BI environments: and click Apply.

6. See the CMS Explorer

The client opens the CMS Explorer with your environment's folder tree. Expand a folder and select a document to see its properties.

Image of the CMS Explorer with a public folder expanded and a Web Intelligence document selected

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What you learned

  • The full installer installs the server, administrator and client, and registers the services without starting them.
  • The MetaMiner Administrator holds the license, the database choice and the environment list, and starts the server.
  • The server logs pull stages in slc.log; Initial Pull Done means the environment is ready.
  • The client connects to the server on port 49714 and loads the environments you select.

Next steps