B2B Data Exchange Installation and Configuration Guide

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Step 2. Define Installation Settings

On the

PowerCenter version

page, ,

select the PowerCenter version for which to install B2B Data Exchange

and then click

The

Installation Directory

page appears:

Enter the absolute path to the installation directory or accept the default directory, and then click Next
.

The

Installation Components

page appears.

Select the components to install:

B2B Data Exchange: Installs the core
B2B Data Exchange
application.
Selected by default.

B2B Data Exchange Partners Portal: Installs the
B2B Data Exchange
Partners Portal component. You must install
B2B Data Exchange
to install the Partners Portal component.
Selected by default.

B2B Data Exchange Dashboard and Reports: Installs the
B2B Data Exchange
Dashboard and Reports component.
You can make the Dashboard available in
B2B Data Exchange
in two ways. When you install
B2B Data Exchange
, you can enable the dashboard that uses operational data store. Otherwise, you can use the dashboard that uses metadata repository which is available by default.
Select this component to view the reports in the Dashboard using the operational data store.
You must install
B2B Data Exchange
to install the Dashboard and Reports component.
Cleared by default.

The Dashboard using metadata directory is installed by default. Select this component to view the reports in the Dashboard using operational data store. After installation, you must ensure to set the
dx.dashboard.ods.page.show
system property to
true
to view the reports in the Dashboard using operational data store. For more information, see the
B2B Data Exchange
Administrator Guide
and
B2B Data Exchange
Operator Guide
.
If you install the Dashboard and Reports component, you must import the operational data store event loader after you install
B2B Data Exchange
.
If you install the Dashboard and Reports component, your
B2B Data Exchange
and operational data store repositories are installed on Microsoft SQL Servers, and you use PowerCenter version 10, you must configure the repository connections in PowerCenter Workflow Manager. For details, see Configuring Repository Connections on PowerCenter Version 10.

B2B Data Exchange PowerCenter server plug-in: Installs the
B2B Data Exchange
plug-in for the PowerCenter services. After the installation, you register the plug-in to the PowerCenter repository.
Selected by default.

B2B Data Exchange PowerCenter client plug-in: Installs the
B2B Data Exchange
plug-in for the PowerCenter Client. Install this component on every machine that runs the PowerCenter Client.
Selected by default.

Click

The

Metadata Repository

page appears.

Watch

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