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Installation
Alpana Designer » Installation
Installation of Alpana Designer is light on resource and pretty straightforward. Proceed to the next chapters to complete the installation.
Installation
Alpana Server » Installation
To install Alpana Server, please follow the below chapters. Pre-Requisites are very important, in particular “IIS Configuration”.
Installation
Alpana Update File Dependency » Installation
Installation of Alpana Update File Dependency is light on resource and pretty straightforward. Proceed to the next chapters to complete the installation.
Post-Installation
Alpana Server » Installation » Post-Installation
The steps required to activate and configure the application after installation are listed below. Startup If you didn’t start the website during the installation procedure, manually start the Alpana3App and Alpana3Client websites from Microsoft IIS Management…
Installation Troubleshooting
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Installation Troubleshooting
installation logs After Alpana installation, you will be prompted with a windows that ask you if you want to save installation log file : *If you get any trouble during the installation, the support will need the installation log file. Get the Alpana Server…
Binding to Real-Time Data
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Widget Data Binding » Binding to Real-Time Data
Introduction Instead of binding Widget data to a Alpana Data Source, you can configure it to accept Real-Time Data. Instead, it lets you create a Widget with no Data Source, and then you can push data directly into the Widget, using the Alpana web API. The general…
Components and Architecture of Alpana
About Alpana » Components and Architecture of Alpana
Installable components Alpana Platform is composed of : Alpana Designer : the development tool for creating Data Sources, Widgets, Dashboards Alpana Server : the website deployed for sharing content Alpana Mobile : the mobile app used for viewing on mobile…
Troubleshooting
Alpana Designer » Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Alpana Designer involves reading error messages from error logs. To learn how to find those logs, see next. Designer won’t start after installation. Depending of you installation, you may need to install Visual C++ Redistributable component…
Installing Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer » Installation » Installing Alpana Designer
Download installer See here to download the installer Run installer Double-click the installer to start installation : On the welcome screen, click Next to continue : Accept EULA Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next to continue : …
Backup
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Backup
Introduction Two elements of Alpana Server must be backed up : the Alpana Server database, named AlpanaDb by default the dashboards folder located in the installation folder, by default C:\inetpub\alpana3\, inside \app\App_Data\Published\ Backup *To perform a…
Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
About Alpana » Upgrading » Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server version number starting with v2 Dashboards migration Notice of incompatibility Due to internal changes for supporting new features, two component from…
General upgrade procedure for v3
About Alpana » Upgrading » General upgrade procedure for v3
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server v3.0 or newer. Upgrading from older versions requires manual steps detailed elsewhere. Some v3 upgrades may still require specific attention or manual steps.…
License Deactivation
Alpana Server » Administration » License Management » License Deactivation
Why Deactivate You may want to return the license from a Host in order to decommission the Host and use the license on another Host. For example, before moving the installation to a new hardware, you must de-activate. Note of warning Deactivate is not the same as…
Installing
Alpana Server » Installation » Installing
Important !Before installing, make sure you meet the Pre-Requisites. *Alpana Server will create folders and SQL databases. Download installer See here to download the installer. Running the Alpana Server installer Login with administrator rights to the machine…
Upgrading Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer » Installation » Upgrading Alpana Designer
Upgrading Alpana Designer is straightforward : Un-install any previous version of Alpana Designer. Run the new installer
Buffer database setup
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » The data Buffer » Buffer database setup
In Alpana v3.0.0, the Buffer database is setup automatically : for the Alpana Server : this setting applies to published Dashboards. A Microsoft SQL database is created by Alpana Server to host the buffer tables. for each Alpana Designer installation : this setting…
Installing
Alpana Update File Dependency » Installation » Installing
Run installer Run the installer as Administrator : Select folder Select the installation folder and click Next : Start Menu folder Select start menu folder and click Next : Complete installation Review options, click Install : Wait for completion and…
Upgrading from an older v1 version
About Alpana » Upgrading » Upgrading from an older v1 version
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server version number starting with v1 Notice of incompatibility After v1 (Alpana v1.1.1.5 and earlier), major changes were made in the core of Alpana. Due to those…
Getting Started
About Alpana » Getting Started
Getting started with Alpana is easy, and the summary below should help you follow the steps. Getting Alpana Contact your official Distributor to get a license. If you don’t know who is your official Distributor, get in touch with us at information@code192.com…
Accessing behind a router
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Accessing behind a router
Scenario In this scenario, Alpana Server is installed in the local network on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.1, and you wish to reach it from a public network through a router with external IP address 88.88.88.88. Configuring *Note : for this configuration…
Pre-Requisites
Alpana Server » Installation » Pre-Requisites
This section explains the system requirements to run Alpana Server. Alpana Server Pre-Requisites : Software Operating System Windows OS (x64) : Windows Server : 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 (see note below) Windows 10 (Version 1607+) !Important : A server OS is…
Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Alpana Server » Installation » Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Ports Reaching Alpana Server Alpana Server is composed of 2 websites that must both be reachable by the web browser on the client machines : the_Back-End Site_ and the Front-End Site The ports number are defined during installation. Allowing Alpana Server to get…
License incompatibility for Major upgrades
About Alpana » Upgrading » License incompatibility for Major upgrades
!Upgrading may require to re-activate your license in some cases. Read below for details. If this is your case, please check beforehand that you will have a the ability to activate, otherwise your Alpana Server installation will stop working while you are reaching…
2020 R2 Patch 1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2 Patch 1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R2 and 2020 R2 Patch 1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.17 to 3.3.1.20 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 Patch 1 is…
Migration
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Migration
Purpose Case 1 : Development → Staging → Production You have several environments for your development cycle. When development has been tested on one environment, you want to migrate the content (dashboards, users, etc) towards the Production environment. Case 2…
Connecting to Alpana
Alpana OMI App » Configuring » Connecting to Alpana
Login The first tab Alpana Connection allows to connect to an existing Alpana Server. Connection Parameters The following fields are required : Host The full URL to connect to the Alpana Server installation. This must include : the right protocol (HTTP /…
Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Designer-level Settings » Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer can log in to Alpana Server. This is useful for importing/exporting objects to Alpana Server from the Alpana Designer interface. Logging in To login, click the profile icon on the top right of the Alpana Designer Window and click Log In : The Login…
2021 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R2
Release notes of items completed between 2021 R1 and 2021 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.4.0.3 to 3.4.1.19 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.1.2 Introduction Version 2021R2 is a minor release and…
Dashboard error logs
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Dashboard error logs
What errors are logged Published Dashboards and Widgets can generate errors when viewed. Typically, this will show a Data retrieval error message in place of the Widget’s visuals : This means that the Widget was unable to get the required data. These errors…
v3.0.2.x
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.0.2.x
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.0.1.1 and v3.0.2.2 Upgrading Alpana Server install upgrade from v3 To upgrade Alpana Server from v3.0.1.1, first un-install the previous version from Windows Control Panel, as documented here. License upgrade !An…
Architecture
Alpana Server » About Alpana server » Architecture
This chapters explains the components of Alpana Server. Alpana Server is a website that deploys on Microsoft IIS and stores data to databases in Microsoft SQL Server. Websites Alpana Server runs two websites on Microsoft IIS : the Back-End Site the Front-End…
2020 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.2.3.3 and 2020 R1 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to 1.1.0.2 Alpana Real Time Data has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to 1.1.0.2 Introduction Version 2020 R1 is the first big release of the…
License Activation
Alpana Server » Administration » License Management » License Activation
Browsing your license portal Login to the web License Portal. Navigate to Licenses & Activations : Under Licenses & Activations, click the License ID you want to activate : Important note !Before starting the license activation, please make sure that you have…
2021 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R1
Release notes of items completed between 2020 R2 Patch 1 and 2021 R1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.20 to 3.4.0.3 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.2.0.1 Introduction Version 2021R1 is a major release…
2020 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R1 and 2020 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.0.25 to 3.3.1.17 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 is a minor release…