f
Select how often you want to run the task from the options and click Next.
g
Depending on the interval selected, define the time, days, and the date to start the task.
h
Enter the user credentials of the host administrator to ensure that environment settings are
configured correctly.
i
If the user name and password is recognized, a message is displayed confirming the task has been
scheduled.
j
Select Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish option.
k
Click Finish.
l
From the Windows Start menu, navigate to Setting > Control Panel > Scheduled tasks.
m
Right‐click the task and click Properties. The task Properties dialog appears.
n
The script is a Perl script and has to be run by Perl. Change the Run field to obtain the full path of the
perl executable. For example:
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
where: C:\Perl\bin\ is the Perl installation directory.
If Perl is installed in another location, be sure to use the correct path.
o
View the loader logs under
Manually Loading Data to the External Database
The data files are manually loaded to the external database.
To load the zip files manually for Oracle
1
Unzip the contents of the zip file to the
unzip adm_olap_v.X.X-XXX.zip -d adm_olap/data/
2
Change directories to the loader base directory and run the loader script:
cd
<unzip_path>
./load_oracle.pl
To load the zip files manually for MS SQL Server
1
From Windows Explorer, copy the adm_olap_v.X.X-XXX.zip file to
folder.
2
Right‐click the adm_olap_v.X.X-XXX.zip file and unzip it to the same location.
3
From the Windows Start menu, select Run and type cmd. The command prompt appears.
4
Change directories to the loader base directory and run the loader script:
cd
<unzip_path>
load_sqlserver.pl
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<install_dir>
\adm_olap\sync_adm_olap.pl
unzip_path
unzip_path
/adm_olap/load/
\adm_olap\load\
\adm_olap\load\sqlserver\log
/adm_olap/data directory:
unzip_path
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\adm_olap\data\
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