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Using a response file to create an Enterprise Manager project

As an alternative to stepping through each page of the Configuration Wizard during the project creation process, you can create a response file with the Enterprise Manager project information and use that response file with the Configuration Wizard to automatically create the Enterprise Manager project on this machine and configure the connection to the Statistics and Enterprise Manager repository.

Creating a response file

MicroStrategy recommends that you create a response file through the graphical interface of the Configuration Wizard. You step through the Configuration Wizard and make your selections, as described in Creating the Enterprise Manager project. When you reach the Summary page of the Configuration Wizard, do not click Finish. Instead, click Save. You are prompted to save your selections in a response file.

You can also create or modify a response file with a text editor. For information on all the parameters in the response file, see Enterprise Manager response file parameters.

MicroStrategy supplies a blank response file template, Response.ini, in the Common Files folder of your MicroStrategy installation. By default, this folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MicroStrategy.

Executing a response file

You can execute a response file in any of the following ways:

To use a response file with the Configuration Wizard

  1. From the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs, then MicroStrategy Tools, and then select Configuration Wizard. The Configuration Wizard opens.
  2. Click Load. The Open dialog box displays.
  3. Browse to the path where the response file is saved and click Open. The Summary page opens.
  4. An overview of all the configuration tasks performed by the response file is displayed. Review the tasks and when you are ready to perform the configuration, click Finish.

To use a response file through the Windows command line

Type the following command in the Windows command line:

macfgwiz.exe -r "Path\response.ini"

Where Path\ is the fully qualified path to the response file. For example, a common location of a response file is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\
MicroStrategy\RESPONSE.INI

If an error message is displayed, check the path and name you supplied for the response file and make any required changes.

To use a response file through the Configuration Wizard in UNIX or Linux

  1. From a UNIX or Linux console window, browse to <HOME_PATH> where <HOME_PATH> is the directory you specified as the Home Directory during installation.
  2. Browse to the folder bin.
  3. Type mstrcfgwiz-editor and press ENTER. The Configuration Wizard opens with the Welcome page displayed.
  4. Press ENTER.
  5. Type 1 to select to use a response file and press ENTER.
  6. Type the fully qualified path to the response.ini file and press ENTER. For example:

    7. /home/username/MicroStrategy/RESPONSE.INI

    If an error message is displayed, check the path and name you supplied for the response file and make any required changes.

To use a response file through the UNIX/Linux command line

  1. From a UNIX or Linux console window, browse to <HOME_PATH> where <HOME_PATH> is the directory you specified as the Home Directory during installation.
  2. Browse to the folder bin.
  3. Type the following command in the command line and press ENTER.

    4. mstrcfgwiz-editor -response /Path/response.ini

    Where Path is the fully qualified path to the response file. For example, a common location of a response file is:

    /home/username/MicroStrategy/RESPONSE.INI

    If an error message is displayed, check the path and name you supplied for the response file and make any required changes.