Downloading and Installing Eclipse

Once you have installed MicroStrategy Web and MicroStrategy SDK, you must download and install Eclipse. This topic illustrates how to install Eclipse, and create and configure an Eclipse project for using the Web Customization Editor.

For your convenience, the instructions below provide some general guidelines in instances where they may facilitate the installation and configuration process. However, depending on the version of Eclipse that you install, these guidelines may or may not be precisely the same as those provided by Eclipse. The Eclipse web site provides the most current instructions for downloading and installing the software, and the Eclipse documentation provides instructions for creating and configuring an Eclipse project.

Downloading and Installing Eclipse

Access http://www.eclipse.org and download a 4.x version of the Eclipse SDK.
When you unzip the downloaded zip file into a new folder, an eclipse folder will be created automatically under the directory where you unzip the file.
In the eclipse folder, create a new folder called workspace.
Open the eclipse folder and double-click on eclipse.exe. The Workspace Launcher window opens.
On the Workspace Launcher window:
- use the Browse button to select the workspace folder that you created under the Eclipse directory.
- check the Use this as the default and do not ask again check box to select it.

Click OK. The Eclipse window opens with the Java perspective loaded.

Close the Welcome tab of the Java - Eclipse SDK to view the Package Explorer tab.

The default memory settings for Eclipse are defined in eclipse.ini (located in the C:\eclipse download name\eclipse folder). The recommended values for memory settings Xms and Xmx are 512m and 1024m respectively. These values can be updated by editing eclipse.ini.

Next step in deploying and configuring the Web Customization Editor is to deploy and configure the Web Customization Editor.