************************* FreeDashboarDesigner INSTALLATION ************************* Steps: 1- Download and unzip the FreeDashboarDesigner_0.50 package 2- unzip pentaho-demo package 3- start Pentaho with the start-pentaho.bat file 4- run FreeDashBoard 5- set some mandatory parameters in the "preference" : the pentaho folder(the pentaho-demo path that you just unzip, for example : c:\FreeDashBoard_021\pentaho-pci-160ga) and pentaho server url(http://localhost:8080/pentaho) ... Just be carefull : when you unzip your Pentaho platform, you may have a duplicate "pentaho-pci-160ga" folders hierarchy ! *********************************************** Pentaho FreeDashboardWeb embedded INSTALLATION *********************************************** Steps: 1- Download and unzip the pentaho-fd package 2- unzip pentaho-fd package 3- you need to configure some services by edit file, freedashboard.setup.xml under freeDashboardWeb.war/ take a look at FreeDashboardWeb configuration 4- FreeDashboardWeb is pre-configured to use the HSQL database, but can easily be configured to use other databases, please take a look at BIRepository configuration 5- start Pentaho with the start-pentaho.bat file under main pentaho's folder 6- navigate to http://server address: port/freedahsboardWeb/ ******************************* FreeDashboardWeb CONFIGURATION ******************************* Edit and customize freedashboard.setup.xml under freeDashboardWeb.war/ http://pentaho's server address:port/pentaho/ /home/pentaho/pentaho-demo http://pentaho's server address:port/BIRepository *************************** BIRepository CONFIGURATION *************************** Edit and customize freedashboard.setup.xml under [pentaho_home]\jboss\server\default\deploy\BIRepository.war\WEB-INF\applicationContext.xml 1- comment out the following lines 2- Uncomment the MySQL connection lines and adjust as appropriate.