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Contents
1 Welcome and Introduction.................................................................................................4 2 Pre-Installation Steps...........................................................................................................4
2.1 Review Epicor Management Reporter Features...........................................................................................4 2.2 Verify Pre-Requisite Software is Installed.....................................................................................................5

3 Install Microsoft Management Reporter............................................................................5 4 Install Epicor Management Reporter Integration.............................................................5

4.1 Create DSN (ODBC) Connection.................................................................................................................5 4.1.1 For Progress Database......................................................................................................................5 4.1.2 For SQL Database............................................................................................................................6 4.2 Install the Epicor Management Reporter.....................................................................................................6

5 Configure Microsoft Management Reporter.....................................................................7

5.1 Create a New Entity...................................................................................................................................7 5.2 Create Report Definitons............................................................................................................................8

6 Upgrade from FRx 6.7..........................................................................................................8

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1 Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the Epicor Management Reporter Integration guide. This document is intended as a starting point to install and configure Epicor Management Reporter. This document does not describe the installation of the actual Microsoft Management Reporter software. Epicor Management Reporter allows integrating Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007 Management Reporter and the Epicor 9.05 application. Epicor Management Reporter helps you create and generate various financial reports by acting as a data adaptor, or "plug-in", by processing the requests of Microsoft Management Reporter and providing data from the Epicor 9.05 application data base.

2 Pre-Installation Steps
Complete the following steps before you start the Epicor Management Reporter Integretion installation.

2.1 Review Epicor Management Reporter Features

Use these steps to review the features, functionality and limitations of the Epicor Management Reporter. 1. Review the following features of Epicor Management Reporter: a. calculate balances based on all segments b. select various drill-down levels: financials, accounts or transaction c. compare data from multiple financial years due to cross-year reports 2. Review the access to functionality that Epicor Management Reporter provides to its users: Epicor financial periods (calendars) Chart of Accounts General Ledger transactions Actual and budget data (scenarios) Various balance and transaction attributes 3. Review the report generation limits of the Epicor Management Reporter: Only posted transactions are used for generating reports. Since Epicor contains only balances and not budgeting transactions, you cannot combine actual data and budget data on the transaction level. Reports can be generated in the General Ledger book currency. Rollups are not supported. Tree import is not supported. Epicor Management Reporter Data Adaptor configuration wizard is provided in English only.

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2.2 Verify Pre-Requisite Software is Installed

Use these steps to verify the necessary software versions are installed. 1. Verify you have the Epicor 9.05 application installed. Use the Epicor 9.05 Installation Guide for instructions. 2. If you use SQL, verify you have SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 or higher (if available) installed. 3. Verify you have installed MS WSE 3.0.

3 Install Microsoft Management Reporter

Use the following steps to install Microsoft Management Reporter. 1. 2. Verify you have completed the prerequisites steps. Insert the Microsoft Professional Management Reporter DVD into the DVD drive of your server where your Epicor application is installed. Install Microsoft Management Reporter using the documentation provided on the Microsoft website. The documentation is called Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Professional 2007 Management Reporter Install Guide.

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4 Install Epicor Management Reporter Integration

Use the following steps to install the Epicor Management Reporter Integration.

4.1 Create DSN (ODBC) Connection

Use these steps to create a DSN (ODBC) connection to the Epicor application database. Use one of the following sections based on whether you have a Progress or SQL database.

4.1.1 For Progress Database

1. To create an ODBC connection, from Control Panel, select Administrative Tools. Open the Data Sources (ODBC) administrator program. 2. Select the type of Data Source Name (DSN) to set up. To do this, click on either the User, System, or File tab. 3. Select the Data Source Name and click Add.

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4. Select the Progress OpenEdge 10.2a driver from the list of drivers. Click Finish. Note that the client should have this driver previously installed. 5. In the ODBC Driver Setup dialog, enter the following and then click OK. Data Source Name. Any name assigned. Host Name. Server name where the Progress database is located. Port Number. Port number of the Progress database server. Database Name. Full path to the Progress database file as it is located on the database server.

4.1.2 For SQL Database

1. To create an ODBC connection, from Control Panel, select Administrative Tools. Open the Data Sources (ODBC) administrator program. 2. Select the type of Data Source Name (DSN) to set up. To do this, click on either the User, System, or File tab. 3. Select the Data Source Name and click Add. 4. Enter the Name and Description of your data source. 5. Select a SQL Server to which you want to create a connection. Click Next. 6. Select either With Integrated Windows authentication or With SQL Server authentication to define the authenticity method for the login ID. Click Next. 7. Verify the Change the default database check box is selected and your SQL Server database is selected. Click Next. 8. Click Finish to complete the ODBC connection configuration.

4.2 Install the Epicor Management Reporter

Use the following steps to install the Epicor Management Reporter data adaptor. 1. Log on to EPICweb and go to the Customer Portal Page. Navigate to Support > Epicor 9 > Downloads. Note You can use this link: https://epicweb.epicor.com/Support/epicor9/Downloads.

2. Navigate to Epicor 9 > Version 9.05.600 > Third Party Products > Management Reporter. 3. Download the Epicor9MMR.exe file to your server. 4. Double-click the file to start the installation. 5. On the Welcome dialog, click Next. 6. To accept the default destination folder, click Next. You can click Browse to select a different folder.

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7. To accept the Data Integration default configuration file location, click Next. You can click Browse to select a different folder. 8. To begin the installation, click Next. The files are installed. 9. When complete, click Finish. The Epicor Management Reporter closes.

5 Configure Microsoft Management Reporter

Use the following steps to configure Microsoft Management Reporter, including creating a new entity and report definitions.

5.1 Create a New Entity

Use these steps to create a new entity in Microsoft Management Reporter. 1. Open the Microsoft Management Reporter. 2. From the Entity menu, select Entities > New. 3. In the New Entity dialog, enter the following: Entity Name. Enter the name of the new entity. Entity Description. Enter a concise description of the new entity. Source System. Select Epicor 9.05 v1.1 from the drop-down list. This option was installed as a source system was the Epicor Management Reporter was installed. 4. Click the Settings button next to the Source System. 5. If you use SQL, specify your connection settings using the following: Data Source Type. Select SQL Server r from the drop-down list. Server Name. Enter the name of the SQL database server where your Epicor database is located. For login information, select either the Use Windows authentification or Use SQL Server authentification check box to define the level of desired security. Database. Select the proper database from the drop-down list. Test Connection. Click this button to verify your connection is set up correctly. Click Next. 6. If you use Progress, specify your connection settings using the following: Data Source Type. Select Progress from the drop-down list. Data Source Name. Select the DSN to Progress database where your Epicor application database is located. User Name / Password. Enter the login information to connect to the Progress database. For example, you may have a user name created called SysProgress.

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Test Connection. Click this button to verify your connection is set up correctly. Click Next. Select a Company and Book Code from the drop-down lists. Click Next. On the summary page, review the connection settings. Click Finish. The New Entity dialog displays. Click OK. Select the Set as Default check box to set this entity as the default. Click Close.

5.2 Create Report Definitons

Use these steps to create report definitions in Microsoft Management Reporter. 1. Open the Microsoft Management Reporter. 2. Use the Report Set Up Wizard to create report definitions.

6 Upgrade from FRx 6.7

For existing customers, use the following section to migrate your current Microsoft FRx 6.7 to use Microsoft Management Reporter. The migration tool converts much of your Microsoft FRx 6.7 configuration to Management Reporter. 1. 2. In Report Designer, from the Tools menu, select Migration > Migrate. In the Migrate dialog, browse to the FRxSys32.mdb for the configuration that you want to migrate. Click Migrate. The information in the Migrate dialog indicates the conversion progress. Based on the amount of data to be migrated, the conversion may take some time. 3. 4. After the migration completes, click Close. Review the log file that displays to determine if any errors occured during the conversion. As needed, edit the affected building block to correct any errors. Use Management Reporter to create new entities. In Report Designer, on the Tools menu, click Migration > Validate. The information in the Validate dialog box indicates the validation progress. Based on the amount of data to be checked, the validation may take some time. 7. After the validation completes, review the Report Designer navigation section. If an exclamation point icon appears next to any building block, Management Reporter was not able to validate that building block. In these cases, open that building block and correct the errors.

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