Defining DWD server authentication settings

Perform this procedure to define the authentication settings for the DWD server.

Define DWD server authentication settings:

From the Start menu, select All Programs > BV Data Warehouse Designer > BV Data Warehouse Designer Server Set Up .
Specify one of these setup options:

Standard

Select this option to use standard DWD database settings.

Note:
DWD installs the M3 metadata for the actual M3 version, but not necessarily your M3 version.

Custom

Select this option to modify the DWD database settings to suit your needs.

Fastload

Select this option to use or run a script in setting up the DWD server.
Select Use options from previous setup to use a previous setup.

Click Next.
Complete these steps:

Microsoft SQL Server Name

Specify the Microsoft SQL Server. The default value of this field is the name of the Windows server running the Microsoft SQL Server.

Enable High Availability setup

Select this option to enable High Availability setup for this profile. Ensure that a valid Availability Group Listener Name is provided in the Microsoft SQL Server Name field.

Authentication type

Select the method to be used for validating a user's credentials. The default authentication is Windows (trusted).
Note:
For Windows Authentication, the Windows NT user must have a SQL login to the database server.

For all authentication types, the SQL login credentials must have a "sysadmin" server role.

Login Name

If you selected Microsoft SQL Server authentication, specify the login name to access the Microsoft SQL Server.

Password

If you selected Microsoft SQL Server authentication, specify the password to access the Microsoft SQL Server.

Click Next.
Specify one of these procedures:

Standard setup

See instructions in Installing standard database settings.

Custom setup

See instructions in Installing customized database settings

Fastload setup

See instructions in Installing Database Settings Using a Fastload Script