Census Small Business README
(build 6.6.0.30.90)
This document contains important information about Census Small Business.
Evaluation License Keys
During installation, you must enter a Census Small Business license key. The license key enables Census Small Business and specifies the number of licenses.
When you registered Census Small Business, an e-mail message containing the evaluation license keys was automatically sent to the e-mail address you provided.
The evaluation license key that you received is for named (per-user) licensing. Concurrent licenses are also available. For more information, contact sales@metaquest.com.
Installing the Evaluation Version of Census Small Business
To install the evaluation version of Census Small Business:
- Review the system requirements and supported configurations before you continue with the Setup program.
- Log on to your Web server with a domain account that has Administrator permissions.
- Install Census Small Business on your Web server.
After the installation is completed, a configuration program will automatically start. During the configuration, you will be asked for your Census Small Business license key. Enter the evaluation license key that was sent to you when you registered Census Small Business.
- Finish configuring Census Small Business.
- [optional] Install additional copies of Census Admin and the Web View Editor on other workstations.
- [optional] If you want to use Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) as your database engine, log on to Census Web Admin and relocate the databases to MSDE 2000.
Notes
- The Setup program creates a domain user account that is used to access the Census Small Business databases and for anonymous access to the Web views. To modify the domain account used by Census Small Business, start Census Admin and in the Tools menu, click Windows Account.
- Census Admin requires the Access 2000 Runtime, Access 2000, or Access XP. If you do not have Access 2000 or Access XP installed on your system, the setup program installs the Access 2000 Runtime.
Logging On
Use the demo user account to log on to the sample Web views. The demo has no password.
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Bugs - Simple View Allows users to submit new issues (bugs) and check the status of existing issues. Shows only the information entered by the user. Notes and comments added by development staff are hidden. |
| Bugs - Development View Allows users to log and track development issues such as bugs and enhancement requests. Shows all issues and issue information, and is intended for use by QA, developers, managers and any one else involved in product development. Enforces a bug-tracking workflow. |
Census Components
All Census components are installed on your Web server. Additional copies of Census Admin and the Web View Editor may be installed on other computers.
- Census Server
Census Server includes the project databases that contain the issues and definitions (such as queries, reports and layouts) for Census Small Business projects. - Census Web
Census Web is a Web-based application that users run to enter issues, query the database, and generate reports. Each Web view is an instance of Census Web. You generate Web views with the Web View Editor. - Census Web Server
Census Web Server is the Web server component of Census Web. The Census Web Server installation includes a Microsoft Windows service (Mq Issue Agent) that takes care of generating and sending e-mail notifications. - Census Admin
Census Admin is a Microsoft Windows application for administering Census projects. For example, you use Census Admin to create projects, create users and user groups, customize fields, and set up e-mail notifications. - Census Web Admin
Census Web Admin is a Web-based administration tool. It allows you to add and edit users, define workflow rules, create new tabs, set up choice fields, and to enable e-mail notifications. - Web View Editor
Web View Editor is a Microsoft Windows application that you use to create Web views for your Census projects. Web views are HTML/ASP pages that provide access to Census projects through a Web browser.
Supported Configuration
- All Census Small Business components are installed on the Web server.
- All databases are located on the Web server. By default, the databases are Microsoft Access databases, but you can relocate them to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000).
You can install additional copies of Census Admin and the Web View Editor on other computers. For example, you may want to install a copy of the Web View Editor on your computer, so you can edit and regenerate existing Web views from your desk (to create new Web views, you must run the Web View Editor on the Web server).
System Requirements
Web Server
Web views
Web Admin
Additional copies of Census Admin and Web View Editor
Web Server
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Operating System Windows NT 4 (SP 6), 2000, XP, or Server 2003
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe requires Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (Census Small Business supports all editions of Windows Server 2003, but Visual SourceSafe does not).
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Internet Information Server (IIS)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional should be used only for evaluation and testing, because they support a maximum of ten concurrent connections to IIS.Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
** NT4 Backup Domain Controllers are not supported **Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 or later -
Database
- Microsoft Access database (included).
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine.
Census Small Business does not support any version of SQL Server other than MSDE 2000. MSDE 2000 is tuned to deliver the same performance as SQL Server for up to five concurrent users, and supports up to 2GB per database.
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Browser Internet Explorer v5.01 to v6.0 SP1.
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Cookies, Java, and Javascript must be enabled.
Java
Microsoft Windows XP does not ship with a Java VM. The Java VM was included in SP1, but due to court action by Sun Microsystems, Microsoft withdrew SP1 and released SP1a, which does not include the Java VM. Please see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre.aspIf you need a Java VM, you can download the Microsoft Java VM from www.metaquest.com, or you can use a third party Java VM.
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Disk space requirements depends on database size (minimum of 270 MB).
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E-mail System e-mail notifications require a MAPI-compliant, Lotus Notes 5.x or SMTP electronic mail system.
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Microsoft Access Census Admin requires Microsoft Access 2000 Runtime (included with Census), Access 2000, or Access XP.
Web Admin
- Java Plug-in from Sun v1.4.2 or higher
- Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.01 to v6.0 SP1
Web views
- Windows
- Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.01 to v6.0 SP1
- Netscape Navigator v6.0 to v7.2
- Mozilla 1.4 to 1.8
- Mozilla Firefox, all versions up to v1.0
- Netscape Navigator v6.2.x
Microsoft Windows XP does not ship with a Java VM. The Java VM was included in SP1, but due to court action by Sun Microsystems, Microsoft withdrew SP1 and released SP1a, which does not include the Java VM. Please see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre.asp
If you need a Java VM, you can download the Microsoft Java VM from www.metaquest.com, or you can use a third party Java VM, such as the Java Plug-in from Sun.
Additional copies of Census Admin and Web View Editor
This section specifies the minimum requirements for installing Census Admin and the Web View Editor on other computers.
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