Census supports two possible configurations: Standard and Distributed. In both configurations, all Census components are installed on the Web server. The difference between the two configurations is the location of the databases.

Standard Configuration

• All Census 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 migrate them to SQL Server.

Distributed Configuration

• All Census components are installed on the Web server.
• All databases are SQL Server, and are located on a separate SQL Server computer.

Both configurations allow you to 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).

Web Server

• Operating System

  As of Census 7.0, Windows NT is no longer supported for the Web server.

  Census Enterprise	Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003*
  *Microsoft Visual SourceSafe requires Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (Census supports all editions of Windows Server 2003, but Visual SourceSafe does not). Microsoft 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)

  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

• Database

  Census Enterprise

  SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 (SQL Server licenses must be purchased separately). Note that SQL Server does not have to be installed on the Web server; another computer may be used as the SQL Server computer. The following documents from Microsoft will help you decide what type of licenses are best for you. SQL Server Processor Licensing Clarification March 02, 2003 Choosing How to License SQL Server July 22, 2003 How to Buy SQL Server July 02, 2003 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE), Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

• Browser Internet Explorer v5.01 to v7.0.

• 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.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.

• Disk space requirements depends on database size (minimum of 270 MB).

• E-mail System Census e-mail notifications require an SMTP e-mail server.

• Crystal Reports

  • For custom reports, Census uses the Crystal Reports v9.0 Runtime Software, which is included with the Vector Census.

  • Crystal Reports v9, 10 or 11 is needed if you want to build your own custom reports.

  • A license for the Crystal Reports Creation API is needed if you want to use Crystal Reports for auto-generated listing reports.
    By default, Census uses HTML-based reports for listing reports, printing issues, and formatting e-mail notification messages.

• Microsoft Access Census Admin requires Microsoft Access 2000 Runtime (included with Census), Access 2000, or Access XP.

Web Admin

• Java Runtime Environment from Sun v1.4.2 or higher
• Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.01 to v7.0

E-mail Integration

• POP3 and SMTP compliant e-mail server

Web views

• Windows
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.01 to v7.0
  • Netscape Navigator v6.0 to v8.0
  • Mozilla Firefox, all versions up to v2.0
• Macintosh
  • Netscape Navigator 6.2.x
• Cookies, Java, and Javascript must be enabled.
  If you need Java Runtime Environment for the clients accessing the Web views, you can download it from Sun Java Software.
• In Internet Explorer, Web views support v1.4.1.x and higher of the Sun Java Runtime Environment.

Additional copies of Census Admin and Web View Editor

Census Admin

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, or Server 2003. Requires Microsoft Access 2000 Runtime (included with Census), Access 2000, or Access XP. Pentium 166 MHz processor or higher is recommended. Requires minimum of 30 MB of hard disk space (additional 60 MB for MS Access Runtime). Requires minimum of 32 MB of RAM. (Additional memory will significantly improve performance). Workgroup users need networking software - Microsoft Networks, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Novell Netware, Artisoft Lantastic, and more. Internet Explorer v5.0 to v7.0.

Web View Editor

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, or Server 2003. Pentium 166 MHz processor or higher is recommended. Requires minimum of 30 MB of hard disk space. Requires minimum of 32 MB of RAM. (Additional memory significantly improves performance). Workgroup users need networking software - Microsoft Networks, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Novell Netware, Artisoft Lantastic, and more. Internet Explorer v5.01 to v7.0.

Power Customizations

Power customizations involve using the Microsoft Access/SQL Server development environment, Visual Basic, Javascript, and other advanced techniques to customize Census.

• If you have Census Access Enabled, you need a Microsoft Access 2000 or Access XP license.
• If you have Census SQL Enabled and you migrate the global databases to SQL Server, you'll need a license for SQL Server or a third-party tool for editing the data in SQL Server database tables.

Custom Reports

Census includes the Crystal Reports v9.0 Runtime Software. The Setup program installs the Runtime Software on your Web server. This allows users to view custom reports with Crystal Reports.

To build custom reports, you need:

• Crystal Reports v11.x (Standard, Professional, Developer, or Advanced edition).
• -or-
• Crystal Reports v10.x (Standard, Professional, Developer, or Advanced edition).
• -or-
• Crystal Reports v9.x (Standard, Professional, Developer, or Advanced edition).
• -or-
• Crystal Reports v8.5 (Standard, Professional, or Developer edition).

Optionally, you can also license the Creation API to accelerate the building of custom reports. To do this you first use a Census Web view to create a listing report (Web views have to create a listing report the first time it is viewed).

Crystal Reports must be purchased separately from Business Objects or another supplier.