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• Create Database and ODBC DSN  :
  • Supported* version of PostgreSQL (PostgreSQL 12 or higher)
    • A database to house the RED Metadata Repository.
    • A database to house scheduler (Optional)
• Software Installations
  • WhereScape RED10.1.x.x with valid license key entered and EULA accepted
  • WhereScape Enablement Pack for target database version RED10.1.x.x 
• Windows Powershell (64-bit) version 4 or higher
  • To check the Windows Powershell Version:
    • Run the below command in Windows Powershell
      

      Get-Host|Select-Object Version

• • • Run the below command in the Command Prompt
      

      powershell $psversiontable

• Run the following command using PowerShell
  • • The security protocol TLS 1.0 and 1.1 used by PowerShell to communicate with the PowerShell gallery has been deprecated and TLS 1.2 has been made mandatory
      

      Code Block
      \[Net.ServicePointManager\]::SecurityProtocol = \[Net.ServicePointManager\]::SecurityProtocol -bor \[Net.SecurityProtocolType\]::Tls12 Register-PSRepository -Default -Verbose Set-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

      
      

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1. Access to an Oracle System, with the following connectivity information:
   • TNS Service Name
   • Database Name
   • Port
   • User Name
   • Password
2. Setting up Oracle ODBC driver (64-bit)
   • Oracle Instant basic package (Oracle Instant Client Basic Package Windows 64-bit)
   • Download the Instant Client ODBC package. Unzip it in the same directory as your Basic package.
   • After unzipping all tools in the same directory Execute odbc_install.exe from the Instant Client directory.
3. After Oracle Instant client ODBC installed
   • Create Oracle ODBC driver DSN to connect to your RED Data Warehouse on Oracle.
4. Python 3.8 or higher 
   • Select "Add Python 3.8 to PATH" from the installation Window
   • Pip Manager Install with the command : python -m pip install --upgrade pip

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Run Setup Wizard as administrator

Create a new repository or upgrade already the existing repository.

Select the created ODBC DSN, input login details, and then select "select Validate". Press Click Next.

Select the directory that contains the unzipped Enablement Pack for installation. Press Click Next.

Using the check boxed checkboxed list, include or exclude the components that are to be installed. Press Click Next.

Configure a target connection (for example, a Data Warehouse) and its target locations.  Validate Validate and press ADDclick Add.

When done, press ADD click Add and then Press Next to advancecontinue.

Configure a data source connection (optional) and its target locations. Validate and press ADDclick Add. Press Click Next to advancecontinue.

Review the installation summary and click Install.

Clicking on the Click View Logs will take to open the installation log. Click on Finish once the installation is completed successfully.

Login to WhereScape RED.

You will be directed to the below PowerShell window which will give a brief explanation about of the post-installation process.

Press Click OK to start the post-installation. If pressed you click Cancel, the installation will stop and the user will be directed to RED.
The user will be directed to the window below, where they have to select the target connection to be configured. Additionally, by deselecting the provided options, the user can choose not to install a particular option.

You will be directed to below the PowerShell window below. Provide the directory that contains the unzipped Enablement Pack.

Press Click OK

The progress bar will show the post-installation progress.

User Users will have to choose the schema for the target setting that were provided. One pop-up will come for setting the default target for Date Dimension.

After selecting the target  target progress bar will show the progress for the installation and once it's completed, you will get the below pop-up.

After pressing clicking OK RED10 will open opens automatically. User The user will need to restart RED once.

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For upgrade of an existing repository

• From the host script set the script type of wsl_post_install_enablement_pack as Auto Execute - PowerShell Script

   
Important Upgrade Notes
If RED upgrades the repository option is chosen.
This enablement pack will overwrite any existing Source Enablement Pack UI Configs:

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To ensure existing Source Enablement Pack connections and associated Load Tables continue to browse and load:
Go into UI Configuration Maintenance in RED prior to before installing this  Enablement Pack and rename the affected UI Configurations. While the updated Load Template will work with the previous Source Enablement Pack 's we recommend moving these previous earlier versions of Load Tables to newly created Parser-based connections following this install. The earlier versions of the Source Enablement Pack will be deprecated following this release.

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1. Connection: 'Database Source System' - this connection was setup set up as an example source connection,
   • open it's properties and set it up for a source DB in your environment
   • or you can remove it if not required
2. Execute Update Procedure for dim_date_or to Initialize Date Dimension for Target

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Press the Windows Key on your keyboard and start typing cmd.exe, when the cmd.exe icon shows up in the search list right click it to bring up the context menu, select " Run As Administrator"
Now you have an admin prompt navigate to to the folder where you have unpacked your WhereScape Red Enablement Pack to using the 'the cd' command:
C:\Windows\system32> cd <full path to the unpacked folder> 
Run Powershell (.ps1) scripts from the administrator prompt by typing the Powershell run script command, for example:
C:\temp\EnablementPack>Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Setup_Enablement_Pack.ps1

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