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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 for the Range Table DB (Optional)
      • A database to house scheduler (Optional)
  • Software Installations:
    • WhereScape RED10 with valid license key entered and EULA accepted
    • WhereScape Enablement Pack for target database version RED10
  • 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 Command Prompt

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  • 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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  • Create Database and ODBC DSN:
    • PostgreSQL
      • At least one schema available to use as a RED Data Warehouse Target
  • 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 the already existing repository.

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

Select the directory that contains 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 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 press click Install.


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

Login to WhereScape RED.

Note

There is a post-install script that will run at the first login to RED10 to complete the post-setup wizard installation process.

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 stops 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.

Select the template set for installation either Python or PowerShell.
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 schema for Date Dimension.

After selecting the target schema 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 refresh the All Objects tree once.

Upgrade Of Existing Repository

For upgrade of an existing repository

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

   
Important Upgrade Notes
If RED upgrade 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 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: Data Warehouse ('PostgreSQL' )- This connection was set as per parameters provided in Setup Wizard
    1. open Open its properties and check the extended properties tab, set it up for SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT
  2. Connection: 'Database Source System' - this connection was set as an example source connection,
    1. open Open its properties and set it up for a source DB in your environment
    2. or, you can remove it if not required

Enable Script Launcher Toolbar

There are several Several stand-alone scripts which provide some features such as "Ranged Loading", these scripts have been added to the Script Launcher menu but you will need to enable the menu toolbar item to see them.
To enable the Script Launcher menu in RED, select Home->Script Launcher

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Windows Powershell Script Execution

On some systems, Windows Powershell script execution is disabled by default. There are several workarounds for this which can be found by searching the term "Powershell Execution Policy".
Here is the most common workaround that WhereScape suggests, which does not permanently change the execution rights:
Start a Windows CMD prompt as Administrator, change the directory to your script directory, and run the WhereScape Powershell scripts with this command:

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In the upgrade of the existing repository if the user gets the above error then it means the script type of wsl_post_install_enablement_pack is set to PowerShell(64-bit) change the script type to Auto Execute-PowerShell before upgrade upgrading or manually run running the wsl_post_install_enablement_pack script from the host script from RED after the upgrade.

If a valid RED installation can not be found

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