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Installing Communiqué Pro

 

The installation for Communiqué Pro is quite simple and straight forward.  You can press the Cancel button anytime to abort installing Communiqué Pro on your computer.  The following steps will guide you through the installation:

  • Download the installation file ProSetup.exe* from our website.

  • Navigate to the folder where you saved the downloaded ProSetup.exe* file and run it.

  • When the setup program is displayed you may begin installing Communiqué Pro.

  • While at the welcome screen, click the Next button to process with the installation

  • While at the license agreement screen, read the license agreement.  Accept the license and then press the Next button, or decline the license agreement and press the Cancel button.

  • While at the Start Menu Folder, you can accept the default menu folder name, or change it to whatever you like.  When you are done, press the Next button to continue with the installation.

  • When you arrive at the Select Additional Tasks screen, you can choose to have a desktop icon/short cut placed on your desktop for easy access to Communiqué.  You can also choose to create a Quick Launch icon for the Quick Launch toolbar.

  • The Ready to Install screen displays the previous choices you've made.  Click on the install button to install Communiqué.

  • When the installation is complete a finish button will be displayed.  Click on the finish button to finish installing Communiqué.

Now that you have finished installing Communiqué Pro on your computer, it is ready for you to run.  If you choose to have a desktop icon placed on your desktop, or a quick start icon placed on your quick start toolbar then you can click on either one to start Communiqué Pro.  If you did not choose those options then you will need to go to the start menu button for Windows 7, Vista or XP and find the program group and start Communiqué Pro from there.

 

 

Connecting to your StoneEdge database for use with the Inventory Monitor Pro

 

Communiqué Pro can be connected to your enterprise database in the following manner:

 

FRirst

 

 

  1. T will first look for the InvMonSEPro.cfg found in your IMPro directory to see if there is already a server and database defined.

  2. If a Server and Database are already defined in the InvMonSEPro.cfg file then the IMPro will use this for connecting to your database.

  3. If there is no StoneEdge database defined in the InvMonSEPro.cfg file then you will need to select the server from the dropdown and enter the database you want to connect to.

  4. For those user's requiring Server Authentication to log in to their SQL Server, be sure to toggle on the "Server Authentication" option, enter the "User ID" and "Password" in addition to selecting the "Server" and "Database" to connect.

  5. Once the options for your database has been entered, you can connect to it using the connect button located next to it.

 

 

 

Standard Edition

Communiqué will locate the SEOM database for your store in the following manner:

  1. Communiqué will first look for the StdSettings.cfg found in your user profile communiqué directory locate in documents and settings.

  2. If a SEOM database four your store is defined in the StdSettings.cfg file then Communiqué will open this database, and be ready run with the data contained in this database.

  3. If there is no SEOM database for your store defined in the StdSettings.cfg file then Communiqué will look in the default Stone Edge directory and look at the last store opened when you last closed Order Manager.

  4. If the Stone Edge directory can not be found or the last store opened in Order Manager can not be determined then Communiqué will continue to load.  When Communiqué has finished loading you will notice all of the buttons on the ribbon bar are disabled except for the "Select Store" button.  You may use this button to help locate an SEOM database for your store.

  5. Once you have connected into your store, Communiqué is ready to begin reporting about your store and it's business.

Enterprise Edition

Communiqué will locate the SEOM database for your store in the following manner:

  1. Communiqué will first look for the EntSettings.cfg found in your user profile communiqué directory locate in documents and settings.

  2. If a SEOM enterprise database four your store is defined in the EntSettings.cfg file then Communiqué will open this database, and be ready run with the data contained in this database.

  3. If there is no SEOM database for your store defined in the EntSettings.cfg file then Communiqué will look in the default Stone Edge directory and look for a file named SEOrdManEnt2000, SEOrdManEnt2001, SEOrdManEnt2003, etc.

  4. If the Stone Edge directory can not be found or the Order Manager enterprise file can not be determined then Communiqué will continue to load.  When Communiqué has finished loading, you will notice all of the buttons on the ribbon bar are disabled except for the "Select Store" button.  You may use this button to help locate the enterprise SEOM database for your store.

  5. Once you have connected into your store, Communiqué is ready to begin reporting about your store and it's business.

 

   
 

Getting Started with Communiqué

   
 

Select a report from the Customer's drop down menu located on the ribbon bar as displayed below.

   
 
   
 

Select the "High Dollar Buyers" report from the Customer's drop down menu as displayed below.

 
 
   
 

Select the "Execute" button from the ribbon bar as displayed below.

 
 
   
 

The data filters for the "High Dollar Buyer's" report will be display as seen below.  Select or enter whichever filters you like, or keep the default values as present.  Press the Apply button to execute the report.

   
 
   
 

In addition to the data filters, you can use the filter bar to further refine your data.  Sometimes the shear volume of data, and the number of pages you must print require breaking a report into smaller more manageable parts.  The filter bar is an ideal way to make large print jobs more manageable.

   
 
   
 

Congratulations, you have executed your first report.  That is all there is to running reports in Communiqué Pro. If you did not get any results then you may want to go back and adjust your data filters by selecting the "Execute" button.  Change the appropriate data filters and press the Apply button again. 

   
 
 
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