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installation &
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Installing Communiqué Pro |
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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:
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Download the installation file
ProSetup.exe*
from our website.
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Navigate to the folder where you saved the
downloaded ProSetup.exe* file and run it.
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When the setup program is displayed you may
begin installing Communiqué Pro.
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While at the welcome screen, click the Next
button to process with the installation
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Ready to Install screen displays the
previous choices you've made. Click on the install
button to install Communiqué.
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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.
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Connecting to your StoneEdge database
for use with the Inventory Monitor Pro |
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Communiqué Pro can be connected to your
enterprise database in the following manner:
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T will first look for the InvMonSEPro.cfg found in your IMPro
directory to see if there is already a server and database
defined.
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If a Server and Database are already defined
in the InvMonSEPro.cfg file then the IMPro will
use this for connecting to your database.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Communiqué will first look for the
StdSettings.cfg found in your user profile communiqué
directory locate in documents and settings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Communiqué will first look for the
EntSettings.cfg found in your user profile communiqué
directory locate in documents and settings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Once you have connected into your store,
Communiqué is ready to begin reporting about your store and
it's business.
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Getting Started with
Communiqué |
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Select a report from the Customer's drop down
menu located on the ribbon bar as displayed below. |
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Select the "High Dollar Buyers" report from the
Customer's drop down menu as displayed below. |
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Select the "Execute" button from the
ribbon bar as displayed below. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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