ACP Server License

ACP Data Flow

ACP is played in a internet browser program (e.g. Internet Explorer, Fire Fox, Chrome ...) in a web page. The browser must have Adobe Flash Player installed. The web page loads ACP's ShockWave files (*.swf). The browser communicates with the ACP server HTTP or HTTPS. HTTPS is a secure protocal and is the standard protocol used by secure sites like online banking.

Server Requirements/Configuration

The Analytica Cloud Player requires:

• Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, XP, Vista, 7, or 8.
• Internet Information Server (IIS), 7.0 or later preferred, with ASP.NET
• Minimum 4GB RAM. 16GB+ recommended.
• You will need a 64-bit Windows operating system if your model requires more than 3GB of memory to run.

The Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 or later will also be installed if not already present during ACP installation.

Installing ACP

Installing ACP on your server involves a few steps.

Installing and Configuring Analytica Decision Engine

The first step is to install Analytica Decision Engine. You can download the ADE installer from the Lumina at http://lumina.com/support/downloads/ Usually you will want to use the ADE 64 bit edition. However if your server is 32 bit (rare these days) then you will need to use ADE 32 bit.

When installing ADE you will need a valid Activation Code which Lumina will provide you. Important, if your models use Analytica's Optimizer functions then you need an Activation Code for ADE with Optimizer.

Once ADE has been installed, you need to configure the server to allow IIS to launch ADE. From the windows start menu, run dcomconfig.exe and then give the IIS user name (usually DefaultAppPool) permission to launch ADE. Here's an screenshot from a Windows 2008 Server illustrating the process.