Installing on MicroStrategy Library

Download

• Download the library version of VitaraCharts.

• You can find the latest links for download from our download site at Main page

Steps

• This VitaraChartsLibrary zip file will contain a folder named “VitaraCharts” and a separate folder for each of the visualizations.

• Unzip the ‘VitaraChartsLibrary’ zip file, you will get around 30+ folders.

• Stop​ WebServer (IIS/Tomcat or equivalent)

• Delete VitaraCharts related folders under MicroStrategy library plugins directory (if any exist).

• Please ​do not​ keep any backup copies of VitaraCharts in the plugins directory

• Copy over all the folders extracted from “VitaraChartsLibrary” zip file into the plugins folder of your MicroStrategy library installation. For instance if library server is installed under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategyLibrary, you will place all folders under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategyLibrary\​plugins

• Below is the screenshot of plugins folder after deployment of vitara charts for library.

  

  library install directory
• MicroStrategy 2021 Update 4 and newer versions From MicroStartegy 2021 update 4 version we can edit dossiers in the web library. So you have to provide license file in the library deployment also. REPLACE the license.txt file in the webapps/MicroStrategyLibrary/plugins/VitaraCharts/ folder with the license file provided to you.

• Start​ the WebServer.

• Flush any browser caches and access the dossier/documents from a new browser window (to avoid any issues with a previously used license file)

Configure Mobile Library Server Path

Starting with version 4.7 the following steps are always required.

After extracting the VitaraChartsLibrary plugins into plugins folder of MicroStrategy Library server, navigate to the library configuration page. Below are are the example URLs to open the configuration web page.

MicroStrategy Installation on IIS/Windows versions

https://<MicroStrategyLibraryServer>/plugins/VitaraCharts/config.aspx 
(Example: ​http://example.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/plugins/VitaraCharts/config.aspx)

MicroStrategy Installation on Tomcat/Linux versions

https://<MicroStrategyLibraryServer>/plugins/VitaraCharts/config.jsp 
(Example: ​http://example.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/plugins/VitaraCharts/config.jsp)

Below is the screenshot of the library configuration page. On this page enter the path to the MicroStrategy Web application (not library) and click submit.

library config

• Setting web configuration url also helps to render Vitara Charts without internet access in the ipad/iphone.

• Note : Clear cache in the MicroStrategy library mobile application and restart the MicroStrategy library mobile application on your iPad/iPhone to see the changes.

• For detailed instructions on clearing the cache, click here.