Installer Behaviour

lang

The language code to use to display the installer interface in. This must be one of the supported languages:
en - English
ja - Japanese
de - German
es - Spanish
fr - French
nl - Dutch
pt - Portuguese (Brazil)

If not specified, the graphical installer will display a language selection dialog box. The command-line installer will default to English.

lang=fr

action.langpacks

Set this to false if language packs should not be installed into the Yellowfin database. This affects the Yellowfin installation’s interface, not the installer’s interface.

true

action.langpacks=false

action.hidepacks

Set this to true to hide the pack selection screen from the user during installation. In combination with the option.pack.* properties, this can be used to force a specific set of packs to be installed.

action.hidepacks=true
option.pack.tutorial=false
option.pack.geopack.world=false
option.pack.geopack.us=false

action.hidepack.tutorial

Set this to true to hide the tutorial content pack on the pack selection screen. In combination with the option.pack.tutorial property, this can be used to force the tutorial content pack to be installed or not installed. If action.hidepacks is true, this property is ignored.

action.hidepack.tutorial=true
option.pack.tutorial=true

action.hidepack.geopack.world

Set this to true to hide the World Countries GeoPack on the pack selection screen. In combination with the option.pack.geopack.world property, this can be used to force the World Countries GeoPack to be installed or not installed. If action.hidepacks is true, this property is ignored.

action.hidepack.geopack.world=true
option.pack.geopack.world=false

action.hidepack.geopack.us

Set this to true to hide the US Zip Codes GeoPack on the pack selection screen. In combination with the option.pack.geopack.us property, this can be used to force the US Zip Codes GeoPack to be installed or not installed. If action.hidepacks is true, this property is ignored.

action.hidepack.geopack.us=true
option.pack.geopack.us=false

resource.licencefile

A Yellowfin licence file resource that is packaged in the installer. If this property is set, the user will not be prompted to select a licence file at installation time.

See Adding Files to the Installer for more information.

resource.licencefile=resources/licence.lic

action.hideserverport

Set this to true to hide the server port option from the user during installation. In combination with the option.serverport property, this can be used to force a specific server port.

action.hideserverport=true
option.serverport=81

action.hidewinservice

Set this to true to hide the Windows service option from the user during installation. In combination with the option.winservice property, this can be used to force the Windows service to be installed or not installed. This property is ignored on other Operating Systems.

action.hidewinservice=true
option.winservice=false

installer.winservice.name

The name of the Windows service. This property is ignored if the Windows service is not being installed.

Yellowfin

installer.winservice.name=Report Server

installer.winservice.description

The description of the Windows service. This property is ignored if the Windows service is not being installed.

Yellowfin Application Server –

installer.winservice.desc=This service starts the Report Server

action.debugsql

Set this to true to enable logging of all SQL queries that the installer makes to the configuration database. This will create a log file under the installation directory named YellowfinInstallSQL-yyyymmdd.log which contains SQL queries run during installation.

action.debugsql=true

action.allowed.databases

A comma-separated list of databases that the user may choose as the Yellowfin configuration database. The possible values are the same as for the option.db.dbtype property. This is used to limit the list of available database types.

action.allowed.databases=SQLServer,MySQL,Oracle

action.hidedboptions

Set this to true to hide all database options from the user during installation. In combination with the option.db.* properties, this can be used to force a specific database configuration.

action.hidedboptions=true

action.nodbaccess

Set this to true to stop the installer from accessing the database. The installer will not set up the required schema or load initial data. Database configuration is still required via the {[option.db.*}} properties (or by the user during installation) as the database configuration parameters have to be inserted into Yellowfin configuration files.
This can be useful when installing additional nodes in a clustered environment, where there is a shared database.

false

action.nodbaccess=true

action.hideinstallpath

Set this to true to hide the installation path option from the user during installation. In combination with the option.installpath property, this can be used to force a specific install location.

action.hideinstallpath=true

action.nodevelopment

Set this to true to stop the installer from creating the development directory. This directory contains source code, examples and documentation that are useful for integrating Yellowfin into other systems.

false

action.nodevelopment=true

action.warfileonly

Set this to true to stop the installer from writing any files to the filesystem except the yellowfin.war file. This may be useful when installing into an environment with an existing Application Server.

false

action.warfileonly=true

action.yellowfincontent

Set this to false to stop the installer from loading any Yellowfin-branded content into the database. This includes the standard email header image and introductory Storyboards. This may be useful when installing a re-branded version of Yellowfin.

true

action.yellowfincontent=false

action.noshortcuts

Set this to true to stop the installer from creating Start Menu shortcuts on supported Windows systems. This property is ignored on other Operating Systems.

false

action.noshortcuts=true

shortcut.default.programgroup

Set this to the name of the program group to create when creating Start Menu shortcuts on a supported Windows system. This name must only include characters that are valid in filenames.

The application name and version.

shortcut.default.programgroup=Report Server

shortcut.startserver.title

The name of the “Start Server” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Start Yellowfin Server

shortcut.startserver.title=Start Report Server

shortcut.startserver.description

The description of the “Start Server” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Starts the Yellowfin application server

shortcut.startserver.description=Starts the Report Server

resource.shortcut.startserver.icon

A resource to use as the icon for the “Start Server” shortcut in the Start Menu. This should point to a Microsoft icon file.

See Adding Files to the Installer for more information.

resource.shortcut.startserver.icon=resources/start.ico

shortcut.stopserver.title

The name of the “Stop Server” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Stop Yellowfin Server

shortcut.stopserver.title=Stop Report Server

shortcut.stopserver.description

The description of the “Stop Server” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Stops the Yellowfin application server

shortcut.stopserver.description=Stops the Report Server

resource.shortcut.stopserver.icon

A resource to use as the icon for the “Stop Server” shortcut in the Start Menu. This should point to a Microsoft icon file.

See Adding Files to the Installer for more information.

resource.shortcut.stopserver.icon=resources/stop.ico

shortcut.homepage.title

The name of the “Homepage” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Yellowfin Homepage

shortcut.homepage.title=Login to Report Server

shortcut.homepage.description

The description of the “Homepage” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Open the Yellowfin homepage in your web browser.

shortcut.stopserver.description=Open the Report Server login page

resource.shortcut.homepage.icon

A resource to use as the icon for the “Homepage” shortcut in the Start Menu. This should point to a Microsoft icon file.

See Adding Files to the Installer for more information.

resource.shortcut.homepage.icon=resources/homepage.ico

shortcut.winservice.title

The name of the “Service Properties” shortcut in the Start Menu. This property is ignored if the Windows Service is not installed.

Yellowfin Service Properties

shortcut.winservice.title=Report Server Service Properties

shortcut.winservice.description

The description of the “Windows Service” shortcut in the Start Menu.

Opens the Service Properties editor

shortcut.winservice.description=Open the Report Server Service Properties editor

resource.shortcut.winservice.icon

A resource to use as the icon for the “Windows Service” shortcut in the Start Menu. This should point to a Microsoft icon file.

See Adding Files to the Installer for more information.

resource.shortcut.winservice.icon=resources/winservice.ico