Installing RT Report Manager  

RT Report Manager is .NET application. The “All in one” setup will install everything necessary for the application to work properly. If some of the required components are missing on your system they will be downloaded and installed.

1: Prerequisites

At the beginning you may need to accept one or more EULA (End User License Agreement).  These license agreements are for software and components used by RT Report Manager.  

•.NET Framework 4.8 

•Microsoft Report Viewer 

You will see the EULA screen just in case the software was not already installed on your computer. When the EULAs are accepted the setup will install the required components (if any)  Since all these components are widely used, they might be already installed and you may be sent directly to the next step. 

2: Installing RT Report Manager Application: 

The setup will show EULA screen for RT Report manager. Please read the license agreement carefully and if you do not accept it do not continue with the installation.

Next screen is to choose a place where the application will be installed. You may need to change the default path if you don’t have enough space on your disk. 

When you confirm the installation it will be processed. 

3. Connecting to existing SQL Server database

RT Report Manager supports 2 database types: Local database and SQL Server database

-Local database will be installed and configured during the installation. It is useful if you want to start testing the main features of the software immediately. Local database does not have support for multiple users, Document management, advanced features like Version control, Documentation and Search, Tasks, Secondary scheduler for short tasks.

-SQL Server database provides more features and is highly recommended in case you tested the software and you decided to start using it. 

1.1Allows to have central management for all users, reports, jobs and tasks. 

1.2Detailed journal for reports and jobs activity

1.3Document management allowing to keep copies of the exported files

1.4Documentation and Search features

1.5Version control features

1.6Tasks to import, compress, send files by FTP and SFTP etc.

1.7Secondary scheduler for short tasks

If the SQL server database was already installed and you want to connect current instance to it, do the following:

1.Open Settings screen

1.Click the button with 3 dots to edit database settings

1.Select SQL Server database and click the 3 dost button to select the database you want to use

1.RT Report Manager will ask you to restart the application in order to load the new database

5: Registration 

Open settings dialog and click the button “Request Registration Key” 

Select desired license type, fill the Company name and click the button “Generate”. Copy the generated key from the field “RequestID” and send it to support@r-tag.com.  You can use also use button “Generate & E-mail”. 

When you receive the registration, key click button “Register”. 

Paste the key in the field “Registration Key” and click OK.