Getting started with Engineering Insights

Learn how to install, configure, and use IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights (ENI).

If you are new to ENI, read Overview of Engineering Insights to learn about this application.

Installation

ENI is included in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM). You must purchase a license to use the product.

For a web installation, download the web installer for your platform from the Jazz.net. Click the version that you want to use, and go to the All Downloads page and extract the compressed file. Open a command window, change the directory to where you extracted the compressed file, and run the launchpad (launchpad.bat or launchpad.sh, depending on your platform).
If you want to install the server in an environment without internet access,
- Go to the All Downloads page.
- Download a repository for the server and trial licenses.
- Install by using IBM Installation Manager.

Use the following links to learn how to install the product:

Find and read Installing IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) topics.
Deployment and installation planning for the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management.
Use the Interactive guides to build a set of instructions to fit your installation environment.

Note: Ensure that you install the following Jazz® Reporting Service components: Report Builder and Lifecycle Query Engine.

Upgrade and data migration

If you upgrade ENI, use the following links of upgrading tasks:

Read about Upgrading IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management.
Use the Interactive guides to build a set of instructions to fit your environment.

Setup

After you install the product, run the setup wizard to configure your database, email settings, and user registry, and to register your applications. The wizard detects and thus you can set up the applications that you installed.

If you use the default database and user registry, run the Express® setup wizard, which is a simplified version of the wizard.
If you use an enterprise database, LDAP user registries, or if you want to deploy the applications in a distributed topology, run the Custom setup wizard. This setup option is advised for production environments.

Note: Ensure that you installed and set up the Jazz Reporting Service components: Report Builder and Lifecycle Query Engine.

Administration

To learn about extra administrative tasks, read Administering IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management servers. The administration section provides detailed information about tasks such as registering extra applications with the Jazz Team Server, managing licenses and users, and backing up and restoring applications.
To learn about ENI application administration tasks such as creating project areas and managing project content, read Administering Engineering Insights.

Usage

With ENI, you unlock engineering knowledge from multiple tools, and gain the insights on actions to be taken. You help your teams work faster and more efficiently on large, complex engineering projects, by visualizing the relationships among engineering data. By using ENI, you simplify common analysis activities, such as:

Change impact analysis: what work you must do for this change request?
Situational awareness: where are you as you converge toward done?
Validity and compliance checking: is your engineering information complete and related correctly?

To get started with the product, read the Engineering Insights usage map, and the Tutorials section.

For more information about using the product, read about Managing complex data across multiple engineering disciplines.