Installing the IBM InfoSphere Glossary Anywhere client manually
You can use an installation wizard to install the IBM® Glossary Anywhere client on your computer, for either an initial installation or an update.
Before you begin
- You must have a user account on IBM InfoSphere® Information Server with an Information Governance Catalog Glossary Basic User role or higher.
- Make sure that Glossary Anywhere is not currently installed on the target computer. If an existing version is installed, remove it before installing the new version. To learn how to retain existing configuration settings, see Retaining settings for InfoSphere Glossary Anywhere.
- The target computer must have a supported version of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 or later installed. See the InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1 system requirements for the specific versions of Windows that are supported.
- Make sure that you have write access to
the target installation directory. To ensure that you have appropriate
access, either log in to the target computer as a Microsoft Windows Administrator
or make sure that the target installation directory is unlocked. Note: If you are not a Microsoft Windows Administrator, and the default target installation directory is locked, you can use the silent installation script.
- You must have Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer, Version 9.0 or later, installed.
- You must have a valid security certificate, either from the target computer or from the server where IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is installed.
About this task
You can install the Glossary Anywhere client and define user preferences and configuration parameters. When you install the client, the installation process uses the configuration parameters in the provided file config.ini. Settings for text capture, host configuration user preferences (including language), and search are included in this file. You can edit this file to change the parameters. After installation, you can change the settings manually from the Settings panel of the Glossary Anywhere user interface.
Procedure
What to do next
If you have no connection errors, you can use Glossary Anywhere. Right-click the Open Book icon in the system tray, then select Open to display the Glossary Anywhere window at any time. Type a string in the Search window to search for terms or categories.
If you have connection errors, check the log file. The log file is in the directory that is in the LogFileDirectory parameter in the config.ini file. Each time that the client is started, a log file is created on the client computer. The name of the log file is BusinessGlossaryAnywhereyyyymmddhhmmss.log, where yyyymmddhhmmss is the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second when the application was started. Verify with the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator that the server name, port number, user name, and password are correct.
You can change the text capture method, user preferences, and configuration values at any time by using the options available from the Settings tab.