How To Setup Retail Graph

Minimum Requirements

· XP Service Pack 2 or Later version of Windows

· Ram 1 GB minimum

· Processor Pentium IV

Follow following steps to install Retail Graph.

Step 1

1. Login from Administrator Rights

2. Open setup CD and Click on Setup.exe

3. Click on Accept button.

4. Click on Accept button.

5. Click on Accept button.

6. Click on Yes button. (System will reboot)

After rebooting the system this screen get activated.

Finally required prerequisites gets installed on your system.

Installing and configuring Retail Graph.

1. Open setup CD and Click on Retail Graph Setup.exe

2. Click on Next button.

3. Click on Next button.

4. Click on Next button.

5. Click on Next button.

6. Click on Close button.

Step 2

Note: Step 2 is required only in case SQL Server 2005 is not install from Setup due to any problem

If SQL Server 2005 not installed from Setup due to any problem then Please Follow following steps to install SQL Server 2005 if it is not installed in your system and if SQL Server 2005 is install on your System then Please skip Step 2

How To Setup SQL Server 2005: -

After installing the setup click on SqlExpress\sqlexpr32 from Setup Location

1. Checked the check box to accept the licensing terms and conditions.

2. Click on Next button.

3. Click on Install button.

4. Click on Next button.

5. Click on Next button.

6. Click on Next button.

7. Unchecked the check box Hide advanced configuration options.

8. Click on Next button

9. Right click on Client Components.

10. Select option Entire features will be installed on local hard drive from the pop up menu.

11. Click on Next button.

12. Select the option Named Instance

13. Enter the instance name as SQLExpress., in box below.

14. Click on Next button.

15. Select option Use the built-in System account

16. Beside the above option select Local system in drop down list.

17. Checked, both the check box SQL Server and SQL Browser

18. Click on Next button.

19. Select option Windows Authentication Mode

20. Click on Next button.

21. Select the option SQL collations (used for compatibility with previous versions of SQL Server)

22. Select the option as Dictionary order. Case-insensitive, for use with 1252 Character Set. In below drop down list.

23. Click on Next button.

24. Checked the check box Enable User Instances

25. Click on Next button.

26. Click on Next button.

27. Click on Install button

28. Click on Next button

29. Finally Click on Install Button.

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Step 3

Note: Run Retail Graph & if Showing any Error related data base then Follow these Step

30.Now click on file SQLServer2005_SSMSEE

31.It will install SQLMSEE.

32.After Installation

33.Now click on start->programs->sqlserver2005->… (See below)

34. Select the option SQL Server Management Studio Express

35. After Click on this option you will see this window.

36. Give exact information as seen as above and press ok.

Server name should be .\SQLEXPRESS (don’t forget to type .\)

37. After that you will see this window.

38. Click on Connect button.

39. Right click on database folder and click on Restore Database. A new window opens

40. Select option From device and click on browse [A button with three dots (…) ] to select a database backup file.

41. After click on above browse button following window gets activate.

42. Select the option as File in drop down list.

43. Click on Add button.

44. Select “RetailGraphdb” from the CD, then Click on the OK button

45. Click on Ok button.

46. Select To database option as RetailGraph in above drop down list.

47. In list below select the backup file as RetailGraph-Full Database Backup. To select this file, Select “RetailGraph” in To database and Check the Option Restore as shown in the picture.

48. Click on Ok button.

This window gets activated if the database file, which we are going to restore, is already exists in system.

49. Select Options in left pane.

50. Select Restore options as Overwrite the existing database. To select this option just checked the check box shown in the picture.

51. Click on Ok button.

52. Click “OK”. Database has been successfully restored.

53. Go to desktop and click Retail Graph icon to start the program.