System software order of installation

This section provides an overview of the general steps required to install:

  • Power Operation
  • Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module files: Advanced Reporting and Dashboards
  • Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL): Use this module to extract historical data from Power Operation and transform it into a format that can be used in the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module.
  • Power SCADA Anywhere

Before you begin, you need the following items:

  • Installation medium for Power Operation with Advanced Reporting and Dashboards and Power Operation 2024 Installation Guide.
  • Installation medium for ETL and Power SCADA Anywhere (included on the Power Operation with Advanced Reporting and Dashboards ISO).
  • Installation medium for .NET Framework 4.7.2, downloaded from Microsoft.
  • Installation for Microsoft SQL Server.

    • NOTE: SQL Express is included on the Power Operation with Advanced Reporting and Dashboards ISO. Microsoft SQL Server must be obtained from Microsoft.

On the Power Operation Server Computers

The following table lists software that you will install on each of the servers and clients in your project.

Power Operation
Primary Server

Power Operation
Secondary Server

Power SCADA Anywhere

Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Server

Power Operation 2024

Power Operation 2024

Power Operation 2024 client access only

SQL Server
   

Power SCADA Anywhere

Advanced Reporting and Dashboards (from the Power Operation ISO)
   

Windows Terminal Services must be enabled.

ETL

Power Operation Server Computers

Install all operating system updates before you install Power Operation.

On the server that you will use for Power Operation, install software in the following order:

  • Verify that you have the correct Internet Explorer version for your operating system. See Web Client versus Thick Client for more information.
  • Install .NET 4.7.2
  • If you want to have Matrikon Explorer on the computer, install Matrikon before you install Power Operation.
  • Install Power Operation.

On the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Computer

On the server that you will use for the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module, install the software in the following order:

  • Microsoft SQL Server: You must install SQL Server on the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards server. Refer to the Power Monitoring Expert 2024 – System Guide for information.
  • Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module: Use the Power Operation with Advanced Reporting and Dashboards installation medium and installation guide.
  • On the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module server only, install ETL. See Installing the ETL Administration Tool for details.

NOTE: The installation medium is located on the same DVD or .ISO as the Power Operation installation, in the Advanced Reporting and Dashboards Module folder.

On the Power SCADA Anywhere Server Computers

You need to install Power SCADA Anywhere on a remote client computer. See Configure the Power Operation Secondary Server for directions.