1. beas group AG Beas sql guide Martin Heigl CTO

2. Beas sql guide
Introduction
Beas first installation and update
Frequent errors

3. Account Control Settings
Before installation of beas, make sure, that:
you have Admin rights for the domain
when using 32bit client, then use it all features 32bit
you never installed SAP Client64 / SAP Client32
your account control settings are on minimum
Open Start – Click on Control Panel – User Accounts

4. Introduction Click on Change User Account Settings
and set indicator on lowest level
Restart your machine (PC or Server)
Note: After first installation of beas you can
change User Account Control Settings back

5. Folder Permission Configure the Permission for folder beas
Software. Go on C: - Program Files (x86)
and open it. Make right click on the folder
beas software and click Properties
After that, you will see a window with few
Tabs. Choose the tab Security.

6. Introduction Click on the button „Edit“
On window Permissions do following steps:
choose your group or user
set permissions to full control
click on button „Apply“
Note: If you are not able to change permissions, just add
new user with button „Add…“ and then set rights for this
new user.

7. Turn off Firewall
Click on „Start“ - open „Control Panel“ – „Windows Firewall“ and turn off the firewall.

8. Introduction
If is not everything turn off (usually will be all red like in our green field) , then click on „Turn Windows Firewall on or off“
Choose in Home or work and Public network local settings „Turn off Windows Firewall“
At least reboot the machine

9. Beas sql guide
Introduction
Beas first installation and update
Frequent errors

10. Beas first Installation and Update
Go to Help Center – Product news, select page
for current version

11. Beas first Installation and Update
On page for current version, select MSSQL download

12. Beas first Installation and Update
Extract (unrar) the files
Open cd and make right click on
„setup.exe“ – click – „Run as admininstrator“

13. Beas first Installation and Update
Then click „Next“ to continue
Then please check if your configuration is all right
SERVER = Name of your database server (Should be Uppercase)
Programserver = \\name of your server\b1_shf (shared folder of SAP) to this folder all beas files and sub-folders will be installed. In case of update, your beas version will checked
Note: This configuration should be automaticaly filled after your first installation and confugration

14. Beas first Installation and Update
Then you should be able to see a confirmation message that the server installation was successfull
Now install cd patch which you have downloaded
Open cdpatch/cd then setup.exe right mouse click – Run as Administrator

15. Beas first Installation and Update
Then please check if your configuration is all right
SQL Server = name of your DB server has to be same like in cdserver
Programserver =we recommend SAP share folder or folder which you used in cdserver, usually \\<NameOf YourServer>\b1_shr
DB user = user to connect to your SQL server
DB Password = password to connect to your SQL server
Click on Connect
Now you see if your configuration is ok
Important! Server-Connect must be „ok“ if not then you have to check your configuration in previous steps
If everything is all right then click the button „Next“

16. Beas first Installation and Update
Please accept conditions and click „Start“
If a security warning is issued, (up to 3 times) just click the button „Run“
Now you see if your configuration is ok
For initial installation install the reportviewer – click Yes

17. Beas first Installation and Update
Beas is installed or updated. If you get a message from Program Compatibility Assistant, then just click on „This program installed correctly“.

18. Beas first start
Before you start beas, set and check your configuration
Open beas and then click on – „change company“ and then „options“
Now check your configuration, it should looks like this
Server = Name of your Database server
DB User and Password = your connection into the SQL server
License server = if is different then DB server then you have to type in
Driver = here choose your SQL server version
Programmserver = \\<servername>\b1_shf folder, this folder has been created the SAP installation containing all beas files
If is everything ok click on „Test and Save“

19. Beas first start Then click on DI-API
Fill your User and Password which you are using for login to SAP, write your Licenseserver (if is different thant DB server) and choose correct Driver then click on „Test“

20. Beas first start You should get the message „DI-API Test is ok“
Click on „OK“
Then click on „Save and Close“
Note: If DI-API Test is not OK you will get an error message.
First try to re-install DI-API manually. How to do, is explained in chapter 3 – „Frequent Errors“
If reinstallation will not help then please contant us and our team will support you
After this configuration, beas clients should be updated automatically after you‘ll update beas on Server, if not please continue with Beas client update

21. Beas client first installation
After you installed beas and set configuration of First start, open in you client any window and write your path to server and b1_shr folder
\\<servername>\b1_shr
As you can see beas structure was installed there, open folder beas software
Right mouse click on „clieintsetup.exe“ and start as Administrator

22. Beas client first installation
Please check your connections (green field) and if Server-connect = „ok“ then click „Start Update / Installation“

23. Beas client update
If you once time updated your Database server, then you can use client setup in ither PCs (clients).
Go into folder of latest patch version of beas and make right mouse click on „client_setup.exe“ – click „Run as administrator“
Please check your connections (green field) and if is Server-connect = „ok“, if yeas click „Start Update / Installation“

24. Beas client update In this case you can see window Security
Warning – please confirm with button „Run“
After that beas client is updated successfully. If you get a message from Program Compatibility Assistant, then just click on „This program installed correctly“

25. Beas sql guide
Introduction
Beas installation and update
Frequent errors

26. Beas Error after connection to Start Update
When you start upgrade or installation and click „Start Update/Installation“ (can be automatically)
And then you’ll get this error, click „OK“

27. Beas Error after connection to Start Update
Open task manager – tab „Processes“ and end all processes named beas.exe*32
Then click on „connect“ – check if Server-Coonect is ok and click „Start Update/Installation“

28. Older version of Beas on the server
If you‘ll get this message „There is an older version of beas on the server“, ´problem is that version.ini was not updated or is not equal with server and client
Go in client into beas software folder Program Files(x86)beas software/beas/program/version.ini and open it (with notepad for example

29. Older version of Beas on the server
If you‘ll get this message „There is an older version of beas on the server“, ´problem is that version.ini was not updated or is not equal with server and client
Go in client into beas software folder Program Files(x86)beas software/beas/program/version.ini and open it (with notepad for example

30. Older version of Beas on the server
There you see program and programtext
program = number of your version
programtext = version in text
Program=
91 = beas version for SAP 9.1
7 = patch version of beas
012 = internal counter
000 = Jesús declare please
Also for example you’ll download version of beas 9.1 (7.09) program number will looks this way
etc.

31. Older version of Beas on the server
Then please go into your b1_shf folder:
You can do it over Linux server or easier way
Open any window in client and click on the path above
Then write inside: \\<yourservername>\b1_shf
Go into beas/program/version.ini and check your program number if it’s not correct please change it on the right number which we described above

32. DI-API test not OK
Here fill your login and server informations (field 1) if you’re not able to write you must click on „Change User“ or „Change Server“, then please click on „OK“
If is everything ok then you shoul be able to see, that you’re connected
Also it means, if in beas DI-API test comes any error and here you’re connected, you have to contact us and we will support you otherwise is problem with DI-API and continue with next subchapter Reinstallation of DI- API.

33. Reinstallation of DI-API
Open your B1_SHF folder
Open any window in windows and click into top line where is name of the window, write here \\<yourservername>\b1_shf, press „Enter“ and open folder B1DIAPI
Run setup.exe, confirm every messages which you will get until „Finish“ and confirm that too

34. Reinstallation of DI-API
After uninstallation complete then click on setup.exe again and DI.API will be installed
If you see a window where you should insert your License Server Name then just put in your server name and click on „Next“ in next

35. APS and attendance module not showing
This case is showed for HANA but it is same for MSSQL
If you are not able to see APS or attendance module open „Administration“ – License. See beas buttons (green field)
Enter your computer name

36. APS and attendance module not showing
Click on one beas list button
Then click on „New“ – choose your Computer Name – and Update, after that restart Beas and you should be able to see APS and attendance module
Then continue with the other two beas buttons in the same way.

37. APS and attendance module not showing
Attention: On Terminal Server or RDP Software if you still don’t see APS… then you have to go in command line and here write command „set“ and press „Enter“

38. APS and attendance module not showing
Then you’ll see list where COMPUTERNAME etc.
Here you must check if you have in your list CLIENTNAME – if yes you have to choose in License this name not COMPUTERNAME! !!Very important!!