Installing Invantive Query Tool

Installing Invantive Query Tool. http://www.invantive.com/products/invantives-free-query-tool

This video teaches you how you install the Invantive Query Tool. Invantive's free Query Tool provides you with real-time Operational Intelligence (OI) across your entire enterprise. The free Query Tool provides access to your real-time data warehouse and databases running on MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, IBM DB2/UDB or elsewhere. This enables you to store, organize and locate your operational data fast. The optional repository, provided by Invantive Producer, allows you to transfer, assemble, integrate, store and access data from multiple sources. You will be able to extract and analyze operational data such as project execution, manufacturing, software development and service operations.

Today I'm going to demonstrate how you install and configure the Invantive Query Tool on your PC. Let's start by opening your Internet browser and navigating to www.invantive.com. Now we click on the "Downloads" section. In the "Downloads" section you find a number of software packages. There are various versions or editions of the Invantive Query Tool. The big green area here, labeled "One-Click Install", is the stable channel. On the bottom right there is a Beta and Dev channel. The Beta and Dev channel may include little tested changes. When you need to install the Query Tool on many PC´s, you may want to install an Enterprise Deployment version. This is a zip-file containing all files to easily deploy the query tool within your own local area network. In this case we will use the "One-Click Install" of the Invantive Query Tool on the stable channel.

Now I click where it popped up here on the screen and it will start the full download of the software. Most Invantive applications use "Click-Once"technology from Microsoft. It's a very simple way to deploy software in a LAN or WAN. "Click-Once" will also automatically upgrade the software when a new version is released. In this case you can see it's a "Demo" version on the stable channel. But, don't let "Demo" confuse you; it's a free, well maintained product. The installation will start. It downloads the files it needs from the Internet. During an upgrade, it will only load files that have changed. Because it updates efficiently, you won't have to re-download files and it'll reduce your bandwidth needs. The Invantive Query Tool may find that prerequisites are missing from the installation on your PC. In that case it'll ask you to install additional software, like a Microsoft VSTO add-in for Microsoft Office. The application starts automatically. It runs a so-called "Discovery" of database- and application services. The discovery queries the Internet and local network, looking for available data services.