Step 3: Configure and manage client using programs

PPM Customizing Toolkit provides you with a number of applications that make it easier to configure and manage your PPM client. You call up these applications in the Programs module of the Client module in PPM Customizing Toolkit.

You can use the available applications to perform various functions, e.g., Initialize database, Import data from your data source, Run PPM server or Start PPM.

Your client should be installed in your PPM installation directory. We recommend installing your client in the PPM installation directory by default; otherwise you will not be able to use the applications in the Programs module.

When executing some programs you are prompted for a password. This is the password that you use for logging in to your PPM client. The password is valid only for the currently open client and for the duration of the ongoing PPM Customizing Toolkit session. (See chapter on Data management programs.)

You can obtain the required password from your system administrator.

Procedure

  1. Select the Programs component of the Client module.
  2. Activate the Run program tab.
  3. Select a program from the list of Program groups and click button_start_program Run program.
  4. Enter your password.

This runs the program and displays a log of the execution process in the Log output window.

By default, the PPM Customizing Toolkit log language is English. To create the log in German, go to the Configure parameters tab and change the value of the PPM_CONF_LANGUAGE key from en to de.

You can also run the applications using the command prompt. The applications are available in the client directory <PPM installation directory>\server\bin\work\data_ppm\custom\<client>\bat.

See also

Data management programs