Web Reporting Module - Setup

Volanté supports web reporting through Volanté Portal. This article will introduce how to set up web reporting on your site.

For more info on Volanté web services, please read /wiki/spaces/IS/pages/61869123.

Download

Current version of web reporting supports build 1620 patch 0080 or more

The web reporting patch will need to be downloaded and extracted to volanteV4 on the server:

Patch 80 (Required) –https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahj2rqms0rvmxuk/vupdate_1620_0080.zip?dl=0
Web Service Patch (Required)- https://www.dropbox.com/s/cm7t3esubrh0jsk/volanteWS_20151023_v1.10_for0070_MO_FULL.zip?dl=0
Web Reporting Patch (Required)-https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b7denc9p4bo4s2/volanteWR_20151022_v1.10_for0070_FULL.zip?dl=0

Setup

Basic Setup

The following setup instructions are always required for web reporting. Please make sure all steps have gone through.

Extract the web reporting patch to volanteV4.
Enable Web Service Module and Web Reporting Module
In General Setup > Volante Web Services, fill in the following information:
- Site ID – Provided by Volanté (Volanté Internal Support - Creating a New Web Reporting Site)
- Site Name – Provided by Volanté
- Web Reporting Host – volantereports.com
- Web Reporting Port – 443
Please make sure all the information is EXACT, even an additional space may result in connection errors.
(Volanté Internal Support may use the following link for instructions on creating or locating the above information - /wiki/spaces/IS/pages/63353476)
Set up authentication to access web reporting.
- From User/Securities > Users > Web Reporting
- Enable "Active user for web reporting" and enter the Username and Password for future use

Install the web service server:
1. WINDOWS BO: Run vutil.bat as admin and choose option 13 (run as service as admin) OR C:\volanteV4\scripts\webservice\setupWS.bat OR run it through cmd prompt. N for SSL. Press 1 and enter an IP of terminal 01(Note: Terminal must be active and have interface link: POSWS_TOMCAT). Observe from command line to ensure there are no errors. If there is no exception and see Handshake: OK message
2. Linux BO: Run vutil.sh with arguments startWS BO NOSSL .
Once Handshake is OK, your site should be listed as alive from this page: https://volantereports.com/serverstatus
You may not see it alive right away, keep refreshing after 15-20 seconds.
Log in from https://volantereports.com and pull out one report to see it working
- Site Login: Provided from Volante
- Username and Password uses any user from BO setting

Advanced Setup

The following setup is optional, but it may provide some benefit when using Volanté web reporting.

Use POS Terminal to Connect to Volanté Portal

As BackOffice/HeadOffice may not always be running, it would be more beneficial to connect to Volanté web portal to access a POS Terminal. The following describes how to set this up:

In Hardware Setup > Terminal Setup > Advanced Options, enter POSWS_REPORT in Interface Link
Do a data sync and restart the POS. The POS will then communicate with Volanté Portal

Test Connection

Depending on how you set it up, keep BackOffice/HeadOffice/POS/Windows Service running and see if a new site is alive from https://volantereports.com/serverstatus
You may not see it alive right away, keep refreshing after 15-20 seconds.
If server is alive, log onto report page – https://volantereports.com
Volanté will provide Site Login
Username and password are set up from BackOffice prior

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