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The system Administrator sets up the Application Server in the Administration and Monitoring Console. Setup requires connecting the server to a database. Open the Administration and Monitoring Console (Start → All Programs → ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Servers → Administration and Monitoring Console) and click Settings → Application server. Select one of the following:
  • Connect to an existing database
  • Create a new database
An Operator who creates a database on the Application Server automatically receives Administrator permissions.
Next, specify these settings:
  • Database type – MS SQL or Oracle.
  • Server instance name – <server_name>\<database management system>.
  • Database name – Required only for MS SQL. Database names must follow these rules:
    • Include only Latin and Cyrillic characters, underscores (_), the @ and # characters, and digits.
    • Not start with a digit (avoid names that start with @ or #).
    • Not exceed 128 characters.
    • Not be case-sensitive.
  • Authentication settings – Select either Windows Authentication or Database Server Authentication. Use Database Server Authentication, because Windows Authentication can fail in some configurations. To check whether the selected connection type works, click Test connection.
  • Use external file storage – ABBYY FlexiCapture stores project files in a file storage folder. Demo project files can be stored in the database, but other projects require a folder on the computer running the Application Server, unless the Application Server is deployed on a cluster. If you enable this option, specify the path to the folder where you want to store project files.
An update may require a different database structure. When it does, a script file for changing the database structure is provided with the update. To run the script, click Service → Application server in the Administration and Monitoring Console, click the Apply patch button, and provide the path to the script file.
Screenshot of the Application Server settings in the Administration and Monitoring Console.