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# System requirements and installation

> Hardware, software, and database requirements for the ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Service, plus how to run the setup wizard and verify the install.

## System requirements

### ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Service

| Component         | Requirement                                                                               |
| :---------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU               | 2.4 GHz or faster, 4 cores                                                                |
| Operating system  | 64-bit only: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022 |
| RAM               | 8 GB                                                                                      |
| Disk space        | 2 GB                                                                                      |
| Required software | Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 or higher; .NET Core 3.1 Runtime                  |

### Database

| Component        | Requirement                                                                  |
| :--------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| CPU              | 2.4 GHz or faster, 4 cores                                                   |
| Database type    | Microsoft SQL Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2017, or 2016 SP2; Azure SQL          |
| Operating system | Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022 |
| RAM              | 8 GB                                                                         |
| Disk space       | 50 GB                                                                        |

<Info>
  For Azure SQL S3 and higher pricing tiers, 100 eDTU and larger Elastic Pools and vCore-based databases are required.
</Info>

## Preparing the environment and installation

<Warning>
  In an enterprise environment, do not install the ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Service on computers hosting ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed components, as this will slow down the program.
</Warning>

To install the ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Service:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Run the setup wizard">
    Click the **Autorun**<a id="components" /> menu item and follow the instructions in the setup wizard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the components to install">
    On the feature selection screen, choose whether to install only the Reporting Service (**Writing Service** checkbox) or also the [Data Access](/flexi-capture/reporting-service/reporting-data-access) component (**Reading Service** checkbox), which is not installed by default. We recommend installing the **Reading Service** together with the **Writing Service** so that both data sorting and uploading are supported.

    <Note>
      **Writing Service** and **Reading Service** can also be installed separately, since the amount of data processed by the Reporting services can be very large.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a database and configure data access">
    Once the installation is complete, create a database to store the document-processing data, and configure the Data Access component if you chose to install it. For details, see [Configuring the ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Service](/flexi-capture/reporting-service/reporting-configuring).
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once the Reporting Service is installed:

* The Swagger page becomes available at:
  * `http://<ServiceAddress>:8001`
  * `http://<ServiceAddress>:8002`
* In IIS, the following application pools are present and running:
  * FlexiCapture 12 Reporting
  * FlexiCapture 12 Reporting Data Access
* If the Data Access component is installed, the Worker Service is present and running.