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Preparation

Before you can target FrontRange HEAT for Customers, you must:

  1. Install FrontRange HEAT client software.

  2. Set up a target system administrator.

  3. Set up at least one template account.

Installing client software

To install the minimum client software for FrontRange HEAT for administrators:

  1. Run HEAT setup, select to install "Incident Logging".

  2. Ensure that the HEAT API files are in the path (typically found in c:\Program Files\HEAT). Reboot the Bravura Security Fabric server if you have just added this to your system path.

  3. Create an ODBC System DSN entry pointing to your HEAT server and ensure that you can successfully connect to it.

  4. Ensure that you are able to connect to the server:

    1. Select your configured ODBC data source.

    2. Enter your SQL credentials

    3. Confirm that you want to "Automatically use this database User ID and Password in the future".

    4. Test the connection.

Setting up a target system administrator

Bravura Security Fabric uses a designated account on FrontRange HEAT for Customers to perform Bravura Security Fabric operations. You can use the default account, or create an administrative account for Management Suite as described in this section. A FrontRange HEAT Administrator role is sufficient to provide the operations available

To create a dedicated administrative account for Management Suite:

  1. Log into FrontRange HEAT Administrator as a system administrator

  2. Under System Security, click Edit Users.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Under the General tab, fill in the information as appropriate. For Security Role, select Administrator.

  5. Click Apply.

Creating a template account

Bravura Security Fabric uses template accounts as models or "blueprints" for creating new accounts in FrontRange HEAT for Customers. To set up a template for a FrontRange HEAT customer (account):

  1. Go to http://<HEAT server>/HeatSelfService/default/en-us/login.asp.

  2. Click Add user.

  3. Fill in the required information.

    Note the generated Employee ID.

  4. Click Submit.

Consult your FrontRange HEAT documentation for more information.

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