Running Sage Intelligence Reporting outside of Sage 100

Sage Intelligence Reporting is accessible from the Sage 100 Modules Menu toolbar and Tasks tab; however, you can also run the program outside of Sage 100. To do this, create shortcuts for the different Sage Intelligence Reporting menu items.

To create Sage Intelligence Reporting desktop shortcuts

1. Right-click the Windows Desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut window opens.

2. For the item location, enter the path to the BISignOn.exe file followed by the parameter for the specific Sage Intelligence Reporting menu item.

   The table below lists the parameters that you must append to the item location to create each shortcut.

   Menu items and their associated shortcut parameters

   Menu Item	Shortcut Name
   Report Manager	RMNG
   Report Viewer	VWR
   Connector	ADMIN
   License Manager	LICMAN
   Security Manager	SEC

   The BiSignOn.exe file is located in the ..\MAS90\Home\Intelligence folder.

   You can click the Browse button to locate the file, and then type the parameter.

   

3. Click Next.
4. Type the name of the menu item, and then click Finish.

After creating the shortcuts, change the icons so that they match the ones used in the product.

To change the icon for a shortcut

1. Right-click the shortcut and select Properties.
2. On the Shortcut tab click the Change icon.
3. Click Browse, and browse to the ..\Intelligence\BIRES\Icons folder.
4. Select the appropriate icon for the menu item using the table below.

Menu items and their associated icons

Menu Item	Icon Name
Report Manager	ReportManager.ico
Report Viewer	ReportViewer.ico
Connector	Administrator
License Manager	LicenseManager.ico
Security Manager	SecurityManager.ico