KB0000007: How to deploy a MicroStrategy visual on your MicroStrategy server

Product: MicroStrategy visuals
Related Product Version: all
Last Updated: September 03, 2024

Summary

This guide will help you deploy a custom MicroStrategy visualization on your MicroStrategy server (Linux and Windows). The content from the visual package provided by SCvation, a .zip file, needs to be extracted and uploaded to the MicroStrategy server.

Official Documentation: Deploy a Custom Visualization (microstrategy.com)

Action

1. Obtain the Visualization Package from the SCvation Customer Portal — download the visual package as described in KB0000003.
2. Deploy the Visualization to the MicroStrategy Server:
   1. Connect to your Windows Server running MicroStrategy.
   2. Upload the .zip visual package to your server.
   3. Extract the package — it contains one folder named after the visual (e.g. SCvation Table).
   4. Install the plugin for Web: Windows – copy to <MicroStrategyWebRootFolder>\plugins\; Linux – copy to <MicroStrategyWebRootFolder>/plugins/.
   5. Install the plugin for Library (if a separate Library Server exists): Windows – copy to <LibraryRootFolder>\plugins\; Linux – copy to <MicroStrategyWebRootFolder>/plugins/.
   6. Install the plugin for the PDF Export Service: Windows – copy to <PDFExportServiceRootFolder>\resources\plugins\ (MSTR 2020+); Linux – typically at /opt/MicroStrategy/install/IntelligenceServer/PDFExportService/.
3. Restart MicroStrategy Services — restart Web Server, Library, and the PDF Export Service.
4. Clear Browser Cache where the MicroStrategy report is run, to ensure the new visualization loads properly.