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After you install Application Server on the client, you may want to edit the LSSERVER.INI file on the client machine to change or include additional client/server configurations. It is usually located in the Windows directory.

The following LSSERVER.INI file contains sample settings for WINSOCK to UNIX, and WINSOCK to Windows support. The [HP9000], [FINANCE], and [999.999.99.99] sections each represent the same UNIX server but are shown three different ways to give an example of its standard name (HP9000), by an alias (Finance), and by an IP address (999.999.99.99).

[WINDOWS]

VERSION=<version>

SERVER=

CMDSEP=|

PAGEDB=C:\PROGRAM FILES (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Strategy Management\APPLICATIONSERVER\HOME\PAGEDB

PAGEDBSIZE=25000

HOME=C:\PROGRAM FILES (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Strategy Management\APPLICATIONSERVER\HOME

EDITWKDB=C:\PROGRAM FILES (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Strategy Management\APPLICATIONSERVER\HOME\LSSEDIT

[HP9000]

PROTOCOL=TCP

SERVICE=PILOT

CURSOR=LSSCOMMS

USERNAME=lss

EncryptedPassword=

[999.999.99.99]

; This is the HP9000, accessed via IP address

PROTOCOL=TCP

SERVICE=PILOT

CURSOR=LSSCMPTR

USERNAME=lss

EncryptedPassword=

LOGLEVEL=

LOGFILE=

[FINANCE]

; This is the HP9000, accessed via an alias

PROTOCOL=TCP

SERVICE=PILOT

CURSOR=LSSCMPTR

USERNAME=lss

EncryptedPassword=

[ntbox]

; This is the NT Server, accessed via WINSOCK

PROTOCOL=TCP

SERVICE=PILOT

CURSOR=LSSCMPTR

USERNAME=lss

EncryptedPassword=

SERVER

<servername> is the name of Windows server where Application Server is installed. Specify a server name when there is only one server that users can access. When this parameter has a value, users do not have to enter a server name each time they log into Application Server.

Keep this value empty when there is more than one server that users can access. Users will be prompted to enter a server name when you log into Application Server. If users do not enter a server name, a local (non-client/server) version of Application Server starts.

Application Server can access a remote server by its name, by an alias, or by its IP address. The SERVER= statement in LSSERVER.INI can specify any one of these.

CURSOR

LSSCMPTR | LSSCOMMS | NONE

Name of the cursor that appears during network operations. LSSCMPTR displays a cursor that looks like two communicating computers. LSSCOMMS displays a cursor that looks like a satellite dish. If you specify NONE, the cursor does not change during client/server operations.

USERNAME

<username> is the logon name for the UNIX or Windows server account (the native operating system account, not the Application Server user name). Username values are case-sensitive. Required.

EncryptedPassword

Value is either empty or is a question mark (?) so that you can be prompted to enter a password when logging into Application Server in a client/server configuration. Rather than be prompted to enter your password every time you start Application Server, you can create a remote server connection that stores your password in encrypted format in lsserver.ini. EncryptedPassword values are case-sensitive.

LOGFILE

<filename> is the output trace file you want to use. The default is LSSWSOCK.LOG for WINSOCK connections. Tracing can be useful for troubleshooting initial connections or other communication issues.

LOGLEVEL

BASIC | ADVANCED

Specify BASIC for function name and return code, or ADVANCED for function name, return code, and data.

Winsock connections
SERVICE

<service> specifies a character string which is a name used to select the UNIX shell script that is executed on the UNIX server. It must match an entry in the lssmap file on the server.

For example:

SERVICE=PILOT

This parameter is required, and is case-sensitive in UNIX.

PROTOCOL

Value of TCP specifies access via TCP/IP. This parameter is required.

PORT

<nnnn> specifies the TCP/IP port number that the client uses to connect to the Application Server service on a UNIX or Windows server. The default setting is PORT=8325. During the installation, you were prompted to specify the port number. If you specified a number other than 8325 the port number defined on the server in the /etc/services file is not 8325, then it must be specified in the PORT=<nnnn> statement in that server’s section of LSSERVER.INI on the client.

For a complete list of possible LSSERVER.INI parameters, see the Server Configuration Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management located on SAP Service Marketplace.