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Has anyone successfully configured the Companion App - Business Analyzer to a workstation business analyzer app? I setup business analyzer on our server and it works good. I installed companion app service and it seems to function as far as I know with a local self signed certificate. I then installed that certificate on my windows 8.1 laptop and installed the business analyzer app from the MS store but I cannot get it to connect. When I copy the link from the server and paste into the configuration on my workstation it just says service connection cannot be established. I have tried to find documentation but it is pretty light out there. any help or tips for troubleshooting would be great. Thanks!
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I have also used method 1 from the following link when using a single machine deployment. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/896861/
Hello, I implement this and now its working.
http://dynamicsgpblogster.blogspot.com/2013/11/running-windows-8x-business-analyzer.html
Hello,
I have the same error, I can handle it? I check the self cert, disable firewall and nothing.
Thanks for your help
Kelly,
I think we are running into an issue where the self-signed cert is not trusted on the computer where the Business Analyzer app is running. This can be checked by opening MMC on the Business Analyzer computer and adding the Certificates snap-in for the local computer, verifying that the certificate is in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities\Certificates folder. If it isn't then you will need to import it.
Thanks
Daryl
Created a self-signed cert and have the GP Companion services installed, but cannot connect to it from the Business Analyzer app.
Windows firewall is off, and added GP Companion App Services and Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Analyzer to the allow Incoming portion, but still cannot connect.
Open to any and all suggestions!
Thanks
That is correct. ours started working fine after disabling the firewall
Kelly,
What step are you on and what error are you getting?
Even if the Companion App Service is on the same network as the client, the port could be blocked on the server's Windows Firewall. I believe that is what was happening in the first post on the thread.
Thanks
Daryl
Have you had any luck with this? Just starting to look at this and not finding much help out there on the subject.
Have Business Analyzer installed, but working on the companion services now so we can test the Windows 8 app. I am in a RDS environoment, GP is only installed on RDS boxes, not client PCs.
Everything is in house (not using Azure) and only wnat access from within the network (not coming through the firewall)
Thansk.
seems I left the firewall on the server on :) whoops! it is now working. thanks for the tips in troubleshooting and the responses.
Hey
I am not the most familiar with certificates so it may be possible this portion is not right. My Firewall is off so I don't think that is the issue.
I generated the self signed cert on the server (it is the sql server that hosts the reporting services). it goes to the personal store which I can then see in companion app services to use (I can only see ones in personal certs from companion app service to use). I have tried both servername and webname of the reporting services as a certificate. assign this to companion app services. export the cert and import to my machine in local machine and add to trusted root with no luck. instant error when I copy the link from companion app services to my business analyzer 'service connection cannot be established'.
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