Install or uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack language pack for BI Indexing Connector (front end)

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Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise

Important

The Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector free download was removed from the download site. Customers who have downloaded the Business Intelligence Indexing Connector as of March 2011 will continue to be supported as per standard support procedures. However, Business Intelligence Indexing Connector will not be tested or supported for SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1.

The following instructions show how to apply a language pack for the installation of SharePoint Solution Pack for Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (front end).

SharePoint Solution Pack language pack

By installing the SharePoint Solution Pack with a language pack, you add a Reports tab to the front-end FAST Search site that enables international audiences to use Business Intelligence Indexing Connector.

To install SharePoint Solution Pack language pack

  1. Create a localized FAST Search site collection using the Enterprise FAST Search template. You will use the URL later. For more information about how to create a site collection, see Create a site collection (SharePoint Server 2010).

  2. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to where you installed BIConnectorFrontend.exe.

  3. Extract the contents of BIConnectorFrontend.exe by typing the following command.

    BIConnectorFrontend.exe /extract:<folder location>

  4. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to where Stsadm.exe is located at %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\Bin.

  5. Type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the folder location of the BIConnectorFrontend.wsp file. This file is extracted in step 1. Also indicate the LCID code of the language that you want to install.

    stsadm -o addsolution -filename <folder location>\LanguagePack\BIConnectorFrontend.wsp -lcid <code>

    Press ENTER.

  6. After the operation is completed successfully, type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the LCID code of the language that you want to install.

    stsadm -o deploysolution -name BIConnectorFrontend.wsp -local -allowgacdeployment -lcid <code>

    Press ENTER.

  7. After the operation is completed successfully, type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the URL of the FAST Search site collection that you created.

    stsadm -o activatefeature -name BIIndexingConnector -url <Website URL>

    Press ENTER.

    Note

    Any number of language packs can be deployed with each SharePoint Solution Pack.

Uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack Language Pack

This section shows how to uninstall the SharePoint Solution Pack language pack.

Note

All language packs must be uninstalled before you continue with the uninstallation of the SharePoint Solution Pack.

To uninstall SharePoint Solution Pack for SharePoint Server Language Pack

  1. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to where Stsadm.exe is located, %ProgramFile%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\Bin.

  2. Type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the URL of the FAST Search site collection that you used in your Language Pack installation.

    stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name BIIndexingConnector -url <Website URL>

    Press ENTER.

  3. After the operation is completed successfully, type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the LCID code of the language that you want to un-install.

    stsadm -o retractsolution -name BIConnectorFrontend.wsp -local -lcid <code>

    Press ENTER.

  4. After the operation is completed successfully, type the following Stsadm command and make sure that you indicate the LCID code of the language that you want to uninstall.

    stsadm -o deletesolution -name BIConnectorFrontend.wsp -lcid <code>

See Also

Concepts

Determine software requirements for Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (SharePoint Server 2010)
Overview of Business Intelligence Indexing Connector architecture (SharePoint Server 2010)