How To Set Up Hyperion Retrieve With User Specific Or Multiple HPAPP.DAT Files In A Citrix Environment.

How To Set Up Hyperion Retrieve With User Specific Or Multiple HPAPP.DAT Files In A Citrix Environment. [ID 581499.1]
Modified 19-APR-2011 Type HOWTO Status PUBLISHED
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Goal
Solution

Applies to:

Hyperion Enterprise - Version: 5.0.1.0.00 and later [Release: 5.0 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal

Setting up Hyperion Retrieve with user specific or multiple HPAPP.DAT files in a Citrix Environment.
Solution

Setting up Hyperion Retrieve with user specific or multiple HPAPP.DAT files in a Citrix Winfram/Metaframe environment:

The admin must log in as the user and set up a user variable pointing to the path for the HPAPP.DAT to the users home directory. The admin must set this up for each user and have the copy of the specific HPAPP.DAT in the users home directory. If a system environment variable has already been set up for the HPAPP.DAT, it would need to be removed since it will take precedence over a user variable that is set up.

1. An HPAPP.DAT file with desired data application references needs to be created/copied for every user to his/her personal Metaframe home directory.

Home Directories contain any user specific files in the Metaframe environment. For Enterprise, these include the HYPENT.INI, REPENG.INI, etc...
Individual home directories for each user are the standard recommended configuration from Citrix.

2. Create a User Variable.
Go to -> Control Panel ->System ->Environment with the following attributes:
Variable: HPAPP.DAT
Value: drive\home directory path\HPAPP.DAT
For example, if the user home directories are all set up on the Z drive with each user folder named after the user's ID (this is another Citrix recommendation), then your User Variable would be "Z:\username\HPAPP.DAT"

It may also be necessary to leave the default file location in Excel blank.

NOTE: To verify that home directories have been set up properly and are referencing the correct home folder, A good test is to go to a DOS Command Prompt. This should show the current user's home folder as the active directory.
If this is not the case, verify the Home Directory and Terminal Server Home Directory for the user in User Manager for Domains