MYOB Acumatica Installation On-Premises: General Information

The installation of MYOB Acumatica begins with installing the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard on the server. You can install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard with or without the MYOB Acumatica Tools.

This topic provides an overview of the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard and the MYOB Acumatica Tools. It describes their functionalities, capabilities, and installation processes.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will do the following:

Become familiar with the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard and its capabilities
Recognize the MYOB Acumatica Tools
Obtain the MYOB Acumatica installation package
Install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard
Optional: Install the MYOB Acumatica Tools

Applicable Scenario

You may need to learn how to install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard if you are an implementation consultant who needs to install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.

The MYOB Acumatica Configuration Wizard

The MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard is the part of software that gives you the ability to deploy an MYOB Acumatica application instance. The MYOB Acumatica application instance is a website accessed by users in your company for daily tasks.

By using the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, you can do the following:

Deploy multiple application instances
Create additional tenants
Perform application, database, and tenant maintenance
Delete tenants and application instances

Getting an MYOB Acumatica Installation Package

The installation of the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard is initiated through the installation package. You can find and download the latest version of the installation package from the Acumatica Community website. On the menu bar of the website, you can click Product and select the version of MYOB Acumatica whose installation package you want to download. The link to the installation package contains a nine-digit build number that has the XX.XXX.XXXX format. You click the link and download the AcumaticaERPInstall.msi Windows installer package.

Tip:

You can download any of the previously released versions from the builds.acumatica.com website.

After you have downloaded the installation package, you can start installing the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.

Installation of the MYOB Acumatica Configuration Wizard

To install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, you need to run AcumaticaERPInstall.msi, which you have downloaded on your computer.

The installation process will guide you through the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard pages, on which you should perform the following actions:

Welcome page: This page opens when you run AcumaticaERPInstall.msi. To start the installation process, you should click Next.
End-User License Agreement page: On this page, you should read the license agreement, select the I accept the terms in the License Agreement check box, and click Next.
Main Software Configuration page: On this page, you can select the necessary software components (that is, the MYOB Acumatica Tools) to install along with the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard. By default, the Install Acumatica ERP and Launch the Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard check boxes are selected. To proceed to the next page, you should click Next.
Destination Folder page: On this page, you should check the path to the default folder to which MYOB Acumatica will be installed and change it, if needed. By default, the address of the folder is C:\Program Files\Acumatica ERP\. To proceed to the next page, you should click Next.
Confirmation page: On this page, you should click Install to install the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.

The MYOB Acumatica software starts installing. When the installation process has been completed, you should click Finish.

The MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard is automatically started. You can also run the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard anytime by selecting it on the Start menu.

The MYOB Acumatica Tools

Along with the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, the MYOB Acumatica installation package includes the MYOB Acumatica Tools, which consist of the following components:

MYOB Acumatica Report Designer: This component provides visual tools that you can use to design custom reports. For more information, see MYOB Acumatica Report Designer Guide.
DeviceHub: This application is used to connect hardware devices, such as printers, scanners, and digital scales. You can also configure a set of default printers to streamline the printing of documents for users, regardless of the physical location of the users and printers. For detailed instructions on setting up hardware devices via DeviceHub, see Implementing DeviceHub.
Debugger Tools: The set of software components that gives you a basic ability to debug the deployed MYOB Acumatica instances. For more information, see To View and Debug MYOB Acumatica Source Code.

You can install any of these components along with the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard or at any later time.

If you have already installed the latest version of the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard without the needed tool selected, you can install this tool in any of the following ways:

Uninstall the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, and then install it with the tool that you need. For details, see MYOB Acumatica Installation On-Premises: To Install the MYOB Acumatica Configuration Wizard.
Tip:
You can uninstall MYOB Acumatica by using the standard Windows procedure. For more details, see Uninstalling of MYOB Acumatica: General Information.
Modify the installation settings of MYOB Acumatica and select the check box for the tool you need to install. For more details, see MYOB Acumatica Installation On-Premises: To Install the MYOB Acumatica Tools (Optional).

If the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, which you have already installed, is not the latest version, you can download and install the next version of it with the MYOB Acumatica Tools.