Data Management Tool (DMT) Installation Guide

Data Management Tool Installation Guide

Introduction
Welcome to the Data Management Tool Installation Guide. This guide explains how to
install the Data Management Tool for the server or client. Installation of this software can
only be done after the installation of Epicor 9 / Vantage / Vista.
Getting Started
1) Extract the contents of the Zip archive into the same location as the Epicor 9 /
Vantage / Vista client directory.
Zip Contents:
DMT.exe
Epicor.DMT.Lib.dll
DMT.exe.config
The Client directory is easily identified by right clicking on the Epicor 9 / Vantage / Vista
icon and choosing Find Target, or Open File Location.
An example path on the server is <Drive:>\epicor904\client\
2) Create a shortcut to DMT.exe
a. Right Click DMT.exe, Send to Desktop
b. Rename Shortcut to DMT
3) Test the tool, run DMT by double clicking the icon.
4) Specify the Server, Port, username and Password

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5) After pressing Ok, the system will validate your License; If the .LIC file is not also in
the client directory the following warning will be shown.

6) The License file XXXX.LIC, should be placed in the same location as DMT.exe
Note: The License file defines the company and expiry date for DMT, Only one license
file should exist, a .LIC file can be for multiple company IDs.

Extensions
Epicor may provide extension modules for DMT that add additional functionality and
imports to the Data Management Tool. Extensions will be named as follows:
Epicor.DMT.Extension.XXX.dll
These extensions need to be placed in the same location as DMT.exe, these will automatically
appear next time DMT is run.

Patches and Versions

DMT is built for your version of Epicor 9 / Vantage / Vista. DMT is maintained to the
current release of Epicor 9 / Vantage / Vista. If you try and utilise the incorrect version of
DMT for your version of the system, an error will be displayed and you need to request the
updated version.

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