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Install Ellucian Mobile Software
Install the Ellucian Mobile WAR file and perform basic configuration steps.
(Optional) Support for SQL Server and Oracle databases
As delivered, Ellucian Mobile stores your configuration information in an H2 datasource on the Tomcat server.
Download and install the driver for MS SQL Server
If a client wants to run SQL Server as their mobile server database, then they need to download the driver for MS SQL Server.

Implementation Guide, May 2023, Release 5.6.3
This online help contains comprehensive information about how to install, set up, and maintain Ellucian Mobile.
Ellucian Mobile Overview
Ellucian Mobile, powered by Ellucian Ethos, provides faculty, prospects, students, staff, and other constituents with access to key campus information and services from their mobile devices. This section provides an overview of Ellucian Mobile.
Before You Begin
This section describes some advance preparations that you can make to help your Ellucian Mobile setup process to go as smoothly as possible.
Install Supporting Software
Before you can install the Ellucian Mobile components, there are several prerequisite software components that must be installed. Note that Grails is also required, but does not need to be installed separately because all Grails components that you need are included in the WAR file that you install later.
Install Ellucian Mobile Software
Install the Ellucian Mobile WAR file and perform basic configuration steps.
- Install the WAR file
  Install the Web Application Archive (WAR) files for Banner, PowerCampus, or Colleague.
- Customize and install the server configuration file
  Set up the server configuration file.
- (Optional) Support for SQL Server and Oracle databases
  As delivered, Ellucian Mobile stores your configuration information in an H2 datasource on the Tomcat server.
  - Download and install the driver for MS SQL Server
    If a client wants to run SQL Server as their mobile server database, then they need to download the driver for MS SQL Server.
  - Set up a new configuration on SQL Server or Oracle
    If you are setting up Ellucian Mobile for the first time, you can choose to use SQL Server or Oracle for your database. This also applies if you are upgrading from an earlier version of Ellucian Mobile and do not need to keep any previous configurations.
  - Migrate an existing configuration to a new SQL Server or Oracle database
    Create a new configuration that is attached to the new database, set up that new configuration with your existing information, and then switch your users to the new configuration.
  - Convert a customized, published app to an Oracle or SQL Server database (Platform Edition institutions only)
    Platform Edition institutions with a customized, published app can convert their configuration to an Oracle or SQL Server database.
Set up the Mobile Cloud Configuration System
Set up the Ellucian Mobile Cloud Configuration System. Description of the process for signing from the Ellucian Hub, how to create and enter the configuration settings, and how to specify the SIS credentials.
Manage Users and User Permissions for the Mobile Cloud Configuration System
You can give selected people access to modify specific elements of your mobile configurations, such as user management, configuration management, branding, or sending push notifications.
Customize the Appearance of Ellucian GO
Set up the home screen, select background and text colors, and set up the About screen.
Set Up Location-Aware Features
Set up Ellucian Mobile features that are location-aware; that is, based on proximity to a beacon.
Set Up Application Modules
Set up the application modules that are displayed in Ellucian GO.
Test and Publish a Configuration
To view your configuration on a device, you must place the configuration into test status. When you are ready to make your configuration available in the public list of institutions on Ellucian GO, you publish the configuration.
Analyze Usage
The Google Analytics Platform lets you measure user interactions across various devices and environments. You can use Google Analytics to view detailed usage statistics of your school's Ellucian Mobile implementation.
Manage Configurations
In addition to the ability to add a new configuration manually, you can create a new configuration by copying an existing one, export configuration information, import configuration information, and migrate a configuration to a different database.
Set up multiple Mobile Integration Server Web Service Apps
If you want to have multiple active configurations at the same time, you need to set up multiple Mobile Integration Server web service apps.
Set up Load Balancing and Redundancy
Multiple Mobile Integration Servers can be set up for a single configuration. This can be done to scale the solution to support more mobile users, or for redundancy. Deployment of multiple Mobile Servers requires a shared data storage using either a Microsoft SQL Server or an Oracle database.
Ellucian Mobile on Wearable Devices
Users can view push notifications on their Android Wear and Apple Watch devices. Users with Apple Watches can also view ILP assignments and maps.
Debugging
Send detailed information from Ellucian Mobile to the log file to support troubleshooting.
Appendices

Download and install the driver for MS SQL Server

If a client wants to run SQL Server as their mobile server database, then they need to download the driver for MS SQL Server.

About this task

The driver provides Java database connectivity from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This driver is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs).

Procedure

Visit the Microsoft Developer Network site. https://msdn.microsoft.com
Search the site for Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server.
Click Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server.
On the resulting page, click Download the Microsoft JDBC Driver 6.0 (Preview), 4.2, 4.1, or 4.0 for SQL Server.
Select your language, and then click Download.
Choose the download files you want according to your mobile server’s host environment.
Click Next.
The download should begin, and the completed download files should be in your usual downloads folder.
To install the driver, stop Tomcat.
Copy the downloaded sqljdbc4.jar file into the tomcat/webapps/<sis-mobileserver>/WEB-INF/lib folder on the web server.