Enterprise Prism Estimating 6.2 Update –
Prism Estimating Server & Workstation
PART 1 -
Prism Estimating Server
This guide will help you update your Prism Estimating Enterprise setup to version 6.2 .

It is highly recommended to have a recent backup of your Prism Estimating databases before updating to a newer version. This way you can restore to this previous point if you find out that the update did not improve your user experience.
Before you start with the process, you need to make sure that no-one is using the particular Prism Estimating Server at that moment. You should also have logged in windows as an administrator user at the computer Prism Estimating Server is hosted.To proceed you need to stop Prism Estimating Server. To do so, on Windows Search, search for Services. Start Services, browse the list until you find the one named Nomitech Prism Estimating, right click on it and select 'Stop'.You are now ready to begin the update process:

  1. Right click on the Prism Estimating Server update file. Select 'Run as administrator'. Choose 'Yes' on any Windows UAC prompt that asks you for permission.


2.Click on the circle next to 'I accept the Agreement' after reading it. Click on the now enabled 'Next' button to continue.

3.Click on 'Next' to proceed.

4.Click on the 'Update' button. Please confirm that you have backed up your Prism Estimating databases from SQL Database Server before proceeding.




5.Wait for the setup to finish the process.




6.Your Prism Estimating Server has been updated successfully. Click on 'Finish' to continue.


After the update process, you need to restart the 'Nomitech Prism Estimating' Windows Service. To do this, on Windows Search, search for Services. Start Services, browse the list until you find the one named Nomitech Prism Estimating, right click on it and select 'Start'. Prism Estimating Service should be up and running in about a minute.



PART 2 -
Prism Estimating Workstation

It is highly recommended that, before you start updating your Prism Estimating Workstation, you make sure that the Prism Estimating Server you usually connect to with it runs on the version you want to update the Workstation to. This means that if you want to update your installation to version B, you should start the process with the Server and then continue with your Workstation.Before you start with the process, you need to make sure that no-one is logged in this particular Prism Estimating Workstation at that moment. You should also have logged in windows as an administrator user at the computer this Prism Estimating Workstation is installed.
1.Right click on the Prism Estimating Workstation update file. Select 'Run as administrator'. Choose 'Yes' on any Windows UAC prompt that asks you for permission.

  1. 2.If there is only one Prism Estimating Workstation installation in this computer, click on 'Next' to continue. If not, Select 'Perform Mandatory update action', set the path of the Workstation

you would wish to update and click 'Next'.

  1. Click on the circle next to 'I accept the Agreement' after reading it. Click on the now enabled 'Next' button to continue.


















4 Please wait for the installer to finish the update process.

5.Here you may modify the access permission settings for other Windows users if you want. Click 'Next' to continue.























6.Below componets are required for Prism Estimating to run. If you are not sure if any of these are installed on your machine, please tick the relevant checkboxes, click 'Next' and wait for the selected components to be installed


























  1. Your Prism Estimating Workstation has been updated successfully. You may click on 'Finish' to close the setup.


F.A.Q.

F.A.Q.

Prism Estimating Server

  1. Q. I see the above message after I click the update button on Step 4. What should I do?
  2. A. Please stop Prism Estimating Server, following the instructions at the beginning of the guide. If needed, you may ask help from your IT department.

 

Prism Estimating Workstation

  1. Q. I do not have the setup file to update Prism Estimating Workstation.

A.Make sure that you are connected to the network Prism Estimating Server is installed on. Visit the following website on a web browser- IE not supported: '<Server_IP>:8080/ces' where <Server_IP> is the network IP address of the machine Prism Estimating Server is installed on. Click on the link under the log in form to download Prism Estimating Workstation Setup. You should be able to see now the setup file you need in your 'Downloads' folder.2.Q.The following or similar message appears during the update process. 

A.There is an instance of the Workstation running by a user. This may mean that it is open, or that the Prism Estimating Enterprise Workstation Windows process has not been terminated successfully by one or more Prism Estimating users who have access to this Workstation. Please ask all the users who have access to this Workstation to close it if they have it open and if that fails, contact your IT to make sure there are no Prism Estimating Enterprise Workstation processes running for any user who has access to this Workstation.

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