Installing the SDS Software

Note – The person installing the SDS Software must have administrative rights on the computer(s) where the installation is taking place for the installation to be successful.

Double-click on the setup file, SDSSetup.msi to start the auto-installation.  If there is no version of the SDS Reporter running on the computer, the installation will prompt the user for the download location (figure 1.1). 

Figure 1.1 SDS Reporter setup screen

The default location is “C:\SSI\SDS”.  Click on the “Browse” button to select an alternate location.  Clicking on the “Disk Cost…” button will display the available computer drives onto which the SDS Reporter can be downloaded, as well as the total space, available space, and required space for each drive.  Selecting the “Everyone” option will install the SDS Reporter for all users on the computer, while selecting the “Just me” option will only install the SDSReporter for the current user.  Clicking on the “Cancel” button will prompt the user to confirm exiting the setup without continuing.  Clicking on the “< Back” button will display the previous screen, which is the introduction screen for the installer.  Clicking the “Next >” button will continue with the installation process (figure 1.2).

Figure 1.2 Installation ready screen

Clicking on the “Cancel” button will prompt the user to confirm exiting the setup without continuing.  Clicking on the “< Back” button will display the previous page, which is the installation setup page (figure 1.1).  Clicking on the “Next >” button will install the software to the specified location.  Once the software has been installed, the installer can be closed.  The SDS Reporter software will now be ready to use.

If there is a version of the SDS Reporter already installed on the computer, the installer will either re-install the software (Repair SDS Reporter option) or remove the software from the computer (Remove SDS Reporter option) (figure 1.3).  Clicking on the “Finish” button will proceed with the selected action.  Note: the installer does not remove any subfolders in the main SDS folder.  These files will have to be manually removed.

Figure 1.3 Repair/Remove SDS Reporter screen