System Requirements & Prerequisites
Everything you need to prepare for Visual KPI and Transpara, whether on-premise or hosted in the cloud.
Visual KPI Server
If you're trying the software for the first time, it's critical that your server meet the requirements and that all prerequisites are installed and configured prior to installation. The software lives on-premise (dedicated or VM), hosted, or in your cloud environment.
Visual KPI Designer
Basic configuration takes place on any Windows PC running Microsoft Excel. You'll see some prerequisites, but no need to prepare as our installer will take care of everything. Once installed, hooking it up to your server is a snap.
Visual KPI Web Client
For users, there's nothing to install at all. Visual KPI runs on any device with a web browser. PC/Mac/Linux, iOS/Android, Smart TVs, Raspberry PI, Chromebooks, ruggedized devices and hundreds more. It also supports just about any security scenario and technology.
TRANSPARA
Advanced analytics and real-time operational intelligence platform: industrial knowledge graph & modeling (tGraph), time-series data platform/historian (tStore), advanced calculation engine (tCalc), industrial AI, and more. Requirements in the table below.
Visual KPI Server
System Requirements
| Category | Production Minimum |
|---|---|
| Operating System (English 32 or 64 bit) | Windows Server 2016 or newer |
| CPU | Minimum 4 Cores (If Local SQL: 16 Cores) |
| Memory | Minimum 16 GB RAM (If Local SQL: 32 GB RAM) |
| Hard Disk | 20 GB Available (Local SQL: Min Disk 250 GB) |
| Microsoft SQL Server (32/64 bit, Any Edition) | Connection to Microsoft SQL Server - Local or Remote (SQL Express not supported for production use) |
Software Prerequisites
| Category | Requirement(s) |
|---|---|
| OS Version | Windows Server 2016 or Newer |
| User Rights | Local Admin |
| .NET Framework | Latest .Net version (minimum 4.8 or newer) |
| Windows Server Roles | IIS 7, 7.5, 8 or Newer Enabled ASP.NET 4.0 Allowed (in ISAPI and CGI Restrictions) |
| Windows Server Features | Windows Server Features The following items should be checked in the Windows Server Manager: Web Server > Common HTTP Features: Default Document; HTTP Errors; Static Content Web Server > Health and Diagnostics: HTTP Logging Web Server > Performance: Static Content Compression Web Server > Security: Request Filtering; Basic Authentication & Windows Authentication; URL Authorization Web Server > Application Development: .NET Extensibility 4.x; ASP.NET 4.x; ISAPI Extensions; ISAPI Filters Management Tools: IIS Management Console No PHP; Not compatible with FIPS-enabled servers |
| Microsoft SQL Server | SQL 2016 or newer installed, or LAN access to one of them Collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS Compatibility Level : 130 (SQL Server 2016) |
| SQL Server Tools | SQL Management Studio installed |
| SQL Server Network Configuration | Protocols enabled: Named Pipes; TCP/IP |
| Database Rights | Rights to create a database Rights to create a SQL user |
| Data source(s) / Interface prerequisites | Any driver, toolkit, API or SDK required to provide read access your data sources |
| Other: | Please do not use servers that are also running SharePoint, OSIsoft PI Vision, or Apache with PHP, as there are often resource conflicts and it just isn't a great idea (with our software or anyone else's). |
Visual KPI Designer
System Requirements
| Bare Minimum | Production Minimum | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System (English 32 or 64 bit) | Windows XP SP2 or Newer, Windows Server 2016 or Newer | Windows 7 or Newer, Windows Server 2016 or Newer |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk | 4 GB Available | 10 GB Available |
| Microsoft Office | Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer; Any Microsoft 365 version | Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer; Any Microsoft 365 version |
Software Prerequisites
| Category | Requirement(s) |
|---|---|
| OS Version | Microsoft Windows XP or Newer; Windows Server 2016 or Newer |
| User Rights | Local Admin |
| .NET Framework | 4.7.2 or newer (added during Visual KPI Designer installation) |
| Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Excel 2016 or Newer (32/64 bit ok on client OS; 64 bit if installing the Designer on a Windows Server OS) |
| Office Integration | Note: These are already installed by Windows or will be during the Visual KPI Designer installation: Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (added during Visual KPI Designer installation) |
Web Client
Software Prerequisites
| Devices | Client Browser Requirements |
|---|---|
| Mobile Devices, PC / Mac, Tablet Devices, Ruggedized Devices, Flatscreen TVs, and many more... | Web browser with support for HTML 5 and CSS 3, including Javascript, client cookies and background colors. The GeoMaps "Near Me" feature requires a browser that supports the W3C Geolocation method. Some older devices and browsers do not support this functionality. |
Transpara Operational Intelligence Platform
Linux Server for tView, tStore, tCalc, tGraph, tStudio & Transpara Industrial AI
| System Requirements | Prerequisites |
|---|---|
| Physical or virtual server Linux OS CPU Min: 16 cores (32 recommended) RAM Min: 32 GB (64 GB recommended) OS Disk: OS drive 250GB SSD (NVMe recommended) Data Disk: Data 2TB NVMe | Ubuntu 26.04 (recommended) or 22.04 or 24.04 - all LTS or Red Hat 9 (recommended) or 8 |
Take a Closer Look
Get your questions answered or a live demo without the sales pitch. We'll arrange a web meeting to show you around and help you decide if Visual KPI is a good fit. If so, you can also try it with your own data for free.