BI Gateway component properties
- Last UpdatedJun 17, 2025
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Note: BI Gateway software is not included with the MES install. The BI Gateway software also supports silent configuration. The following properties are provided as a reference. For more information, refer to the BI Gateway installation guide.
BI Gateway Server
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.StorageType
Data store storage type. The default and only option supported by MES is SQL Server.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.DSServerName
The name of the server on which the BI Gateway database is stored. The default is localhost.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.DatabaseName
The name of the BI Gateway database. The default is the name of the existing BI Gateway database. Otherwise, the default is BIGateway_DataStore.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.AuthenticationMode
The default and only option is Windows Integrated Security. The currently logged-in Windows user account will be used to access SQL Server. No user name or password has to be specified in the response file.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.DataFilePath
The file path at which to store the datalog file. The default path depends on the version of SQL Server. An example is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.LogFilePath
The file path at which to store the log file. The default path depends on the version of SQL Server. An example is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.UserName
The username of the user account under which the BI Gateway Server service runs.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.Password
The password of the user account under which the BI Gateway Server service runs.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIRuntime.Domain
The domain of the user account under which the BI Gateway Server service runs.
Data Adapter
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIAdapterCommon.RuntimeServicePort
The number of the service port over which the BI Gateway Server and Data Adapter will communicate. The default is 8732.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIAdapterCommon.UserName
The username of the user account under which the BI Gateway Data Adapter service runs.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIAdapterCommon.Password
The password of the user account under which the BI Gateway Data Adapter service runs.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EMIAdapterCommon.Domain
The domain of the user account under which the BI Gateway Data Adapter service runs.
BI Gateway Model Builder
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EmiModelConfig.ModelApiPortNo
The number of the service port over which the BI Gateway Event API service will communicate. The default is 61076.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EmiModelConfig.ModelBuilderPortNo
The number of the service port over which the BI Gateway Model Builder service will communicate. The default is 61075.
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AVEVA BI Gateway.EmiModelConfig.AddIntelligenceModelConfigUsertoGroup
Values are:
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True: The default. The currently logged-in user will be added to the aaIntelligenceConfigAdmin Windows group, which has Read/Write access to BI Gateway Model Builder. If additional users need to run BI Gateway Model Builder, they can be manually added to this group.
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False: The currently logged-in user will not be added to the aaIntelligenceConfigAdmin Windows group. If this option is selected, one or more users will have to be manually added to this group so that they can run BI Gateway Model Builder.
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