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We have seen some cases (e.g. after upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11) where Workbench does not obey single-signon settings (Kerberos SSO) when connecting remotely from Workbench to SLC. Users are expecting "passwordless" login but find they are prompted for their password/authentication. This is sometimes found to be…
Financial institutions that service their credit cards via the Fiserv Optis, formerly First Data Omaha platform, must perform daily settlement to update customer accounts and financial general ledgers. This daily settlement process can be a very manual and time consuming process as it involves gathering, cleaning,…
(A) Single Machine e.g. Windows 11 MSI's to install: Workbench, SLC, and Altair Licensing. 1. SETINIT (wpskey) legacy license Apply the setinit license. Check the file C:\ProgramData\altair\slc\5\setinit.dat is in place. Select 'Local Server' > menu > Restart Check 'Log for Local Server' window. Time until 'Log for Local…
Trade deductions analysts at consumer packaged goods manufacturers are responsible for reconciling the amount deducted by each retail distributor to the agreed upon amount based on a contract. This trade deduction reconciliation process, however, can be a very manual and time consuming process as it involves gathering,…
Data at Rest: The SLC can read/write encrypted datasets with the encryption key being specified by the IT/admin or specifically by the user. Encryption can be enforced for all users, or can be the default setting, or just "available when needed". i.e. the ENCRPYTKEY & ENCRYPT options can be set using OPTIONS statement,…
If there is an encoding problem where part or all of the special characters (accents, etc.) in a document are not correctly displayed in Workbench, it may be that the character set used to display them is not identical to that of your document. For example, if you open a UTF-8-encoded file when Workbench is set to…
Can I install Altair Analytics Workbench 2023, 2024, and/or 2025 in parallel on my Windows PC? Yes. Bear in mind that Altair SLC and Analytics Workbench are both required and are installed from separate MSIs. You will probably need to edit the file "workbench.ini" and add the line: -Dwpshome=C:\Program…
If you have data stored in a Snowflake database, you can connect using the ODBC driver for snowflake. To install the connection software you need to: * * Download and install the Snowflake ODBC driver (.msi) from the Snowflake website. Make sure you select the 64-bit driver version to match the Altair SLC installation. *…
The SLC Hub Excel Add-in generates a log file in: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\SLCHubExcelAddin\log.txt where <username> represents your Windows user-name. To find it easily, use the Windows File Explorer and type %LOCALAPPDATA% into the location search bar at the top. When the list of folders appears, double click on…
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