HIS Server Software Bundle

HIS Server is a computer server with a collection of databases, web services, tools and front-end applications that allow an investigator to store, publish and analyze observation data. The server is designed to permit local control of the data, while still being part of a distributed national/international system allowing universal access to the data. While there are numerous configurations and add-ons that can be used to create an HIS Server, the project team has tested the following configurations for use with the CUAHSI-HIS system:

• HIS Server Standard
• HIS Server Lite

Standard Version

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HIS Server Standard is a full-featured version of the CUAHSI-HIS Server that leverages sophisticated commercial software such as SQL Server 2005 Standard, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and ArcGIS Server. This is the HIS Server configuration that was made available for use by the WATERS testbeds.

HIS Server Standard includes the following CUAHSI-HIS data and components:

• Data
  • NWIS_DailyValues ODM database
  • NWIS_IID ODM database
• Components
  • ODM Database — Empty database schema into which you will load your observations data.
  • Generic WaterOneFlow Web Services — Web services that can be configured to publish data from your ODM database.
  • DASH w/GetSites Tool — Map-based web application for data discovery and access.
  • ODM Data Loader — General purpose tool for loading observations data from CSV or MS Excel files into an ODM database.
  • ODM Streaming Data Loader — Tool for loading observations data from LoggerNet text files or other sensor data into an ODM Database.
  • ODM Tools — Tool for querying, visualizing, and editing data in an ODM database. This application also includes functionality for updating the Controlled Vocabulary tables in your ODM databases.

To Set-up an HIS Server Standard:

• Obtain the following commercial software licenses (Please note — the Microsoft products are available to academic research programs through Microsoft's Academic Alliance program):
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard
  • ArcGIS 9.2 Desktop
  • ArcGIS Server 9.2 for .Net, Enterprise Advanced
• Download the following files:
  • Application File for Drive P [50M]
  • Data File for Drive O [LARGE! 3.5G]
• Install/Configure the Server

HIS Server Standard Resources

• Development Wiki: HIS Server - What you Need to Set-up a New HIS Server

Lite Version

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HIS Server Lite is a version of the CUAHSI-HIS Server where the commercial software requirements have been minimized, while still allowing data to be stored and published within the CUAHSI-HIS system. HIS Server Lite does not include a web client interface (such as DASH), but it does support data storage through the Observations Data Model (ODM), and data publishing with web services.

Install the following commercial software:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — must be purchased
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) — comes as part of XP Professional or 2003 Server, but is not installed as part of the default operating system install, and so usually must be installed separately; installation instructions
• Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 — free download
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express — free download; installation instructions

Install the following CUAHSI-HIS components:

• ODM Database — Database schema into which you will load your observations data.
• WaterOneFlow Web Services — Web services that can be configured to publish data from your ODM database.
• ODM Data Loader — General purpose tool for loading observations data from CSV or MS Excel files into an ODM database.
• ODM Streaming Data Loader — Tool for loading observations data from LoggerNet text files or other sensor data into an ODM database.
• ODM Tools — Tool for querying, visualizing, and editing data in an ODM database. This application also includes functionality for updating the Controlled Vocabulary tables in your ODM databases.

HIS Server Lite Resources

• Development Wiki: HIS Servers - Lite Version