BGL Simple Fund FundNet Setup Guide

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1 BGL Simple Fund FundNet Setup Guide 1. FundNet Overview What is FundNet? Demonstration of FundNet FundNet Requirements ISAPI enabled server Dedicated FundNet Web Server Bandwidth requirements Related Knowledge Base Articles Installing FundNet Module Installation Instructions Adding FundNet access in Simple Fund Update your Registration to allow FundNet access Setup user accounts in Simple Fund FundNet Installation Example Installation Example on Windows Installation Instructions Step 1 - Establish a Virtual Directory Optional: Configuring fundnet.dll as the default document Step 2: Setting up Access Permissions Adding an entry to the Web Service Extension list :2 - Establishing sufficient security permissions About IIS user accounts and permissions Using FundNet Running FundNet BGL Demonstration Version Fund Reporting Fund Transactions Input XML Export File Loading the Data in Simple Fund...23 Last updated July

2 1. FundNet Overview 1.1. What is FundNet? FundNet, is an additional module clients can purchase for Simple Fund. It is a browser interface to their Simple Fund database, so provides the ability for the clients or staff of the accounting firm to access super funds without using Simple Fund, via an intranet or over the internet. It includes the ability to prepare reports such as investment reports, member reports, and financial statements and also allows users to enter transactions. Each client is set up with a user name and password in Simple Fund as normal, and the 'FundNet option is selected. To run FundNet you need to have an Internet/Intranet Server that supports Internet Standard Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) DLL s. Therefore clients will require their own IT assistance. FundNet is not currently supported on Linux servers Demonstration of FundNet BGL's demonstration version of FundNet is accessed at The Username required to log in is Demo. There is no password. If you are unable to access this path, your IT consultant may need to configure the firewall to allow access to port FundNet Requirements ISAPI enabled server FundNet uses the ISAPI extensions and will run on any ISAPI enabled Server namely APACHE or Windows IIS 5 or IIS Dedicated FundNet Web Server BGL recommend it is set up is on dedicated web server running Win 2000 or Windows 2003 platform behind a firewall (most probably in a DMZ). Internet clients will access the web server, only. The web server will retrieve the required data from a copy of the SFUND database either on the webserver directly.or by using a secure VPN connection between the webserver and a separate live client database/file server. Which method you chose will depend on your budget and also the number of users they expect to use the service and how often they use it Bandwidth requirements In terms of bandwidth this all depends on the number of clients assessing FundNet. If it is frequent use then I would suggest using permanent VPN hardware routers between the two machines, and either set up an encrypted folder using standard Window 2003 file server tools or purchasing additional third party file transfer/backup applications. If infrequent web use then could possibly set up a VPN connection with software connection that would transfer the data at a set time each day, but this would probably not be as stable and it would also depend on the size of the Simple Fund data they transfer Related Knowledge Base Articles Article Agent.dbf locked when accessing FundNet Article Unable to access FundNet 2

3 2. Installing FundNet Module These installation instructions can be accessed through the Client Centre via Software Downloads Installation Instructions Click START RUN. Locate the FundNet setup32.exe file that you have been sent from BGL. Click OK. At the Welcome screen, Input the Installation Password: DATAIN and click NEXT. The installation routine will then prompt you where Internet Server is located. Select the location of your Web server. The fundnet.dll will be installed to this location. This defaults to C:\FUNDNET. Click NEXT. At the Select Simple Fund Data screen, select the location of your Simple Fund database, usually?:\sfund. Click NEXT. 3

4 At the Select CAS Data Directory screen, select the location of your BGL Central Database. If you share your People list with CAS, this is normally?:\caswin\casdata. where? is the drive on which CAS is installed. If you do not share People with CAS, this is normally?:\sfund\database where? is the drive on which Simple Fund is installed. Click NEXT. At the Select XML Data Export Directory screen, select the location where you wish transactions input across FundNet to be saved. This is usually?:\sfund\datain. This is where the.xml file will be saved for the transaction upload. 4

5 Click NEXT Click INSTALL. Click FINISH. This installation will create a FUNDNET.INI file in the FundNet installation directory, normally C:\FUNDNET on the web server Adding FundNet access in Simple Fund Update your Registration to allow FundNet access If you have not already done so, you must contact BGL and update your registration details in your Simple Fund program Setup user accounts in Simple Fund Each user will require a Username and Password. Add these through Administration User Maintenance, ensuring you click the FundNet access checkbox. Once added, the user access defaults to All data options. To change the access, highlight the user and click access to change the settings. FundNet Fund Level Security FundNet access allows Fund Level Security, which allows the user to only have access to certain funds. 5

6 3. FundNet Installation Example 3.1. Installation Example on Windows FundNet operates as an ISAPI server extension DLL. This is an example of how to establish this service on a Windows server environment. These steps are carried out following the installation of the FundNet files to the server hard disk (documented in the FundNet Installation Instructions) Installation Instructions The installation is a two step process. Step 1 - Establish a Virtual Directory This step involves establishing a virtual directory within Internet Information Server. This is where users will browse to access FundNet (e.g. The BGL demonstration is The :6500 means it runs through port 6500 and not the normal web browsing port 80. Because 6500 is not a standard port, firewalls may block this location, so clients may need to allow this through their firewall to run the demonstration version. Step 2 - Setting Permissions This step involves setting up the correct permissions on the local files so that the web server can access the FundNet files. In this example, FundNet has been installed to c:\fundnet Step 1 - Establish a Virtual Directory Overview of Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager This is a part of Windows and your network administrator would need to log on to the server to allow access to this option. Normal web pages are simple html pages, but when a web site is required to run a process, such as process payments, record bookings, or in the case of FundNet, generate reports and save transaction information, then applications are required to run on that website. Through IIS you are adding FundNet as the application to run across the internet. Click START ALL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES (IIS) MANAGER. Right-click Default Website. A menu of options is displayed for the folder. Select NEW VIRTUAL DIRECTORY. 6

7 The Virtual Directory Creation Wizard will begin. 7

8 Click NEXT. The Virtual Directory Alias screen will now appear. Input the desired Virtual Directory name: this is the location where FundNet will be accessed (e.g. For this example the Virtual Directory will be titled FundNet. 8

9 Once this is complete click NEXT. You will be prompted to enter the path to the directory that contains the content for this Virtual Directory. It is here that the path where FundNet was installed to during the installation must be specified. In this example, the files were installed to C:\FUNDNET Click NEXT. The Virual Directory Creation Wizard will now display: 9

10 At this point the access permissions for the FundNet virtual directory are set. Ensure that the EXECUTE checkbox is checked. This allows execution of the FundNet DLL file by IIS. Click NEXT. Click FINISH. This completes creation of the Virtual Directory via which FundNet will be accessed. The new Virtual Directory will now be present in the Default Web Site Folder. 10

11 Optional: Configuring fundnet.dll as the default document The Virtual Directory can be configured to automatically run the fundnet dll file when this Virtual Directory is browsed to on a web browser. What this means is that FundNet can be opened by browsing to instead of having to specify the full path to the folder and the fundnet dll file i.e. Click on the new Virtual Directory that has been created in Step 1(shown as FundNet below). Right mouse click and select PROPERTIES from the menu. 11

12 Click the Document tab. 12

13 Click Add.. Input fundnet.dll and click OK. The list of default documents will be updated. Click on fundnet.dll on the Default Document list and click the up arrow to move this file to the top of the list. The list will then appear as follows. 13

14 Click OK. This completes the optional configuration of the default document for this Virtual Directory 3.3. Step 2: Setting up Access Permissions The second task in getting FundNet up and running involves the following steps: Add an entry in the Web Service Extensions list (shown below) so that Internet Information Server knows the FundNet DLL file is permitted to run. Internet Information Server needs sufficient rights to access the folder in which the Simple Fund database is located Adding an entry to the Web Service Extension list This step is only required for IIS version 6 or later. Open the IIS Manager and click the Web Services Extensions folder. The following will be displayed: 14

15 Right click on the Web Services Extensions folder. Click Add a new Web service extension 15

16 This will display a dialog in which the FundNet details will be entered. Type FundNet: Next, the fundnet.dll file needs to be added to the Required Files list for this Web service. Click Add. Input the location of the fundnet.dll file and click OK. The fundnet.dll file will now be added to the Required Files list. After the new Web Service is added for FundNet, it will appear on the right side of the IIS Manager window :2 - Establishing sufficient security permissions Here is an example of a Windows server security permissions: 16

17 Permissions are divided up into Full Control Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write To fully access the database and run all available reports, FundNet requires Read & Execute, List Folder Contents and Read permissions to The FundNet folder The folder where the Simple Fund database is located If users are to be granted the ability to use the Persons Details Change feature of FundNet, the location that was specified as the BGL Central Database location during the FundNet installation, normally?:\sfund\database, needs to have the Modify and Write permissions granted. If you share the People List with CAS, this location is normally?:\caswin\casdata About IIS user accounts and permissions Internet Information Server 6 by default allows the virtual directory to permit anonymous access, using an account that is called IUSR_<name of the computer>. In this document, the 2003 Server is called 2K3SVR and the default anonymous user is IUSR_2K3SVR (referred to as the default Internet user). 17

18 New folders that are created on an NTFS volume by Windows Server 2003 during the FundNet installation inherit sufficient permissions for FundNet to function normally. It is recommended that these permissions are only modified by users experienced in Windows 2003 security and user permission configuration. If the default anonymous access is disabled, or strict NTFS filesystem security is applied (ie by removing inherited permissions and restricting access to the Simple Fund database location), then FundNet users may require a username/password to be able to use FundNet. This concludes Step 2 of the configuration. FundNet should now be accessible by directing a browser to the Windows 2003 Server and specifying the Virtual Directory that was entered in Step 1. In this example, directing a browser to on the Windows 2003 Server opens the FundNet login screen. Internet Information Server also requires sufficient security privileges to access the folder where the Simple Fund database is located (specified as part of the FundNet installation). This may require the repetition of Step 2 for the folder where the Simple Fund data is located, depending on the current security policy. 18

19 4. Using FundNet 4.1. Running FundNet Once FundNet is installed, start your Internet Browser and type: server host name>/isapi/fundnet.dll into the location bar. Your browser should display the following page: Input your Username and Password and click Login FundNet will then display a list of funds that your user permissions have provided you access to. Click on a fund name to begin. Then select from Fund Reporting or Fund Transactions Input to continue using FundNet BGL Demonstration Version To run the BGL Demonstration Version, input the address into your web browser. Username Input demo and click Login. The following options will display. 19

20 Fund Reporting Leave this as Fund Reporting and click Process. A list of funds that particular user (demo) will have access to will display. Click on a fund. You can now choose which report you wish to prepare and which reporting period. The reporting period is the default reporting period from your Simple Fund database. 20

21 Select Investment Income Report and click Prepare Report. The selected report will display. From here you can print the report Fund Transactions Input Options Click Fund List to return to the list of funds this user has access to. Click FundNet Options Select Fund Transactions Input and click Process. Click on a fund. You can now record these types of transactions: Investment income - such as dividends, interest, trust distributions New Investments - such as shares, managed funds, term deposits Member Income/Expenses - such as contributions, transfers in/out, pensions paid 21

22 Expenses - such as accounting and audit fees, bank fees, investment expenses Example Click Investment Income Record a $1000 dividend for Coles Myer on 13/9/2002 with $ imputation credit. Select the Bank Account where the dividend was received as St George Cash Management Account. Click Post Transaction XML Export File The Transaction Exported details will display. The transaction has been added to an XML file for later transaction upload in Simple Fund. The transactions do not load directly into the superannuation fund ledger and are later imported using the Transaction Upload function in Simple Fund. The XML file is named by the Fund Code, then fn. Eg. the fund code below was SAMPLE02, so the XML file will be named SAMPLE02fn.XML. This XML file is saved in the location specified in FUNDNET.INI. The path is usually the SFUND\DATAIN directory. 22

23 Click Post another Transaction to return to Fund Transactions Input. All the transactions recorded will display. You can Edit or Delete these transactions. Click Logout to exit FundNet Loading the Data in Simple Fund To load the transactions, in Simple Fund, select the fund. From the Simple Fund Explorer, click Data In/Out. From the Transaction Upload tab: Data Source File Name Select BGL Import Select the XML file created during FundNet's Fund Transactions Input. The file will be in the location specified in the fundnet.ini, usually SFUND\DATAIN Click Upload. Refer to Simple Fund Upload feature. Help for further information regarding the Transaction 23