Compatible products

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Compatible products

This topic lists UNICOM Systems, Inc. and other manufacturer’s software that is compatible with System Architect and discusses issues to consider when updating.

Compatible UNICOM Systems, Inc. software

For software and hardware requirements, and compatible products for System Architect 11.4.4 and higher, see:

support.unicomsi.com

All supporting products must be at the same exact version as System Architect. This restriction includes, but is not limited to, the following software:

•System Architect XT.

•System Architect Compare.

•System Architect Publisher.

•System Architect Catalog Manager.

•System Architect Focal Point Integration supports UNICOM Systems, Inc. Focal Point 6.x and 7.x.

•System Architect XT: You can install System Architect XT on the same computer as System Architect. This installation includes these requirements:

•You must install the same version of each product.

•You must install System Architect before you install System Architect XT.

•When you install System Architect XT over System Architect, the installation is incremental. Therefore, you cannot choose a different installation path for System Architect XT.

•You cannot run System Architect while clients are running System Architect XT on the System Architect XT server.

If you upgrade System Architect, you must also upgrade these other products.

Compatible IBM Rational software

System Architect integrates with these IBM Rational products:

•System Architect DOORS Interface, which is available with System Architect and is compatible with Rational DOORS 9.0 to 9.7.

•System Architect Change integration supports Rational Change 4.7, 5.0, and 5.1.

•System Architect RPE integration supports Report Publishing Engine 1.1.

•Business Intelligence (BI) tools: System Architect BI Integration supports IBM Cognos 8.4.1, and other BI tools such as Microsoft Power BI.

Other manufacturer’s software

Integration with Microsoft Office

Users can:

•Run the reports based on Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel by using the Reports menu.

•Run the System Architect Publisher along with Microsoft Word.

•Export definitions from System Architect XT to Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

This integration has been tested on the following supported versions:

•Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit)

•Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)

•Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)

•Microsoft Office 2007

•Microsoft Office 2003

Compatible web browsers

Several tools in the System Architect generate web pages from the database repositories.

The following tools generate web pages:

•System Architect.

•System Architect Compare.

•HTML reports.

The following browsers are supported for viewing those web pages:

•Google Chrome, latest version.

•Mozilla Firefox, current Extended Support Release (ESR) and newer.