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Brightmetrics VAR Install Guide for RingCentral

Have a new customer interested in Brightmetrics? This guide will take you through the easy steps to deploy Brightmetrics for them.

The active setup process for Brightmetrics should take less than 15 minutes. The outline below will help you to get started but if you need any assistance, feel free to email us at support@brightmetrics.com.

Installing RingCentral for a new customer in Brightmetrics

First, we'll go through Account Creation. It all starts on your VAR Portal page:

  1. 1

    Navigate there by clicking on the icon in the sidebar. You'll see a list of your existing customers.
  2. 2

    To add a new customer, click the plus icon in the upper right.

    VAR account creation screen

  3. 3

    In the pop-up page, enter the Customer Details. Click Next.

    First User Info This will be the first customer user. The user will be added with the Admin role in Brightmetrics.
    VAR Support Account This will add your centralized support account as an Admin on the customer's Brightmetrics account. As a best practice, Brightmetrics recommends always checking this box.

    VAR account details screen

  4. 4

    Select RingCentral as the platform you're deploying.

    VAR platform selection screen

  5. 5

    Select the following, and click Next.

    Subscription Term Yearly or Monthly
    Annual Renewal Date This field is for your own tracking and is what used to be shown as "Maintenance Renewal Date."
    UC Analytics Check the box next to UC Analytics.
    Real Time Analytics Check the box next to Real Time Analytics.
    Dashboards Select the number of Real Time dashboards the customer needs.

    VAR RingCentral setup options

  6. 6

    In the popup, click Next to begin the RingCentral installation. Please note that you must be an Admin on the customer's RingCentral account in order to complete the next steps. Not an Admin? Click Setup Later and the process can be finished by the customer within their Data Source page.

    VAR RingCentral data source setup

    You'll see a popup for diagnostics to begin running:

    VAR diagnostics running

  7. 7

    Once diagnostics are done, you'll see the message to authenticate. Click Authenticate.

    Authenticate button

    Important

    Upon clicking the authenticate button, you will be redirected to the RingCentral login page. If you are not redirected, please make sure there are no pop-up blockers preventing you from proceeding.

  8. 8

    Enter your RingCentral credentials (reminder: you need to be an Admin) and click Sign In.

    RingCentral login page

  9. 9

    A popup asking you to grant Brightmetrics access to your data will appear. Click Authorize.

    Authorize Brightmetrics access

  10. 10

    You'll be directed back to Brightmetrics where you'll see the diagnostics process completing, followed by a popup confirming all was set up correctly.

    Diagnostics pass confirmation

    You've completed the installation process and will be able to build dashboards and reports once the data upload completes.

    If you haven't already, we recommend scheduling a demo for your customer with one of our experts for a high-level walk-through to see what our dashboards and reports are capable of. You can schedule a demo here.

Installing RingCentral for an existing customer in Brightmetrics
  1. 1

    Navigate to your VAR Portal by clicking on the icon in the sidebar. You'll see a list of your existing customers.
  2. 2

    Search for the customer in the search box.

    VAR portal customer search

  3. 3

    Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the customer you'd like to add RingCentral to and select Add Data Source.

    Add data source option

  4. 4

    Select RingCentral as the platform you're deploying.

    VAR platform selection screen

  5. 5

    Select the following, and click Next.

    Subscription Term Yearly or Monthly
    Annual Renewal Date This field is for your own tracking and is what used to be shown as "Maintenance Renewal Date."
    UC Analytics Check the box next to UC Analytics.
    Real Time Analytics Check the box next to Real Time Analytics.
    Dashboards Select the number of Real Time dashboards the customer needs.

    VAR RingCentral setup options

  6. 6

    In the popup, click Next to begin the RingCentral installation. Please note that you must be an Admin on the customer's RingCentral account in order to complete the next steps. Not an Admin? Click Setup Later and the process can be finished by the customer within their Data Source page.

    VAR RingCentral data source setup

    You'll see a popup for diagnostics to begin running:

    VAR diagnostics running

  7. 7

    Once diagnostics are done, you'll see the message to authenticate. Click Authenticate.

    Authenticate button

    Important

    Upon clicking the authenticate button, you will be redirected to the RingCentral login page. If you are not redirected, please make sure there are no pop-up blockers preventing you from proceeding.

  8. 8

    Enter your RingCentral credentials (reminder: you need to be an Admin) and click Sign In.

    RingCentral login page

  9. 9

    A popup asking you to grant Brightmetrics access to your data will appear. Click Authorize.

    Authorize Brightmetrics access

  10. 10

    You'll be directed back to Brightmetrics where you'll see the diagnostics process completing, followed by a popup confirming all was set up correctly.

    Diagnostics pass confirmation

    You've completed the installation process and will be able to build dashboards and reports once the data upload completes.

    If you haven't already, we recommend scheduling a demo for your customer with one of our experts for a high-level walk-through to see what our dashboards and reports are capable of. You can schedule a demo here.

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