WebFOCUS Administration Console Functionality

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The WebFOCUS Administration Console main menu at the left side of the screen is divided into categories and functional areas that enable you to configure settings and perform other tasks. The main menu categories include Reporting Servers, Configuration, ReportCaster, Magnify, Utilities, Diagnostics, and Quick Links. Within each category are functional areas and links for accessing panels to perform configurations, customizations, and more.

The categories, areas, and functionality available in the Console are listed and described in the following table with links to additional information.

Category

[Area]

Available Functionality

More Information

Reporting Servers

The Reporting Servers section of the Console enables you to:

  • Add and change Reporting Server settings in ibi/webfocus/client/wfc/etc/odin.cfg.
  • Configure Deferred Server Mappings in ibi/webfocus/client/wfc/etc/altdnode.wfs.
  • Add or change Remote Servers and nodes.

For details, see WebFOCUS Reporting Server Settings.

Configuration

[Client Settings]

The Configuration section of the Console enables you to change WebFOCUS Client settings in the cgivars.wfs file in the \ibi\WebFOCUS77\client\wfc\etc directory. All default global settings generated by installing WebFOCUS are located in this file.

For details, see WebFOCUS Client Administration.

Configuration

[Application Settings]

The Application Settings area of the Console enables you to change WebFOCUS application settings in the \ibi\WebFOCUS77\config\webconfig.xml file. The following functional areas are provided:

  • Application Paths
  • Parameter Prompting
  • BI Dashboard
  • Encryption
  • Portal
  • ReportCaster
  • Security

For details, see Changing Application Settings in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

Configuration

[Client Settings] (continued)

The Client Settings area of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • Cookie
  • General
  • Graph
  • Multiple Reports
  • OLAP
  • On Demand Paging
  • Parameter Prompting
  • Performance
  • Plugin
  • ReportCaster
  • Reporting Server
  • Web Services
  • WebFOCUS Quick Data

For details, see Changing WebFOCUS Client Settings in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

Configuration

[Client Settings] (continued)

The Client Settings area also provides access to:

  • Managed Reporting

For details, see Managed Reporting Settings in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

Configuration

[Client Settings] (continued)

The Client Settings area also provides access to:

  • Reporting Server
  • Reporting Server Remote Services
  • Deferred Server Mappings

For details, see WebFOCUS Reporting Server Settings.

Configuration

[MR Security]

The MR Security area of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • General
  • External Directories
  • Advanced

For details, see Configuring Managed Reporting for Trusted or External Authentication and Configuring Managed Reporting for External Authorization.

Configuration

[Startup Parameters]

The Startup Parameters area of the Console enables you to:

  • Configure WebFOCUS startup parameters in the ibiweb.cfg file located in \ibi\WebFOCUS77\client\wfc\web\cgi.

For details, see WebFOCUS Client Administration.

Configuration

[Redirection Settings]

The Redirection Settings area of the Console enables you to Redirect report output in the mime.wfs file located in \ibi\WebFOCUS77\client\wfc\etc.

For details, see WebFOCUS Client Administration.

Configuration

[Custom Settings]

The Custom Settings area of the Console enables you to:

  • Customize WebFOCUS Client settings in \ibi\WebFOCUS77\client\wfc\etc\site.wfs.
  • Create a WebFOCUS Client Site Profile.

For details, see WebFOCUS Client Administration.

Configuration

[NLS Settings]

The NLS Settings area of the Console enables you to configure National Language Support settings in the nlscfg.err file located in \ibi\WebFOCUS77\client\wfc\etc.

For details, see Configuring National Language Support.

Configuration

[Dynamic Language Switch]

The Dynamic Language Switch area of the Console enables you to customize settings in the ibimultilanguage.js file located in ibi\WebFOCUS77\ibi_html\javaassist.

For details, see Customizing the Dynamic Language Switch.

ReportCaster

The ReportCaster section of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • Repository to test and configure repository settings, and drop/create tables.
  • Configuration to configure ReportCaster settings.
  • Utilities to restart ReportCaster and verify status mode.
  • Traces to configure ReportCaster trace settings.

For details, see ReportCaster Settings.

Magnify

The Magnify section of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • General Settings to configure Magnify settings.
  • Lucene Security to configure the Lucene security plug-in.

For details, see Magnify Settings.

Utilities

The Utilities section of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • License Management to configure license codes for InfoAssist for MR, Personal InfoAssist, Power Painter, Magnify, WebFOCUS Quick Data, Mobile Favorites, and WebFOCUS Web Services. You can also access third-party license information.
  • Client Selection to configure the WebFOCUS Client options and specify its default path.
  • InfoAssist Properties to configure reporting options in the InfoAssist reporting tool.
  • MR Tool Type to configure tool types for Managed Reporting Administrators and Developers, and determine whether Managed Reporting and ReportCaster are installed, and configure the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster context roots.
  • MR Change Management to enable Managed Reporting Administrators and Developers to extract and load specific change packages from one environment to another.

For details, see WebFOCUS Utilities.

Diagnostics

The Diagnostics section of the Console provides the following functional areas:

  • HTTP Request Info to view information about HTTP request headers.
  • JVM Property Info to view information about your Java VM environment.
  • Verification to test WebFOCUS components using the Verification tool.
  • Traces to view and delete WebFOCUS trace and log files.

For details, see WebFOCUS Diagnostics .

Quick Links

The Quick Links section of the Console enables you to access the WebFOCUS Welcome Page and Information Builders Focal Point and Technical Support Web sites.

For details, see Quick Links.
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Procedure: How to Change WebFOCUS Client Settings

The client configuration settings are grouped into categories in the console. Some settings apply to multiple categories and are in each of these categories in the console. For example, the setting IBI_USE_JSCOM3 appears in both the Graph and Parameter Prompting categories. If you change a setting in one category, the change applies to all categories in which that setting appears.

The term Initial Value next to a setting means that the value shown initially is the installation default value and that it can be overridden by setting the variable explicitly in the URL request.

  1. In the Administration Console, click Configuration. The variables are separated into categories as follows.

    Clicking any category allows you to view and edit the variables used to configure that category. For example, to see or edit the Managed Reporting variables, click Managed Reporting. The following window displays.

    Managed Reporting dialog box

  2. If you want to see documentation about the Client settings, click the Help icon (?) next to any variable.
  3. Make the necessary changes to the settings and then click Save.

    Note:

    • If you select the ENCRYPT check box and click Save, the cgivars.wfs file will be encrypted. When you access the file again using the console, it will be decrypted for you to view, and the ENCRYPT check box will still be selected. If you edit the cgivars.wfs file outside of the console, its contents will be encrypted.
    • On z/OS, you must decrypt a file using the same implementation of the WebFOCUS Client that was used to encrypt it.
  4. After you have changed and saved WebFOCUS Client settings using the WebFOCUS Administration Console, you can return all settings to their installation defaults by clicking Restore Default Values.

    The following dialog box opens to make sure you want to restore all settings.

    Microsoft Internet explorer dialog box

  5. Click OK to restore all defaults, or Cancel to leave the settings as they are.
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