Logging On to Dashboard and View Inheritance

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Dashboard users log on to Dashboard and inherit the look and content of views in different ways depending on where they log on from, whether they are logging on for the first time or subsequent times, and whether the GoToPersonalViewOnLogin setting in the bid-config.xml file (located in the WebFOCUS77\worp\conf directory) is set to "true" or "false".

Users can log on to Dashboard using the:


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Logon Process for All Users (Excluding Library Only Users)

The following processing takes place when a user, who is not a Library Only User, logs on to Dashboard.


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Logon Process for Library Only Users

The following scenario shows the processing that takes place when a Library Only User logs on to Dashboard. The behavior is the same for all logon attempts including the first logon, subsequent logons, and whether the GoToPersonalViewOnLogin setting in the bid-config.xml file is set to "true" or "false".

Users with:

For all of the above methods of logging on to Dashboard for Library Only Users, a user folder is not created in the worp_users directory.


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