Navigating Information Console

After a user has logged in to Information Console they arrive at one of the following pages:

n	A dashboard selected by the BIRT iServer administrator

n	The user’s last visited dashboard if dashboards are enabled

n	The user’s personal Home directory if one exists

n	The Documents folder if the user does not have a Home directory

Figure 2-4 shows the default Documents folder for users without a home folder.

Figure 2-4  Viewing Information Console with Tree View skin

The purpose of each part of the Information Console web page is described in Table 2-1

Table 2-1  Parts of the Information Console web page 

Part name	Purpose
Banner menu	Displays links to user options, the about and license page, online help, and session log out.
Dashboard bar	Displays links to dashboards, to add new dashboards, and the Dashboard Builder
File and folder pane	Displays links to the contents of the current folder. The selected file view manages the display of this pane.
Inner banner menu	Provides links to the user’s home directory or the document folder if a home directory does not exist, BIRT Studio, and the file search pane.
Navigation pane	Displays links to document folders, job status, and channels in the current encyclopedia volume. The selected skin manages the display of this pane.

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