Getting started
A user opens Information Console to connect to a volume. Each user must have a user name and password to log in to a volume using Information Console. A URL address to the log in web page is also required.
When logging in, an Information Console user selects a volume profile name. A volume contains items such as dashboards, design templates, documents, gadgets and information objects.
Information Console appears to the user as a file explorer, as one or more dashboards, or the combination of both of these modes. Views and skins affect the presentation of the My Documents page. When dashboards are used, page layout is defined separately for each dashboard or gadget control. Dashboard use is described later in this book.
Information Console supports customization. If you cannot see a feature, file, folder or function described in this section, contact an administrator to establish the access, user role, and file or folder privileges that may be required for the feature. For example, an administrator can limit access to My Documents and make some dashboards available to only some users.
This manual describes functionality available to different Information Console user roles. Most examples show a user who can access all features available in an administrator security role. This user has privileges to access a home folder created by an administrator. For comparison, some examples show limited functionality available to a non-administrator user.
How to log in to a volume using Information Console
1 To open the Information Console login page, do one of the following tasks:
If you installed Information Console with BIRT iHub, choose Start
➛All Programs
➛Actuate
➛BIRT iHub. In the iHub welcome page, choose Log In Now.
Alternatively, start a web browser. Provide the URL for the Actuate Information Console and choose Log In Now. A default URL looks like the following web address:
http://actuate1:8900/iportal/
where
actuate1 is the web server that provides the interface to an Actuate server and 8900 is the port number of Information Console.
iportal is the home directory in which Information Console resides.
Your URL differs if Information Console has been customized.
2 To log in, provide the following login credentials:
In Volume profile, select an Encyclopedia volume name, if necessary.
In User name, type the user name.
In Password, type the password associated with the user name.
In Language, select an available locale. A locale determines the date, time, currency, and number formats displayed in Information Console. The user interface appears in US English if the selected language is not available.
In Time zone, select a time zone. This selection specifies the time zone for jobs scheduling and time stamp for files.
The example in
Figure 1‑3 shows user choices for logging in to a volume named urup, using a western United States locale.
Figure 1‑3 Logging in to a volume using Information Console
3 Choose Log In. The Information Console home page associated with your login credentials appears.
How to log out of a volume using Information Console
Choose Log out to quit a user session of Information Console, as shown in
Figure 1‑4.
Figure 1‑4 Logging out using Information Console
