1 In Actuate BIRT Designer, open iHub Explorer. If you do not see the iHub Explorer view in the designer, select Windows➛Show View➛iHub Explorer.

2 In iHub Explorer, right-click Servers, and choose New iHub Profile.

3 In New iHub Profile, specify the connection information. Figure 2‑2 displays an example of connection properties provided for an iHub named Athena.

1 In Profile type, select iHub.

2 In Profile name, type a unique name that identifies the new profile.

3 In iHub, type the name or IP address of the iHub.

4 In Port number, type the number of the port to access iHub.

5 In Volume, select the iHub Encyclopedia volume.

6 In User name, type the user name required to access the volume.

7 In Password, type the password required to access the volume.

8 Select Remember Password, you can choose to remember the password.

4 Choose Finish to save the iHub profile. The iHub profile appears in the iHub Explorer as shown in Figure 2‑1.