After installing System Console and one or more BIRT Analytics packages, use System Console to create a cluster containing a single node. The cluster enables the system administrator to license the modules and monitor the iHub usage.

BIRT Analytics front end, administration, and data loader are available from web applications running on a Windows system.

To access BIRT Analytics front end, double-click the BIRT Analytics icon on a Windows desktop or open a browser manually and enter the following URL:

On Windows, to provide access to BIRT Analytics from another system, use the Windows Firewall advanced settings to open the ports 8114 and 8700 to TCP inbound traffic.

To access BIRT Analytics from another system, open a browser manually and enter a URL similar to the following one, where servername is the name of the machine where you installed BIRT Analytics:

For more information about BIRT Analytics, see Using BIRT Analytics.