Prerequisites

In this section:

This section describes prerequisites for WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE and WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE.

For more information on hardware requirements, estimating RAM usage, and scalability, see the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Analyst Edition Implementation Guide.


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Authoring Tools

The following authoring tools can be used to build data for Visual Discovery AE projects:


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Project Links

The following tools can be used to provide access to Visual Discovery AE projects:

For more information, see Presenting Published Visual Discovery AE Projects in WebFOCUS.


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Operating Systems

This section lists the operating systems that are supported for WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE and WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE.

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE:

Note: WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE uses standard database and Windows file server protocols.

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE:


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Installing WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Analyst Edition Components

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE and WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE provide standalone installations. Both are independent to WebFOCUS Developer Studio, WebFOCUS Client, and the WebFOCUS Reporting server installations.

For detailed information on installing WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE and WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE, see the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Analyst Edition Implementation Guide.


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Visual Discovery Server AE Access

Visual Discovery Server AE only allows secure requests that originate from WebFOCUS. Therefore, any URLs to Visual Discovery AE projects must be initially placed in the WebFOCUS Business Intelligence (BI) Portal. During runtime, WebFOCUS dynamically adds the required token to appropriately call Visual Discovery Server AE.

For more information, see Visual Discovery Server AE Token Requirement.


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