Welcome Page

In this section:

The Welcome page has two sections that you can interact with:

The content in both the Menu Bar and the Resource Tree varies, depending on whether or not you are signed in and who you are.


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Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is located in the upper-right section of the screen, inside the Top Banner. The following image shows the Menu Bar that appears when you are signed in to WebFOCUS.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar allows you to perform a variety of activities.

When You Are Signed Out

When You Are Signed In (You can access additional options, as well as all the options that you see when signed out, except that you cannot access the Dashboard Public Views.)


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Resource Tree

In this section:

The Resource Tree, located on the left side of the page, contains your WebFOCUS Resources, such as Content and Portals. The following image shows the Resource Tree that appears when you are signed in to WebFOCUS.

Resource Tree

The resources are secured using WebFOCUS 8 security, which is a folder-based system similar to that of desktop operating systems. The resources differ for every user, for example, the public user sees only public content.

You may want to create reports using WebFOCUS InfoAssist, or run existing reports before building or accessing a portal. To make this easy for you to do, the WebFOCUS Resource Tree is available immediately upon sign in.

In addition to a simple Filter dialog box, the Resource Tree contains the following nodes:



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Node Context Menu Options

Each node in the Resource Tree has a context menu. The options are:

For more information on context menus for folders and items in the tree, see Types of Content in the Tree.


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