Presenting Published Visual Discovery AE Projects in WebFOCUS

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This section describes how to present published Visual Discovery AE projects in WebFOCUS using the following techniques/options:


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Visual Discovery Server AE Token Requirement

Visual Discovery Server AE requires a token that is automatically generated by WebFOCUS. A WebFOCUS token is string of encrypted information that contains the WebFOCUS user name and the token expiration time. This token is dynamically appended to the published URL whenever a resource is being accessed from the Visual Discovery Server AE. Without a valid token, the URL that is generated by Visual Discovery Workbench AE for a project would not function when being accessed from WebFOCUS components (for example, Business Intelligence (BI) Portal). To maintain the security of the token, each token is associated with an expiration time.

Note: When you are logged into the BI Portal, your user information is used to filter any stored procedure, leveraging user-based credential filtering.


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Procedure: How to Present Published Visual Discovery AE Projects as a WebFOCUS BI Portal Item
  1. Open the WebFOCUS BI Portal and create a new folder (for example, visdisproj).
  2. Right-click the folder, select New, and then click Visual Discovery AE from the context menu, as shown in the following image.

    The Create Visual Discovery AE URL dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

  3. Perform the following steps:
    1. Enter a title for the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE dashboard that is being added as a WebFOCUS BI item.
    2. Enter a summary (optional) that describes the data being presented in the dashboard.
    3. Enter the URL that points to the published dashboard, which was generated by the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE during the publishing process.

      For more information, see Designing a Project Using WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE.

    4. You can enter any query string (amper) parameters to this URL to dynamically filter WebFOCUS procedures.
  4. Click OK.

    The published Visual Discovery AE dashboard is added as a new item to the WebFOCUS BI Portal.

  5. Right-click the new WebFOCUS BI Portal item and select View from the context menu.

    Note: Depending on the web browser, you may now see the URL that is generated by WebFOCUS that now includes the dynamic run-time generated token.

    For more information on using the WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Portal, see the Business Intelligence Portal documentation.


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Procedure: How to Present Published Visual Discovery AE Projects as a WebFOCUS BI Portal Resource
  1. In the WebFOCUS BI Portal, right-click Portals, and then click New Portal from the context menu, as shown in the following image.

    The New Portal dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

  2. Provide a title and name for the new portal in the corresponding fields and click OK.

    The Portal Design Mode window opens.

  3. Click the Insert tab and then click WebFOCUS Resources, as shown in the following image.

    The WebFOCUS Resources pane opens.

  4. Navigate to the published Visual Discovery AE dashboard that was added as a new item to the BI Portal, and double-click this item.

    The published Visual Discovery AE dashboard is displayed in the WebFOCUS BI Portal workspace area, as shown in the following image.


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Procedure: How to Present Published Visual Discovery AE Projects Using WebFOCUS Developer Studio
  1. Open WebFOCUS Developer Studio.
  2. Under WebFOCUS Environments, <Server>, Content, create a new folder.
  3. Right-click the new folder, select New, and then click Visual Discovery AE from the context menu, as shown in the following image.

    The Create Visual Discovery AE URL dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

  4. Perform the following steps:
    1. Enter a title for the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE dashboard that is being added as an item to WebFOCUS Developer Studio.
    2. Enter a summary (optional) that describes the data being presented in the dashboard.
    3. Enter the URL that points to the published dashboard, which was generated by the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE.

      For more information, see Designing a Project Using WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE.

  5. Click OK.

    The published Visual Discovery AE dashboard is added as a new item to WebFOCUS Developer Studio.

  6. Double-click the new WebFOCUS Developer Studio item to open and view its contents.

    For more information, see the WebFOCUS Developer Studio documentation related to this topic.


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Presenting Published Visual Discovery AE Projects as a WebFOCUS Self-Service Link or Drill-Down

A new query string parameter will be designated to identify WebFOCUS Servlet calls as requests to WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE projects. The IBI_visdis attribute will be assigned a URL value, which will be used by the WebFOCUS Servlet to redirect to the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE project requested.

You can enter any query string (amper) parameters to this URL to dynamically filter WebFOCUS procedures.

Note: When using standalone URLs (not URL items in the Business Intelligence Portal) that are clicked multiple times, the link may become cached. As a result, the original token will be continuously passed, resulting in a token timeout error. For more information and a workaround, see Using Standalone URLs.

The syntax for a link to a WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE project uses the following format:

http://<server>:<port>/<context_root>/WFServlet
?IBI_visdis=<WebFOCUSVisual Discovery AE Project URL>

For example:

http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFServlet
?IBI_visdis=http://localhost/ADV/Projects/Demo/carvisdisae.aspx

Note: For improved readability, line breaks have been inserted in the above URLs. In an actual deployment scenario, ensure that the URLs do not contain any extra spaces or line breaks, and that the parameters are on the same line.


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