Visual Discovery Server AE requires a token that is automatically generated by WebFOCUS. A WebFOCUS token is a 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: The Mutual Funds and Customer sample projects that are provided with WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE do not require a token. This is the case since these sample projects are embedded. As a result, users can run these samples out of the box for testing purposes.