Personal pages are created at run time by the user and allow the new level of versatility in a way users organize and use portals. Personal pages remain visible only to the user that created them, unless the user shares them. Personal pages reside inside the My Pages folder in the repository.
WebFOCUS embedded Business Intelligence (BI) provides the capability of incorporating WebFOCUS content, analytics, and functionality (features) into an external application.
In understanding techniques and considerations for embedding business intelligence, there are several approaches and techniques that can be used to embed business intelligence (BI) into an external application, including:
An important developer consideration for an embedded BI application is how to implement single sign-on (SSO) between the embedded application and WebFOCUS so that the user is not required to provide credentials on multiple occasions. There are several options to consider, including:
In this content and accompanying embedded BI demo application, you will learn how the Trusted Ticket Authentication feature in WebFOCUS can be used to implement SSO.
Another important consideration is the deployment topology, which relates to where the embedded application and WebFOCUS reside. Often times both are deployed on or behind a single web host. This includes when both are deployed on the same application server (as depicted by Case 1 in the following diagram) and when they are deployed on different servers, but accessed from a single web server or load balancer (Case 2).
This section outlines several best practices for embedding BI.
WebFOCUS Mobile allows you to share your content so that anyone in your organization can have access to the data they need, when they need it, without the use of a physical computer. Your content can be viewed across mobile devices, whether through the native mobile browser, or the Mobile Faves app for iOS or Android devices.
You can resize content on a page, at any time, using the sizing handles and the shaded placement area that appear on the canvas. When you hover over an item on the canvas, a series of handles appear. Drag a handle in the direction that you want to resize the item, as shown in the following image.
You can choose to hide certain content items from smaller devices, especially when dealing with large or multi-faceted items like maps or visualizations. When an item is hidden from a device, the other items around it re-flow into the empty space and retain the responsive layout.
Creating a page filter in WebFOCUS Designer is a quick and intuitive process. Whenever you add parameterized content item to the canvas, such as a report with parameters or chart with parameters, Designer recognizes the parameters and creates filters for them automatically. The tool then notifies you of any available filters with a notification, and a badge count is overlaid on the Quick Filter button, as shown in the following image.
WebFOCUS Designer filter controls are versatile and allow you to facilitate multiple filtering scenarios. Depending on the needs of your enterprise and on the specifics of the data that you are using, you can configure filter controls to fit your unique needs. Examples below show you different types of controls and how to use them.
