Introducing WebFOCUS Designer

In order to create that content, you’ll need access to data. Whether you’re using data from a spreadsheet or a database, WebFOCUS makes it easy to bring into your environment so you can start exploring it.

If you’re using a spreadsheet, CSV file, or other local file as a data source, do a data upload.  Click the Upload Data option on the Action bar and select the format that your data is saved in.

Organize your resources in WebFOCUS however works best for you.  You can use domains and folders to organize content pertaining to different departments, different data sources, or different types of content, and use user roles and groups to give different colleagues different levels of access to each one.  

User privileges are easily customizable.  Use the Security Center to add users to groups to quickly give them the same set of privileges, or manage what each user can access on a case-by-case basis.  

Everything that you need is available from the WebFOCUS Home Page.  The Home Page provides access to content saved in domains in your WebFOCUS Environment, and tools that you can use to create content and manage the resources that that content uses.

The content that you can create or access in each domain can be customized for users and groups.  You can see any content that has been published or shared with you in the WebFOCUS Explorer and quickly find the items you want using search functionality.

The new WebFOCUS makes business analytics insights available to everyone.  Whether on-premise or in the cloud, WebFOCUS is highly scalable. With the Total Access Cloud, getting set up is easy and deployments are simpler, with greater flexibility to handle growth and demand.

It’s also easy to use.  You can quickly and easily go through an entire data exploration process using the new enhanced Designer tool, from accessing your data and data wrangling through content creation and application development.

WebFOCUS Designer is a web-based development platform that you can use to quickly and easily create content from your data. WebFOCUS Designer enables you to manage your data using data flows and use that data to create charts, interactive and responsive pages, and workbooks.

With WebFOCUS Designer, you can go from data discovery to content creation to content integration and application development all in a single tool, quickly and easily sharing your insights with others.

You can customize your Home Page by using Favorites. 

The Favorites feature provides a convenient and fast way to find and use your favorite content, without having to search for it.

From the Home Page, Favorites appear in the Favorites view.
    
From the Legacy Home Page, Favorites appear in the Resources tree.

Favorites can be reports, graphs, hyperlinks, Reporting Objects, and other item types. 

You can add items to Favorites from any domain or folder if you have permission to do so. 

In the WebFOCUS Home Page, you can create new content, such as charts, reports, visualizations, pages, and schedules, in the Domains area.  However, you can also access the Web Content and Global Resources folders.  These folders allow you toquickly and easily access content saved outside your WebFOCUS Repository.

The Web Content folder lists applications that are located on the WebFOCUS Client. 

You can use advanced search options in the WebFOCUS Home Page to make your searches more precise in order to find the content that you want more quickly.

To access advanced search options, click the down arrow at the right of the search field.  You can specify the area where your search term appears, the type of file that you are searching for, and the matching behavior for the search term.

WebFOCUS Designer is a web-based development platform that you can use to quickly and easily create content from your data. WebFOCUS Designer provides tools to manage your data using data flows and use that data to create charts, interactive and responsive pages, and workbooks.