Security and Administration
961I8206: Server Administration
This Server Administration course will show you how to configure an adapter server. You will learn techniques for balancing performance and resource utilization using the Server Web Console, debugging and diagnostic tips and techniques, and how to control your server environment on a daily basis. You will also learn how to implement security models to protect and manage privileges based on user role.
You will learn how to:
361I8206: Security Administration
How can you give users access to the information they require while protecting sensitive or confidential data? How do you build an effective security policy? The database-driven security infrastructure in WebFOCUS 8 enables system and application administrators within your organization to implement security at a granular level for every resource in the WebFOCUS Repository.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Video: How to Review Application Log Files
Hello. In this video, we are going to show you the Application Log Files page. This feature is available in WebFOCUS Release 8204 and higher.
This page captures logs generated by application utilities, such as change management imports, portal conversions, or database upgrades.
By placing links to application utility logs on a single page in the Administration Console, WebFOCUS makes it easy to locate, open, and review logs recording the events that occurred during the most recent runs of your application utilities.
Let’s get started.
Video: How to Manage the Data Values Cache
Welcome to this video to demonstrate a new feature, and help understand how it works. This video will explain how to use the Data Values Application Cache.
In order to see the impact of this cache, we will turn on Session Viewer traces. So, from the Administrator menu on the Home Page, we will select Tools, Session Viewer.
This is the Session Viewer, and we will set the tracing level to DEBUG. We will now activate the Data Values Cache using its settings in the Administration Console.
Let’s open another Administration Console.
Resource Governor Administrator's and User's Manual PDF
This content describes how to administer Resource Governor. It provides instructions for configuring the Resource Governor usage monitoring facility and explains how to delete extraneous data from the Resource Governor Usage Monitoring and administrative tables. It presents features such as Rule Parameters, Build Rules, and the Business Rule Builder, and describes the various Resource Governor reports and how to access them. It is intended for anyone who needs to monitor, govern, and report from multiple servers in a distributed data warehouse environment.
Resource Analyzer Administrator's and User's Guide PDF
This content describes how to administer Resource Analyzer. It provides instructions for configuring the Resource Analyzer Usage Monitoring facility, and explains how to delete extraneous data from the Resource Analyzer Usage Monitoring and administrative databases. It also provides a description of the various Resource Analyzer reports and how to access them. It is intended for the DBA, systems administrator, data warehouse designer, or anyone else who needs to monitor request, user, and resource activity.
WebFOCUS Security and Administration PDF
This manual describes the security and administration features offered by WebFOCUS. It is intended for WebFOCUS administrators.
WebFOCUS Security and Administration Best Practices PDF
This content describes the best practices for WebFOCUS security and administration. It is intended for WebFOCUS administrators.
361I8205: Security Administration
How can you give users access to the information they require while protecting sensitive or confidential data? How do you build an effective security policy? The database-driven security infrastructure in WebFOCUS 8 enables system and application administrators within your organization to implement security at a granular level for every resource in the WebFOCUS Repository.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Video: How to Configure a Custom WebFOCUS Home Page
Hello. In this video we would like to show the Redirect /ibi_apps setting and the set of options it contains that allow administrators to configure where they want to direct users when they sign into WebFOCUS.
The location defined in these options applies to all users, regardless of whether they sign into WebFOCUS from the main sign-in page, a custom sign-in page, or the sign-in page of a pre-authentication provider.
The WebFOCUS Home Page contains many new features and uses a modern design that works well on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.