Security and Administration


Video: How to Manage Automatic Sign-outs

Hello, and welcome to this new feature video. This video will introduce you to the new session timeout settings, which are new as of WebFOCUS Release 8.2 Version 04.
Settings on the BI Portals page of the Administration Console Configuration tab help you configure a user-friendly session time-out experience that keeps your operations secure and minimizes user inconvenience.
Idle sessions expose potentially sensitive data and system resources to unauthorized use. Like other applications, WebFOCUS automatically ends an idle session after a specified amount of time. 

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.

Saving Files

You can save a file in the Editor in one of the following ways:

  • Click the Save button on the toolbar.
  • Select Save or Save As from the Application menu.

Procedure: How to Save a Procedure File

  1. Create a new procedure (FOCEXEC) in the Editor.

    The default file name is New FOCEXEC File *. Since the file has not been saved, an asterisk (*) appears to the right of the file name. When the file is saved, the asterisk is removed.

WebFOCUS Security and Administration Best Practices PDF

This content describes the best practices for WebFOCUS security and administration. It is intended for WebFOCUS administrators.

Resource Analyzer Administrator's and User's Manual 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.

Using Search and Replace in the Editor

The Search button on the toolbar opens the Search and Replace pane, where you can search for and replace text in the file you are currently editing.

You can click the Search icon again to toggle the Search and Replace pane off or on. You can also close the Search and Replace pane by clicking the X in the upper-right corner of the screen.

The Search and Replace pane is shown in the following image.

The Search and Replace pane contains the following options:

Previewing Output

The Preview option on the Editor toolbar lets you run and display a preview of your report or HTML page. This option is only available for FOCEXEC files and HTML pages.

To run and preview the output of a procedure in the Editor, click the Preview button on the toolbar.

The procedure runs and the output displays, as shown in the following image.