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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: Report Styling in App Studio

Hello and welcome to this Developer Studio to App Studio transition video.  This video outlines how you can access formatting and customizing options, for reports, in App Studio.
In Developer Studio, you use the Report Options dialog box to change the output settings of a report, style your report, change viewing options, and more. 

522I8205: Advanced Reporting Application Techniques Using App Studio

This course will show you how to work with and maintain reporting applications for a user community. It covers a wide range of topics, such as controlling data source access at different levels, creating reusable modules to reduce maintenance, and improving web page response times by caching data.

You will learn how to:

521I8205: Building InfoApps Using App Studio

This course will show you how to build a professional user interface for your InfoApps application. Using App Studio’s HTML canvas tool, you will build a cohesive and efficient series of user interfaces for existing reports and charts that range from non-parameterized procedures to heavily parameterized self-service procedures.

You will learn how to:

349S8205: Transform Your Reporting Into Infographic Storytelling (Self-Study)

This course will show you how to transform any WebFOCUS data source into visually insightful infographics, delivering important communications to your employees and customers. You will learn to create short, concise infographics and deliver stories that generate instant comprehension.

You will learn:

Global Resources Folder

Administrators have access to a Global Resources folder on the Domains level in the Resources tree. The Global Resources folder contains files that are used to style and format your content in WebFOCUS Designer and Portal Page Designer. Clicking on the Global Resources folder changes the breadcrumb trail in the navigation bar, as shown in the following image.

Web Content Folder

Administrators have access to a Web Content folder on the Domains level in the Resources tree. The Web Content folder provides access to the HTML, CSS, and image files that are associated with legacy self-service applications, such as those that may have been created in earlier versions of App Studio. Clicking the Web Content folder changes the breadcrumb trail in the navigation bar, as shown in the following image.

Video: How to Use Auto Linking to Connect Your Data Hierarchies

Auto-linking allows you to dynamically link many charts and other content to a single chart, based on their common sort (BY) fields and parameters referenced in any filters. This saves you a lot of time and effort creating and maintaining drilldowns in your charts.
Auto Linking enables you to dynamically access a vast amount of information from a single chart, resulting in a library of interconnected, referable content.

Generating WebFOCUS Retail Demo Sample Data

You can generate WebFOCUS Retail Demo sample data and metadata using the WebFOCUS Reporting Server or DataMigrator Server, and use it to test WebFOCUS features with a consistent, preconfigured data source. This sample data set is also used in many examples in technical topics and videos, allowing you to follow along to get the same results.

You can generate these sample files using the following steps.

Video: How to Create Pages in WebFOCUS Designer

You can create responsive pages, filtered dashboards, and InfoApps using WebFOCUS Designer to bring a wide variety of existing content together in one place.  


InfoApps are a great way to provide a large amount of information in a single page, while still remaining clear and easy to navigate.