Each domain in the repository, except the Public domain, comes with the private My Content folder. Whenever you create content inside the My Content folder, this content remains private and only visible to you, unless you share it with other users and groups. You can share content in one of two ways:
Sharing is a feature that is generally used to enable users to share private content residing in their My Content folders with authorized colleagues.
WebFOCUS makes shared resources available to other appropriate users through a special Shared Content folder. The Shared Content folder is a virtual folder that appears automatically in a folder whenever there is shared content inside that folder.
If you have installed and configured your extension as described, your extension will be available for use in the WebFOCUS tools as a chart type. When creating a chart using InfoAssist, charts are available in the Other format category under HTML5 Extension, as shown in the following image.
When creating a chart using WebFOCUS Designer, chart extensions are available in the Custom category when you expand the chart picker, as shown in the following image.
C:\ibi\install_dir\config\web_resource\extensions
where:
Is your WebFOCUS installation directory.
This section summarizes the build cycle for creating an extension and the structure and components of an extension.
Creating an extension often involves cycles of writing, running, and then debugging code.
When you make changes to the properties.js file for your extension, you need to clear the WebFOCUS cache in order for those changes to be recognized. Clear the cache using the Clear cache link in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.
WebFOCUS supports the ability to add new, custom chart types to its list of built-in charts. These custom chart types are called extensions or plug-ins. An extension is a block of code that accesses resources external to WebFOCUS. This chapter describes the structure of an extension and the steps necessary to create your own and add it to the chart library.
A thumbnail is an image associated with a file that can be used to visually identify it in your WebFOCUS repository. When you create a thumbnail for a chart in WebFOCUS Designer, the thumbnail shows a snapshot or small image of the chart that is then used on the WebFOCUS Home Page. The following image of the grid view on the WebFOCUS Home Page shows some files that use thumbnails created in WebFOCUS Designer, and some files that use the default thumbnail.
The first step in using InfoSearch is understanding its privileges, and ensuring that they are enabled correctly. After a new WebFOCUS installation or upgrade, the Enable InfoSearch check box is enabled by default. This check box is located on the Magnify page of the WebFOCUS Administration Console Configuration tab. As a result, the Display Ask WebFOCUS menu (opInfoSearch) privilege in the Edit Role dialog box, accessed from the WebFOCUS Security Center Roles tab, is enabled for the following three principal domain user roles:
Before you can begin to interact with InfoSearch, the WebFOCUS Administrator or Domain Developer in your organization must ensure that the InfoSearch settings are enabled correctly, and identify the data values that will be indexed for your queries, so that at least one domain has a corresponding index with dimensional data. A WebFOCUS software license that includes InfoSearch is also required.
There are three different types of users that can support or interact with InfoSearch:
With WebFOCUS InfoSearch, you can quickly find the BI content you need through simple, Google-style searches, without having to search through various folders for information. It enables you to search existing content items, such as procedures, charts, and other data elements using natural language processing and a type-ahead search index. To initiate a search, a user just types or speaks an actual value, such as the name of a specific customer.
