To access Visualization Platform, double-click the icon on a Windows desktop or open a browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost:8700/iportal
On Windows, to provide access to Visualization Platform from another system, use the Windows Firewall advanced settings to open the port 8700 to TCP inbound traffic.
To access Visualization Platform from another system, open a browser manually and enter a URL similar to the following one, where servername is the name of the machine where you installed Visualization Platform:
http://servername:8700/iportal
Log in to Visualization Platform using the following default volume administrator credentials:
Username: Administrator
Leave the password blank
Then, choose Log In.
To log in to Visualization Platform using a volume other than the default volume, type <volume name>\username. For example, type sales_volume\Administrator to log in as Administrator to a volume named sales_volume.
Visualization Platform appears, as shown in Figure 3‑2.
Figure 3‑2 Viewing Visualization Platform
About Visualization Platform functionality
Visualization Platform provides end-user access to dashboards, files, folders, and gadgets. This access includes sharing items that the user owns, and submitting jobs. For more information about this functionality, see Using Visualization Platform.
The system administrator uses BIRT iHub Visualization Platform to add users and user groups, and configure access to BIRT iHub shared application services and volume items such as dashboards, files, folders, and gadgets.
Accessing user administration
To administer the Visualization Platform users and user groups, choose Administrator—iHub Administration, as shown in Figure 3‑3. This choice appears if the user has the requisite privileges.
Figure 3‑3 Accessing iHub Administration
BIRT iHub Administration appears, as shown in Figure 3‑4.
Figure 3‑4 Viewing BIRT iHub Administration
How to disable user administration
To disable user administration functionality completely in this web application for security reasons, perform the following tasks:
1 Delete the following folder from the installation environment:
Listing 3‑1 Administration context path in Visualization Platform web.xml
<context-param>
<param-name>MC_CONTEXT</param-name>
<param-value>/acadmin</param-value>
</context-param>
For more information about BIRT iHub Visualization Platform user administration tools, see Managing iHub Client Applications.
Managing a volume
A user who has administrative privileges has access to the Manage Volume tools in Visualization Platform. For more information about the volume management tools, see Managing iHub Client Applications.
Username: Administrator
