About Actuate Information Console
Users access iHub resources using a suite of web-based visualization applications called Information Console. The Information Console is a web application that connects to the iHub server and includes a web-based repository content manager that can access visualization tools and web components to service user requests. For example, to open a BIRT Dashboard, Information Console activates the Dashboard application, which is part of the visualization suite. Additionally, the Actuate APIs extend many of the features of these services so they can be implemented in custom applications. For more information on the Actuate APIs, see Integrating Applications into BIRT iHub.
The components and visualization tools available from Information Console are:
*BIRT Interactive Viewer
A web viewer for BIRT report content which also supports printing and saving reports to many formats.
*BIRT Dashboards
A BIRT dashboard manager and editor, that creates and displays custom web and mobile viewing arrangements with interactive elements.
*Report Studio
A BIRT design and document editor that manages presentation and whose editing permissions can be finely defined by the administrator or the original report designer.
The following functionality is not available from Information Console installed as a separate web application:
*BIRT iHub Administration
*Advanced Schedule
*Manage Volume
*Advanced Jobs
To access this functionality, you must use the embedded Information Console in BIRT iHub.
Actuate Information Console is independent and customizable. You can deploy Information Console on machines separate from iHub as a standalone application, WAR, or EAR, and all of its component applications deploy with it. In addition, every iHub installation also contains an embedded Information Console that can be accessed remotely.
Information Console accesses and stores documents on a volume managed by iHub. Information Console technology is scalable and supports clustering. On a Windows system, the default context root for Information Console is the name of the WAR or EAR file, or <installation directory>\iHub3\modules\BIRTiHub\iHub\web\iportal for Information Console embedded in the BIRT iHub application or setup as a standalone application. On a UNIX‑based system, the default context root for Information Console is the name of the WAR or EAR file or $Home/iHub/web/iportal for Information Console embedded in the BIRT iHub application or setup as a standalone application.