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To gain access to InfoAssist, log on to Dashboard and enter valid Managed Reporting credentials in the logon page, which is shown in the following image.
Note: Sites that utilize integrated single signon may use the following URL to access Dashboard directly, instead of the Dashboard logon page.
http://hostname[:port]/wf_context_root/bid-login?
where:
Is the host name and optional port number (specified only if you are not using the default port number) where the WebFOCUS Web application is deployed.
Is the site-customized context root for the WebFOCUS Web application deployed on your Application Server. The default value is ibi_apps.
After you access Dashboard, there are multiple ways to launch InfoAssist from the Domain Tree, depending on your privileges. You can launch InfoAssist using the following methods.
The following image shows an example of the right-click menu option for launching InfoAssist from the Standard Reports folder.
InfoAssist enables you to open existing procedures created with InfoAssist. When InfoAssist opens a query that was previously created, the query is opened using the last view that was displayed when the query was saved.
When you launch InfoAssist, a splash (start-up) screen is displayed while the tool loads. The splash screen displays the available options, as shown in the following image.
The available options are grouped into the following two sections:
When you change your Options and click Set, the changed options will be effective in your next InfoAssist session. Close and relaunch the tool, and you are returned to the splash screen unless the Show Splash Screen option was deselected and a Start Mode was selected. In this case, InfoAssist proceeds in the selected Start Mode.
Note: The splash screen can be turned off by changing the default settings in the Options window.
Selecting a data source is the first function presented when creating a new report or chart. When the Open dialog box appears, select the desired data source and click OK, which closes the dialog box. You can also double-click a data source to open it and close the dialog box in one step. If the desired data source is not in the default directory, select a different directory using the Look-in drop-down list.
The Open dialog box is shown in the following image.
If you are creating a report or chart query with InfoAssist and you want to open another data source, either:
icon from the Quick Access Toolbar
at the top of the application window.Note: InfoAssist also displays the Open dialog box when you save a query, select a drill-down procedure, or open a Style Sheet, theme, or CSS file.
When you open a new procedure in InfoAssist, you are presented with the startup (splash) screen. Selecting either Build a Report or Build a Chart displays the Open dialog box for selecting a data source. When a data source is selected and you click OK, the InfoAssist application window opens as shown in the following image.
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