General Reference

Advanced Visualization Terms

The following terms and definitions apply to advanced visualization dashboard components.

Chart
An individual visualization of data using a data source.
Data Source
A repository that contains the data that can be visualized in advanced visualization in the form of charts or reports.
Page
A collection of charts that can be combined to create a view like a dashboard. These pages can be shared with other users or used as private dashboards for the users
Domain
The workspace to create visualizations, where the tenant can configure their own custom data sources. The data sources can be used to access the data and combine that data with the other data that the tenants have access to through the baseline domain that cannot be modified by the users.
Folders
A way to organize data in a user domain. This can be used to create various types of content and then saved in different folders that the users can access later.

Advanced Visualization Security Groups

The following table lists the baseline Security Groups available for users within this module, as well as the baseline Roles to which those Security Groups are assigned.

Table 1. Advanced Visualization Security Groups and Roles
RoleGroupRole Privileges
View Advanced VisualizationEveryoneAllows you to view the visualizations that have been created and which other users have shared.
Create Advanced VisualizationCreate ADVAllows you to create new visualizations based on the data sources that are available.
Manage Advanced VisualizationManage ADVAllows you to add new connections or modify existing data connections other than the baseline content that cannot be updated.

Log Files Collection

Procedure

  1. Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
    The Command Prompt window appears.
  2. Change the directory to the location where you want to save the zip archive with collected files; for example, to save the archive in the C:\Support folder, at the command prompt, enter cd C:\Support, and then press Enter.
  3. At the command prompt, enter <Install_DIR>\utils\collect_logs.bat[number of days to look back], and then press Enter.
    For example, the <Install_DIR>\utils\collect_logs.bat 2 command creates logs-<current_date>.zip in the current directory.

Start or Stop Advanced Visualization Services

Procedure

  1. Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
    The Command Prompt window appears.
  2. At the command prompt, enter <Install_DIR>\utils\<command>, and then press Enter.
    Use a <command> from the following table, according to the required task.
    <command>Task
    stop_allStop all services.
    start_allStart all services.
    restart_allStop and start all services.
    stop_asStop Search, Report Caster, and Web Application.
    start_asStart Search, Report Caster, and Web Application.
    stop_rsStop Reporting Server.
    start_rsStart Reporting Server.
    stop_avStop Advanced Visualization UI and Advanced Visualization Microservice services.
    start_avStart Advanced Visualization UI and Advanced Visualization Microservice services.

Import Content

Procedure

  1. Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
    The Command Prompt window appears.
  2. At the command prompt, enter <Install_DIR>\utils\import_content.bat <IMPORT_FROM> <USER_NAME> <PASSWORD> <OVERWRITE>, and then press Enter.
    Table 2. Parameters
    ParameterDescription
    IMPORT_FROMAn import zip file or folder with multiple zip files; must be a fully-qualified file name.
    USER_NAMEA valid WebFOCUS Administrator ID; default value: admin
    PASSWORDA valid WebFOCUS Administrator ID password; default value: secret
    OVERWRITEOverwrite content resources flag. This is optional; default value: false

Set APM Host URL

Procedure

  1. Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator. Parameters: APMHostURL URL of the target APM host, for example: http://apm-ibi.meridium.com
    The Command Prompt window appears.
  2. At the command prompt, enter <Install_DIR>\utils\setAPMHost.bat <APMHostURL>, and then press Enter.
    Table 3. Parameters
    ParameterDescription
    APMHostURLURL of the target APM host, for example, http://apm-ibi.meridium.com

Set Reverse Proxy on the APM Host Machine

Procedure

  1. Copy script <Install_DIR>\utils\setReverseProxyCmd.bat from the Advanced Visualization machine to the APM host machine.
  2. Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
    The Command Prompt window appears.
  3. At the command prompt, enter setReverseProxyCmd.bat <AVHostURL>, and then press Enter.
    Table 4. Parameters
    ParameterDescription
    AVHostURLURL of the target Advanced Visualization host, for example, https://apm-ibi-av.meridium.com:8443.

Install IIS Extension on the APM Host Machine

Procedure

  1. Copy files <Install_DIR>\utils\install_iis_extensions.bat and <Install_DIR>\utils\install_iis_extensions.ps1 from the Advanced Visualization machine to the APM host machine.
  2. Run the script using one of these methods:
    1. Option 1: Run install_iis_extensions.bat as administrator to install those two extensions
    2. Option 2: Select the Start button on Windows, right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
      The Command Prompt window appears.
    3. At the command prompt, enter <Install_DIR>\utils\install_iis_extensions.bat and then press Enter.
      Note: If you do not have internet access, download the following files separately, drop them in the utils folder (in the server), and rerun the script (as administrator):