Douglas Slagowitz Technical Account Manager WebFOCUS Release 8 Overview.

Douglas SlagowitzTechnical Account Manager

WebFOCUS Release 8 Overview

Agenda

Infrastructure/Repository Security Model BI Portal Tools Consolidation Tools Update Soon to be Release features Migration from 77 release

WebFOCUS 8New Repository

New RepositoryFile-based repository to RDBMS

Optional Web Server

Mandatory Application Server

WebFOCUS Client

Previous Releases - Web/Presentation Tier

RDBMSRepositoryFile based

repository

Optional Web Server

Mandatory Application Server

WebFOCUS 8 - Web/Presentation Tier

BID IA MR RC

RDBMSRepository

File based repository

BID IA

WebFOCUS 8 Client

MR RCBI

PortalUOA

Security

New RepositoryRDBMS Based Repository

Files stored in RDBMS repository includes: UOA security authorization

resources. Managed Reporting content. BI Portal & IA content. ReportCaster content such as

schedules, distribution and access lists, configuration files.

Report Library report output. Customers can leverage:

Standard database backup and logging procedures.

General database network and security access.

Database clusters to provide redundancy, failover and distribute database workload.

RDBMSRepository

File based repository

BID IA

WebFOCUS Client

MR RC BI Portal

UOASecurity

WebFOCUS 8New Security Model

New Security Model

New DBMS-based repository for WebFOCUS, ReportCaster, and Managed Reporting:

New hierarchical object-based repository called Information Builders File System (IBFS)

Frees customers from fixed folders, folder depth, file names Simplifies administration and system backup over previous version

Key features and benefits of IBFS Fine-grained control over role definition and permission assignments Security policies can be applied on any IBFS object including users, groups,

folders, reports, portals, report server nodes, etc. Supports inheritance Supports Multi-tenancy and group administration

New auditing captures user logon activity and administrative actions

Objective: Provide a robust security model that facilitates SaaS & PaaS, Deep personalization, and simplified administrations

New Security Model

The new WebFOCUS Client Security Model is an implementation of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), to enforce security across all WebFOCUS Resources. An administrator can create a comprehensive security policy by considering the following:

WHO / WHAT / WHERE Who will need access to this information?

Use Groups to ease the administration of individual user id’s

Permissions can be applied to a single user id but is not recommended

What kind of access will each user need?

Use Permission Sets to group individual Permissions into abilities that

similar users will need

Where does the user require permissions

Where defines the resource that the user requires access to

These three concepts can be put together in different combinations to create rules

which, once interpreted, make up a policy for each user.

New Security ModelUOA - Resources

Security Model Universal Object Access (UOA) Enforces security across

WebFOCUS 8 Client resources. A resource is defined as any

object for which security rules can be applied.

Resources include: Folders, Subfolders Reports, Items Users, Groups, Subgroups ReportCaster schedules,

distribution and access lists Reporting Server content Web content

Copyright 2009, Information Builders. Slide 9

New Security ModelBuilt-in Domain Templates

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• WebFOCUS creates the required groups, resources, and security policy

WebFOCUS 8New BI Portal

New BI Portal

All new in WebFOCUS 8 Successor to BI Dashboard (BID) Interactive drag and drop Same familiar ribbon as InfoAssist Can build a portal without knowledge of web design

New BI Portal

New BI Portal iGoogle Like User Experience

New BI PortalPowerPoint Like Ease of Customization

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New BI PortalStylesheet Inheritance

WebFOCUS 8Tools Consolidation

Tools Consolidation

All JAVA applet tools replaced with Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology Eliminates the need to have a JVM on each end user machine Legacy tools have been retired and consolidated into InfoAssist and InfoAssist Basic,

a subset of InfoAssist. Legacy Tools include Power Painter Full InfoAssist with Document Composer Advanced Graph Assistant InfoAssist Charting Engine Report Assistant and Graph Assistant InfoAssist Basic

Tools Consolidation Graph Tool Consolidation

InfoAssist replaces all Graph tools, which include: HTML GA in WF Dev GA in DevStudio AGA in WF and DevStudio SQL Report Wizard

Single option for Graph

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Application Studio BI Portal

Tools Consolidation Graph Tool Consolidation

Can InfoAssist do everything legacy tools could?

HTML GA and DevStudio GA 100% functionality covered in InfoAssist Exception: Legacy syntax that is no longer supported in InfoAssist:

Example: Applet-based graphs Advanced Graph Assistant

85% functionality covered in InfoAssist Remaining 15% are specialized properties to be completed in a

phased implementation of Release 8.0.0.1 List of specialized properties (AGA GAP list) will be provided along

with Rel 8.0.0.0 migration documentation

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WebFOCUS 8Tools Update

Tools UpdateChart Engine

Chart Engine Features Custom tooltips for Server-Side charts Automatic Color Styling of Chart Risers

Repeated shading Gradient Coloring

InfoAssist Chart Features InfoAssist Advanced Dialogs

Gradient Editor Chart Size and AutoFit Ability to Save images (GRAPH HOLD) Additional Chart output formats HTML5 Rel 8 InfoAssist User’s Manual can be found on

http://ibivmwebg:8800/wf80/index.jsp

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http://ibivmwebg:8800/wf80/index.jsp

Tools UpdateCustom tooltips for Server-Side charts

Ability to customize text that appears in the tooltip Previously only available in applet-based graphs

Syntax: setUserToolTip(); Example: setUserToolTip("Our [SL] for [GL] [R] is $[YV]"); Macros are defined in WF Graphics manual, page 1062

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Tools Update Automatic Color Styling of Chart Risers

Repeated shading Automatically shade successive groups of risers by lightening or

darkening the colors Syntax:

setColorMode(4); setSeriesLooping(n); setAutoColorLerpFactor(n);

Example: setColorMode(4); -*Color mode set to repeat setSeriesLooping(2); -*How many series will be repeated setAutoColorLerpFactor(1); -*Specify whether to lighten or darken the successive groups.Valid range is from -1 to 1, where -1 means darken and 1 means

lighten. Value of 0 will not shade at all.

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Tools UpdateAutomatic Color Styling of Chart Risers

Gradient Coloring Automatically create a gradient effect between the colors for the first

and last risers by defining a starting color and ending color Syntax:

setColorMode(5); setAutoColorGradientStartColor(new Color(RGB)); setAutoColorGradientEndColor(new Color(RGB));

Example:setColorMode(5); -*Color mode set to gradient setAutoColorGradientStartColor(new Color(48,94,213)); -*Define Starting colorsetAutoColorGradientEndColor(new Color(237,195,27));-*Define Ending color

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Tools UpdateInfoAssist Advanced Dialogs

More Chart styling capabilities Legend Grid Line Axes Frame & Background Data Labels Gauge Style

Available in the ribbon andRight-click menus via “MoreOptions…”

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Gradient Editor Gradient Fill Swatches update as changes are made

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Gradient Editor

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Tools UpdateHTML5

Strategic Goal: Offer unified charting experience:

Single engine generates: HTML5, Flash, JPEG, PNG

The exact same chart experience in all output formats: Active Technologies, HTML5, Flex, PDF

The same set of properties and UI across all IBI products

A high level of visual sophistication:

Gradients Animations

Works in all browsers including mobile

Easily expandable and customizable:

New charts Chart varianrts 29

Tools UpdateHTML5

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HTML5 in InfoAssist

ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART

More HTML5-specific properties exposed in Rel 8002 Not all browsers are created equal!

Works best in modern browsers that have HTML5 standard support Compatible with IE7/8, but limited support for gradient effects

Tools UpdateInfoAssist: Interactive Multi-Page Documents



Tools UpdateInfoAssist: Customized User Options

• Styling Options: If your output type is Active Report then the Active Report Options become available, one of which is menu options

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Active Rpt

Tools UpdateDeveloper Studio – Cancel Running Request

Can now cancel requests Works with multiple WebFOCUS server environments

Tools Update Developer Studio - Populate a Control with Procedure Names


Tools UpdateDeveloper Studio - Promote Report to Document


Tools UpdateDeveloper Studio Define Function


Tools UpdateUpdate Assist: Web Forms for Mobile Devices

WebFOCUS 8Soon to be released

Soon to be ReleasedWebFOCUS & Social Media


Access data directly from Facebook via native Facebook AdapterAnalyze textual information, frequency of usage, thread history, etc. via Word Analyzer AdapterProvide sentiment scoring via Web Services Visualize resultsAutomate process via Data Migrator ETLFeed can come from standard data sources as well

Soon to be ReleasedWebFOCUS Social Media Adapters

Soon to be releasedSocial Media Application: Word Analytics

Soon to be ReleasedApplication Studio IDE

Soon to be ReleasedDynamic Preview for Any Form Factor


Soon to be ReleasedNative Applications Built with Cross Compilers (iOS, Android)

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Migration from WebFOCUS 7.7x

MigrationMigration Utilities

Migration utilities will be available to migrate security rules and content from previous releases. These include:

Internal and external Managed Reporting repositoriesReportCaster contentReport Library content BI Dashboard content

With the exception of BI Dashboard content which will continue to reside on the file system, all migrated content will be stored in the WebFOCUS 8 RDBMS repository.


MigrationSample User-Role migration

In 7x, this user had a role of MR Administrator with ReportCaster privileges.

After migrating to Release 8, this user has been assigned to a User Default Role (UDR) that matches Release 7x.


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