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Accessing JReport Server via a Web Browser

Logging onto the user console locally

Logging onto the user console by URL

Logging onto the administration console

Logging off JReport Server

You can access JReport Server through a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Google Chrome. JReport Server provides two consoles: user console and administration console. The user console allows server end users to perform report related tasks such as running and creating reports and dashboards, starting visual analysis, customizing their own server preferences and so on; the administration console is for administrators to perform administrative tasks such as managing security and databases, configuring the server, setting up cluster and so on.

Logging onto the user console locally

To access the JReport Server user console from the same machine on which JReport Server is installed, take the following steps:

1. After JReport Server is started, a welcome page is automatically displayed in your default web browser, prompting you to provide your user name and password as assigned by your administrator. For first time users, the default user name and password are admin.

   When the server is Organization enabled, you need to also specify the organization name. The organization name System means that the login user is a non-organization user. For organization users, the correct organization name must be provided, otherwise they cannot log in.

2. After login, the JReport Server user console home page is displayed which can be the Start Page, the Console page or a dashboard depending on the Home Page setting in the server profile.

   The Start Page is the default home page of JReport Server user console. It provides quick entries to some key functions. Choose a topic to start your work on the server.

   

   Option	Description
   Create
   Web Reports	Creates a web report.
   Dashboards	Creates a dashboard.
   Page Reports	Creates a page report.
   Analysis	Starts visual analysis.
   Open
   My Reports	Opens the My Reports folder on the JReport Console page.
   Public Reports	Opens the Public Reports folder on the JReport Console page.
   Product Demo	Access dashboards and reports demos.
   Online Demo	Goes to the JReport Demo Site.
   Manage
   Schedule	Schedules a task to run a report.
   Security	Requires to log into the administration console first as an administrator and then redirects to the Security page for managing the server security.
   Profile	Opens the Profile page for configuring the server profile settings.
   Others
   User name	Shows the user name.
   Logout	Logs out the server.
   User's Guide	Displays the JReport Server User's Guide.
   What's New	Shows the new features of the current server version.
   Check for Updates	Goes to the JReport product download center.
   Online Support	Goes to the JReport Knowledge Base to seek help.
   Jinfonet Software Home Page	Goes to the Jinfonet Software Home Page.
   Tutorial	Displays the JReport Tutorial guide.
   Do not show this page at start up	If checked, the JReport Server user console home page will be changed from the Start Page to the JReport Console page when the server starts. You can display the Start Page by clicking the Start Page button on the system toolbar of the JReport Console page.

Logging onto the user console by URL

Sometimes you may have closed the Start Page or JReport Console page while the local server remains started, or you are accessing the user console from a remote computer, you can access it by URL as follows:

1. Open a web browser and set the URL to http://IP_or_HostName_or_DomainName:port (by default the port for accessing the user console is 8888).

   If you don't know the IP address of the machine on which the server runs, and it is the same machine where you are going to log in, you can use localhost instead of the IP address. You can also open a console window such as telnet on the server machine and type hostname to get the name of the host.

2. On the welcome page, type your user name and password, and the organization name if required.
3. Click Login and JReport Server user console home page is then displayed.

Logging onto the administration console

1. Click System Admin in the JReport folder on the Start menu, or open a web browser and set the URL to http://IP_or_HostName_or_DomainName:port (by default the port for accessing the administration console is 8889).
2. In the Sign in dialog, type your user name and password, and the organization name if required.
3. Click Login and the JReport Administration page is displayed.

   

Additional login channel for admin users

JReport Server provides a special channel that automatically creates an extra user session for management purposes if the license limit of the maximum number of concurrent users has been reached. The extra user session cannot be used to run reports or submit schedules. It can only be used by admin users for performing management operations. If your JReport Server license has a bounded limit to the maximum number of concurrent users, this feature will take effect.

Only one extra valid user session can be created and used within this special channel at any time. If an extra user session has already been created and is still valid, your request for login will be prompted with a confirmation page asking you whether or not to close the existing extra user session. Only when the existing user session is closed can JReport Server start a new user session for you to perform management operations. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to log onto JReport Server.

Logging off JReport Server

To log out from JReport Server, click the Logout link on the upper right corner of the JReport Server Start/Console/Administration page.

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