Content connections

Administrators register access to report catalogs in Infor BI Dashboards through content connections. As a content provider, Infor BI Application Studio WebServices is supported. Content connections are stored on project level in the repository. Content connections must be configured correctly before you can access any content from report catalogs in Infor BI Dashboards. Dashboards that are based on content connections do not work, if the content connections are removed.

You can create, edit, and delete content connections. Additionally, you can change the order in which the content connections are displayed in the toolbar.

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To administer content connections, you must have these permissions:

Project permission Edit: The user can manage dashboard catalogs.
Dashboard permission Administer: The user can change the settings of dashboard catalogs.

See the Repository online help for detailed information on how to configure dashboard catalogs, dashboard settings, and dashboard permissions and roles.

The Content Connections page shows this information:

Name: The name of a content connection that is shown in the Dashboards toolbar.
Description: The description of a content connection.
Connection: The content connection is shown here. Content connections of Application Studio WebServices report catalogs have this format: <Repository>/<Project>/<Report Catalog>.

Note: The content connections that are shown in the list of this page might not be connected. You can leave this page, even if some content connections do not work properly. To ensure that a content connection works properly, double-click the content connection from the list. The Content Connection Editor dialog opens. Click Test. If a connection is not possible, a message is shown that indicates the reason why the connection cannot be established.