Tools

You use the delivered Tools dashboard to perform all Framework Services administration tasks. You can also create a separate dashboard and populate it with links to tools you use most often.

The administrator has access to all tools. The power designer has access only to content management tools. The user has no access to tools.

Tools groups and tools

The Tools dashboard contains a set of basic tools:

  • System administration
  • Manage content
Note: The post-installation process registers Framework Services and all its component services. When you register additional services, such as Reporting Services and Business Performance Warehouse, they are displayed in their own tools groups on the Tools dashboard.

System administration

System administration tools are briefly described here. This table shows the System administration tools. For more information, see the Infor BI for Lawson Installation Guide.

Install Validator Validate the installation.
System Settings Opens the System Configuration Assistant which is a window into the system configuration. Here you can configure authentication, audit, repository, and other advanced settings and localize Infor BI for Lawson for language and time zone differences.

Restart the application server to have the changes take effect.
Services Use to open the Services dashboard where you can modify services attributes
Synchronize Users & Roles Use to synchronize new users and roles or remove expired users. For more information, see Synchronizing users and roles.
Manage Users & Roles Use to manage the associations between users and roles.

Content management

Content management tools are described briefly below. This table shows the content management tools.

Content Use to manage content ownership.

For more information, see Transferring ownership of dashboards, content modules, and content links.
Dashboard Export Use to export a dashboard to a zip file.

For more information, see Exporting dashboards.
Dashboard Import Use to import a dashboard from a zip file.

For more information, see Importing dashboards.
Deployment Utility Use to import solution packages.

For more information, see Importing Infor BI for Lawson solution packages.
Delivery Use to manage delivery devices and device types.

For more information, see Configuring a delivery device.