Administration Portlets
There are several administration portlets that control the functions of the DASH portal. To access them - login as an administrator and select Jetspeed Administration Portlets and click on MARVELit Admin
Setting Defaults and Default Data Base Connection
Selecting MARVELit Administration displays a page for setting the default data source, setting data maps and adding/updating data sources.
The first section is setting some default values and connections. The first selection Log Level tells DASH to write values to a log file on the portal server. The available selections are:
None: Nothing is written to the log file
Error: Only Errors are written
Warn: Only Warnings and Errors are written
Info: Only informational messages are written
Debug: Everything is written - including each sql query executed by every portlet
Obviously - setting the Log Level to Debug would be helpful in error correction. A production portal should have its log level set to None.
The second section is the Default Admin User Role - leave this value set to admin.
Finally - specific connection values are stored for the Default Connection Database. This connection information is used by the system to access the database where the DASH specific tables are stored. Once this is established - it should not need to be changed unless their is a server migration event.
Setting Data Maps
Data Maps enable MARVELit specific tables to be mapped (crossreferenced) to other tables at a client installation. There are X tables that need to be built as part of the installation. There tables will exist on the database of the default database connection in the previous section. To allow for flexibility in table and column naming conventions, a data map can be built. The MARVELit data names appear on the left - with the customizable name on the right. The installation defaults these entries to the MARVELit names. The following MARVELit Tables can be crossreferrenced:
Chart - Contains information saved by the Chart Portlet
Chart Params - additional information saved by the Chart Portlet
Meter Chart - Contains information saved by the Meter Chart Portlet
Meter Chart Params - additional information saved by the Meter Chart Portlet
Meter Chart Range - additional information saved by the Meter Chart Portlet
Lever - contains information on each lever accessible
List - contains information used in report lists
List Items - contains specific values for a report list
Report Portlet - Contains information saved by the Report Portlet
Report Portlet Params - additional information saved by the Report Portlet
Report Datasource - connection information for all datasources accessible by the portlets
Adding Data Sources
In this example, the SALES folder is expanded.