The BI Monitor Portlets component can be installed automatically using the BI Monitor Installation Wizard. This will install the four BI Monitor Portlets (Workflow Dashboard Portlet, Business Dashboard Portlet, Process Diagram Portlet, and Notification Portlet) automatically into a specific WebSphere Portal Server.
You will be guided through a set of steps to gather the required information for installing this component, and then the wizard will install the Monitor portlets automatically. Refer to Chapter 4: IBM WebSphere Portal Support of the WebSphere BI Monitor User Guide for detailed information about the support for WebSphere Portal in BI Monitor and how to install the BI Monitor Portlets manually.
The following are the BI Monitor Installation Wizard steps for installing the Portal component:
The BI Monitor Installation Wizard starts on the Welcome screen. Click Next to continue.
In the License Agreement step, accept the License Agreement and click Next to continue.
Enter the Monitor installation directory where the necessary folders and files will be extracted. Then, click Next to continue.
In the Deployment Type step, select Automatic Deployment and click Next to continue.
In the Installed Component step select the Portal option and click Next to continue.
In the next wizard screen that appears after the Installed Component screen, you will be asked to enter the required configuration parameters of the WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal Server as the following:
In WAS Directory field, enter the location where the IBM WebSphere Application Server is installed (For example: C:\WebSphere\AppServer). You can click Browse to select the directory location.
In the Portal Directory, enter the location where the IBM WebSphere Portal Server is installed (For example: C:\WebSphere\WebSphere Portal). You can click Browse to select the directory location.
In the Domain field, enter the DNS Domain name on which the WebSphere Portal server is installed. (for example: egy.ibm.com)
In the Portal Administrator User Name and Password fields, enter the user name and password of one of the WebSphere Portal Server administrators that will be used to login to the Portal Server and perform the installation.
In the Configuration Page URL field, enter the URL that is used to access the portal configuration servlet. This URL consists of the portal host name, the base URL for the portal, as specified during installation (for example /wps), and the servlet extension (/config).
Click Next to continue
In the next screen, you will be informed with the Portal installation summary. The wizard now is ready to start installing the BI Monitor portlets on the specified WebSphere Portal Server.
Click Next to continue.
Now the BI Monitor Portlets installation has finished. Click Finish to exit this installation wizard.