Opening the InfoSphere Information Analyzer thin client

Before you begin

If you are opening the InfoSphere® Information Analyzer thin client without using the Launchpad, you must know the host server name and port for your installation of InfoSphere Information Analyzer.
You must know your user name and password, unless single sign-on is configured for your installation of IBM® InfoSphere Information Server.

About this task

You open InfoSphere Information Analyzer thin client to analyze data sets, and view and edit analysis results in a browser.

Procedure

Access InfoSphere Information Analyzer from the Launchpad.

To open InfoSphere Information Analyzer without using the Launchpad, open a web browser and construct a URL in the following format: https://host_server:port/ibm/iis/dq/da. The value of host_server:port depends on whether IBM WebSphere® Application Server clustering is set up within your services tier configuration.

Option	Description
If clustering is set up	host_server:port is the name or IP address and the port of the front-end dispatcher, either the web server or the load balancer. Do not use the host name and port of a particular cluster member.
If clustering is not set up	host_server:port is the host name or IP address of the computer where WebSphere Application Server is installed and the port that is assigned to the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Web console.

The first time that you access InfoSphere Information Analyzer thin client, a message about a security certificate is displayed if the certificate from the server is not trusted. Follow the browser prompts to accept the certificate.