Opening the catalog

You open IBM® InfoSphere® Information Governance Catalog to administer, govern, and view the catalog with a web browser.

Before you begin

You must have any of the following Information Governance Catalog roles: Basic User, User, Glossary Author, Glossary Administrator, Information Asset Administrator.
You must know the host server name and port for your installation of InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.
You must know your user name and password, unless single sign-on is configured for your installation of IBM InfoSphere Information Server.

Procedure

Open a web browser, and enter a URL in the following format:

https://host_server:port/ibm/iis/igc

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. The default port is 80. If you use the default port, you can omit the port number and 80 is used automatically.
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 default port is 443. If you use the default port, you can omit the port number and 443 is used automatically.

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.

The default port is 80. If you use the default port, you can omit the port number and 80 is used automatically.

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 default port is 443. If you use the default port, you can omit the port number and 443 is used automatically.

The first time that you access InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, 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.

Note: If your web browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer, Edge mode is the default document mode. Do not change to Compatibility mode.

Log in to InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, if required. You must log in unless Microsoft Windows desktop single sign-on is configured for your installation of InfoSphere Information Server.

Option	Description
If single sign-on is not configured	Enter your InfoSphere Information Server user name and password at the prompts. Obtain your user name and password from your InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog administrator or InfoSphere Information Server administrator.
If single sign-on is configured and you entered your Windows credentials when you logged into your Windows' system	No further steps are required. InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog home page is displayed.

Optional: Select the Automatically log in check box to save your user name and password so that you do not have to log in the next time you open InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog at this URL in the same web browser.
Your web browser must have cookies enabled for this feature to take effect.
Note: When you installed Information Server Enterprise Search, and you logged into Information Governance Catalog New, you might still be logged out of Information Governance Catalog classic, even when you stay active. This happens when you log into a new version, and then work only in the classic version. The session times out in the new version, and you are logged out in the classic version.