Overview of the Information Portal Administration Interface

The Information Portal Administration software uses a web interface similar to the Information Portal user interface. You access the Information Portal Administration tools from a standard browser. This lets you open the Information Portal Administration tools from any workstation to make changes to the Information Portal server.

The Information Portal Administration tools are divided into sections using tabs and sub-tabs. The sub-tabs often have matching hyperlinks within the body of the page. Other choices under the sub-tabs are referred to in this guide as “options.”

There are four main sections within the Administration tool: Status, Setup, Customize, and Add On. Each main section is represented by a tab:

Some Administration pages use a Wizard interface. Wizard interfaces walk you through multiple screens to create something in Information Portal. (For example, you add a new indexes using a Wizard.) Here is an example of a Wizard page:

Do not use the browser’s Back button to move to a previous page in a Wizard task. Instead, if you need to check or change the information you have entered, click the Wizard’s Cancel button and start again. Using the browser’s Back button keeps multiple copies of the information you enter in the Wizard, and may create multiples of whatever you are using the Wizard to create.

 


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