Install Reports

Applies To: Opalis 6.3

Opalis Integration Server enables you to view reports of your policies and action servers from a web browser using pre-defined, web-based reports designed for use with LogiXML LGX Report.

To install and configure reports

1. See Microsoft System Center Opalis (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=200372) for information about how to obtain the report files. Copy the Reports\SQL\Opalis folder to the Internet Information Services Inetpub\wwwroot folder on your web server computer. The resulting folder should be Inetpub\wwwroot\Opalis.

2. In the Inetpub\wwwroot\Opalis\_Definitions folder, open the _Settings.lgx file.

3. Modify the connection string to your database, located between the <Connections> and </Connections> tags.

   Edit the User name, Password, Database server and Database name settings as they apply to your database.

4. If you are using Windows authentication with a SQL Server database, verify that the user account has sufficient permissions to access the database on SQL Server.

5. Open the Internet Information Services Manager, and then open the Web Sites\Default Web Site\Opalis folder. Right-click the Opalis folder and click Properties. The Opalis Properties dialog appears.

6. Click the Directory tab. In the Applications settings section, click Create.

7. Click the Directory Security tab. In the Authentication and access control section, click Edit. The Authentication Methods dialog box appears.

8. Disable the Enable anonymous access option, select the Integrated Windows authentication check box, and then click Apply.

9. Click the Documents tab. Select the Enable default content page check box. Click Add, and type default.aspx in the Default content page box on the Add Content Page dialog box. Click OK. The Properties dialog appears. Click Move Up until the page name is at the top of the list.

10. Click OK and exit Internet Information Services Manager.

11. To view reports, type the following address in a web browser: http://<yourwebserver>/Opalis.

    <yourwebserver> can be the full name or the IP address of your web server.

    If Windows authentication was selected, add all users who will access the reports to the SQL Server database and assign the db_datareader server role to their accounts.

To customize and create new reports

• Install the LogiXML LGX Report software. For more information abouthow to obtain this software, see Microsoft System Center Opalis (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=200372).

• For more information aboutworking with LogiXML LGX Report software, see the LogiXML LGX documentation.