Installing the BI Monitor Portlets Component

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. Please 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 Monitor Server installation and deployment must be performed before installing the BI Monitor Portlets component.

The following are the BI Monitor Installation Wizard steps for installing the Portal component:

  1. The BI Monitor Installation Wizard starts on the Welcome screen. Click Next to continue.

  2. In the License Agreement step, accept the License Agreement and click Next to continue.

  3. Enter the Monitor installation directory where the necessary folders and files will be extracted. Then, click Next to continue.

  4. In the Deployment Type step, select Automatic Deployment and click Next to continue.

  5. In the Installed Component step select the WBI Monitor Portlets option and click Next to continue.

Installed Component page

  1. 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:

Click Next to continue

Entering Required Configuration Parameters of WebSphere Application Server and
WebSphere Portal Server page

  1. 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.

Portal Installation Summary page

  1. Now the BI Monitor Portlets installation has finished. Click Finish to exit this installation wizard.

Exiting Installation Wizard page