Introducing Longview Server Manager
Introducing Longview Server Manager
Longview provides corporate performance management (CPM) software that leading companies use to drive performance with speed, visibility, and financial integrity. Since 1994, many of the world's most respected companies have been using our technology platform to create a single repository of financial truth from which statutory consolidation, management rep...
Getting started in Longview Server Manager
Getting started in Longview Server Manager
Longview Server Manager is one of the major components of Longview. Longview Server Manager is used to administer the Data Server, and the servers that make up the Data Server.
Longview Server Manager allows you to create and modify the logical systems that serve Longview. Longview Server Manager is used by IT professionals to manage the Longview inf...
Reviewing the Longview Server Manager interface
Reviewing the Longview Server Manager interface
The Longview Server Manager interface is composed of the following window elements:
Server Explorer pane
Properties pane
Console pane
User Connections pane
Contents window
In this section, you can find information on these main topics:
“Server Manager window elements”
“Menus”
Server Manager window elements
The Server Manager window eleme...
Understanding Longview servers
Understanding Longview servers
The following servers are an integral part of Longview. In addition to these servers, your system may also have process-specific servers or server pools, such as Elimination Servers, Math Servers, Journal Entry Servers, and so on.
In this chapter, you can find information on these main topics:
“Understanding the Data Server”
“Understanding Server Pools”
Under...
Configuring your Longview Data Server
Configuring your Longview Data Server
To configure your Data Server, you must be signed onto the system as an administrator with the requisite permissions to modify the database.
To access the server configuration, right-click the server in the Server Explorer pane, and select Server Configuration. The Server Configuration dialog opens with the General page in view.
The following pages are ...
Performing administrative server tasks
Performing administrative server tasks
Server tasks fall into two broad categories that are handled by different kinds of users. Tasks that involve managing the content of the database are handled by users with the appropriate permissions. Tasks that involve creating the database and configuring its servers are handled by the users with permissions to manage the database.
User maintenance tas...
Performing server tasks using Longview Administrator Console
Performing server tasks using Longview Administrator Console
You can interact with the Longview Data Server in two ways:
Longview Server Manager—A Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based component, which is available from Longview Component Manager.
Longview Administrator Console—A line mode-based tool, which you can use to enter commands and parameters manually.
Users must have authorizatio...