Starting IFS Applications

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Explanation

IFS Enterprise Explorer is the user interface for IFS Application. To start working in IFS Applications, you need to log on to to the system. You start IFS Applications/IFS Enterprise Explorer using either Local Application Start or Web Deployed Client Start and fill in the Login dialog box.

When you log on to IFS Applications, you must enter your application user id and password for authentication. In addition you can specify domain, only needed if your company n has made a domain configuration, and language.

Note, if you have previously logged on to IFS Applications, the last used name and domain are shown in the Login dialog box.

Figure 1: IFS Applications - Login dialog box.

Prerequisites

System Effects

A session will be created to keep you connected to the application server.

Window

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Related Window Descriptions

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Procedure

When you click OK in the Login dialog box, IFS Enterprise Explorer creates a connection to the application server, the application server validates your access privileges. When successfully accepted as a user the application server transfers authorization information back to IFS Enterprise Explorer. During this process, which usually takes less than a minute, the progress bar is displayed.

If an error occurs, other than that you have specified an invalid username or password, contact your system administrator for assistance.

 The Options button will expand the Login dialog box and show the advanced options:

Language

In the Language list box you can select the language that the application should use. The value is initially found in your computer locale settings. If you select a language, this will be stored in your computer and set as the selected language next time you log on to IFS Enterprise Explorer.

Note: If you do not select a language actively from the login dialog the application will start using the language stored in your profile rather than using the language stored in the computer. 

Extended Options

Click the Options button in the login dialog to expand the dialog with additional options

Figure 2: Log-in Dialog extended options

Web Deployed Client Start

  1. Locate the link to the start page if this is the first time you run the application.
  2. Navigate to the start page of the application server
  3. Click the link to the client to load and start.

Start-Up Options

The following options are supported, both as command line parameters when running as a local application, and as URL parameters when running as a web application.

Note: All these options override the respective option set in the Options dialog box.