Configuring Public Access

Configuring Public Access

If a guest account exists on the Datazen server, accessible dashboards and kpis accessible can be viewed at/viewer/public (e.g.http://server/viewer/public).

If a URL linking directly to a dashboard's HTML5 view is shared, the guest account will be used, if available, to access it when no credentials are provided. Therefore to easily share a dashboard with a large audience:

1. Make it accessible to the guest user,
2. Get its URL from the /viewer/public view,
3. Email it to a list of recipients.

If a dashboard is not accessible by the guest user, it can still be shared but only to users who have permission to access it and are logged into the Web Viewer. To link directly to a dashboard, the URL pattern ishttp://local.server/viewer/dashboard?hub=HubName&group=GroupName&name=DashboardName.

guest account 

Initial Users
The admin user
When Datazen Enterprise Server is initially installed, a special admin user is created. This user has full administrative
rights to perform any operation in the server instance, and is the only user that can create other users or hubs. When
the admin user logs in to the Control Panel, options for managing and configuring the server instance will be available.
The guest user
If created, the user with username guest has special significance. This account is used for public access to dashboards.
When maintaining the guest account, ensure that it can only access dashboards which are intended to be publicly
available.
Server users
Before Datazen BI hubs can be created, at least one initial user must be created. To create the first user, log into the
Control Panel as admin, and go to Server Users to click on Create User.
For more information about using the Control Panel to manage user accounts, see Managing Hub Users and User
Groups.