Start PI Integrator for Business Analytics

Open a web browser.

Enter the URL for the PI Integrator for Business Analytics application.

The URL points to the host machine and port for PI Integrator for Business Analytics. The URL is https://hostname:port number or FQDN:port number, where FQDN is the fully qualified domain name. If you use port 443, you can omit this port number when you specify the URL. If you installed PI Integrator for Business Analytics on a host lab5 in the domain prod.onet.com and configured it to use port 7777, you can enter either of the following: https//lab5.prod.onet.com:7777, https://lab5:7777.

Note: If you are unsure which port was specified during installation of the PI Integrator for Business Analytics, navigate to the machine where PI Integrator for Business Analytics was installed. Open the %PIHOME64%\Integrators\BA\CAST.UI.SelfHost.exe.config file and locate the value of the "SelfHostPort" key. Check with your system PI Integrator for Business Analytics administrator for the URL.

The application opens to the My Views page.

Click the menu icon to open the PI Integrator for Business Analytics menu.

The following menu opens:

You can open this menu from any place in the application and do the following:

• Navigate to the My Views page – For more information about the My Views page, see The My Views page.

• Create an asset view – For more information on creating asset views, see Create an asset view.

• Create an event view – For more information on creating event views, see Create an event view.

• Create a streaming view – For more information on creating streaming views, see Create a streaming view. This feature is available with the PI Integrator for Business Analytics Advanced Edition.

• Navigate to the Administration page – For more information on the tasks you can perform from this page, see Administration tasks.