Starting the Data View Builder

To start the Data View Builder, follow these basic steps.

1. Start the Data View Builder.

   • On a Windows platform, choose the menu item:
     Start—>Programs—>BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0—>BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic 1.0—>Launch Data View Builder

   You can also start the Data View Builder by double-clicking on the file: BEA_Home\WL_HOME\liquiddata\DataViewBuilder\bin\DVBuilder.cmd

   A login window is displayed. This is for logging in to a Liquid Data server.

2. Connect to the Liquid Data server on which the data sources you want to use are located.

   1. The username and password for the Data View Builder is specified in the WebLogic Server (WLS) Compatibility Security via the WLS Administration Console for the Liquid Data server to which you want to connect. For more information, see Implementing Security in the Liquid Data Administration Guide. If the server allows guest users, you do not need to enter a username and password—you can leave these fields blank.

   2. Enter the URL for the Liquid Data server. For example, to connect to a server running on your own machine as a local host you would enter the following:

      t3://localhost:7001

   3. Click the Login button.

   The Data View Builder work area and tools appear, as shown in Figure  2-1.

   Figure 2-1 Starting Data View Builder