Although the Dashboard is primarily intended to be started on a central machine with access to a central database in which the test results reside, it is also possible to start the Dashboard in a default configuration to allow access to the embedded database. This option is useful if you are evaluating the function and want to use the Dashboard on your local machine without having to enter any configuration information.
In the installation directory, open the dashboard folder.
In this folder, start the dashboard application (Windows users use dashboard.exe, Unix users use dashboard.sh.
Starting this application starts the dashboardserver with default parameters for the embedded database. You can see which parameters are used by looking in the dashboardserver.properties file which is in the same folder as the Dashboard application.
While the server is starting, you will see a progress window. A system tray icon for the Dashboard server will appear on your screen.
Once the server is started, a browser opens containing the Reporting Perspective in which you can view and open Test Result Reports from the database (Section 3.24.6, “Using the Dashboard”).
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Bear in mind that if you are not using the embedded database, then you will have to start the Dashboard server with other parameters to connect to the database you are using (Section 3.24.4, “Using the Dashboard over the network: Starting the Dashboard server with custom parameters”). |