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Users access the Guardium appliance over a secure (HTTPS) connection, using a Web browser. All users are defined to the system by the Guardium access manager. Your access manager will provide you with your user name and initial password. In a default installation, you will need to change your password the first time that you log in.
Within your browser window, Guardium displays information on a set of tabbed panes. By selecting a tab or menu option, you can overlay panes on the same screen area. Each pane may contain one or more portlets. A portlet can be a report, application, or tool. Each pane may contain any number of report portlets, and a single application or tool portlet.
When you log in for the first time, your portal displays with a layout determined by the Guardium roles that the access manager has assigned to your user account. Although the access manager controls the initial layout, you can customize your layout easily, changing the panes displayed and the placement of portlets on each pane.
If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your Web browser, please check the setting of the Show friendly HTTP error messages option, as described in the procedure below.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is typically configured by default to show “friendly HTTP error messages.” This means that instead of seeing any explanatory error messages produced by the Guardium software, you will receive “friendly” (but not very informative) messages output by Microsoft Internet Explorer.
To check or modify this setting, follow the procedure outlined below:
Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Select Tools > Internet Options to open the Internet Options panel.
Click the Advanced tab in the Internet Options panel.
Scroll down in the Settings box to the Show friendly HTTP error messages setting.
Clear the Show friendly HTTP error messages checkbox if it is marked.
If you cleared the checkbox, click the Apply button to save the settings.
Click the OK button to close the Internet Options panel.
Following a Guardium upgrade, the color pattern or other attributes of your Guardium portal may appear strange, because your browser may be fetching some items from your local PC cache. If this happens, clear the cache (from the Internet Explorer Tools menu).
Open the Guardium Login Page in your browser. If you have not saved the page location, type its address in the Address box of the browser window, in the following format:
https://ip-address:port
Note that the address begins https (the secure hypertext transmission protocol, not the more common http protocol).
Substitute for the ip-address and port components of the address as appropriate, using the values given to you by your Guardium access manager or administrator. ip-address is the Internet address or the DNS name of the Guardium appliance, and port is the port assigned for the Guardium user interface, which by default is 8443. For example:
https://192.168.3.47:8443 or https://guard23.guardium.com:8443
After typing the address, press Enter to open the Guardium Login Page.
Enter your Guardium user name in the Username box.
Enter your Guardium password in the Password box.
Click the Login button. This opens your Guardium portal, which displays the tabs and panes you are authorized to use.
Your Guardium access manager and Guardium administrator will determine which login and password options are enabled for your system. Depending on your configuration:
The first time that you log in, you may be prompted to change your Guardium password.
You may be required to change your password on a periodic basis (after every 30 days, for example).
Your user account may be disabled automatically after a certain number of days of inactivity. (Contact your access manager to re-enable it.)
By default, each user can log into a Guardium system from only one IP address at a time. If the same user attempts to log in concurrently from two IP addresses, the second attempt will not be allowed.
The top of the Guardium portal contains the controls illustrated and explained below:
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You have... |
If there are items on your Audit To-Do List, this message displays in the upper-left portion of the window. Click the "You have..." link to open your To-Do List in a separate window. |
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Edit Account... |
Click the Edit Account... link to edit your Guardium user account (to change your password or email address, for example). |
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Customize |
Click the Customize link to add a tab to the outermost row of tabs on your portal. |
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Logout |
Click the Logout link to log out. |
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Opens a search window. Enter the report or application name, or part of the name in the text box, and click the Search button. Then click on any of the displayed portlets to navigate to that portlet in the main window. Hint: This search operation searches for each word that you enter, separately. To limit the list of portlets returned, enter only the most important word or words from the name of the portlet you are looking for. |
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Opens a graphical map of your portal. Navigate the tabs and menu entries as you would with a directory listing. |
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Opens the Guardium Help System in a separate browser window. |
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G2000 - Standalone Unit |
The model number (G2000 in the example) and unit type (Standalone Unit) display in the upper right portion of the panel. |
Regardless of how your portal is defined, you navigate using the same types of components: tabs, menus and portlets.
Each tab completely defines the entire area below the row of tabs on
which it is defined. The tabs thus overlay one another, with only the
active tab layout visible. The active tab title on each row of tabs is
highlighted. On each row of tabs, only the active tab has a 
(Customize) button:
Click the Customize button to customize the layout of the tab. See Portal Customization for detailed instructions on how to customize your layout.
If a tab layout contains one or more reports, clicking the tab title refreshes all reports on that tab.
Some tabs contain menus. Each item on a menu completely defines the
area to the right of the menu. The menu items thus overlay one another
and only the active menu item can be seen. The active menu item is highlighted.
The menu also contains a (Customize) button, which you can click to
customize the menu. (See Portal Customization
for detailed instructions on how to customize your layout.)
The area to the right of a menu, or the area or below a tab if the tab has no menu or nested tabs, contains portlets. A portlet can be an application or a report, and there can be multiple portlets on a pane, arranged in rows or columns.
Each portlet pane (whether an application or report) contains the buttons illustrated and described below:
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Customize - On a report portlet, click the Customize button to set the run-time or presentation parameters. To change the menu, tab, or overall layout, use the Customize button on a menu or tab, or use the Customize link in the upper right portion of the portal. |
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Print-Friendly Format - Click to display the panel contents in a printer-friendly format (which minimizes the use of curved lines). |
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Information - Click to display information about the portlet. |
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Close - Click to close the portlet. This removes the portlet from your layout. (It does not delete the definition of the underlying component - an application or report, for example.) If you remove a portlet by mistake, you can re-add it easily (see Portal Customization). |
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Minimize - Click to minimize the portlet. When minimized, the Minimize and Maximize buttons are replaced by the Restore button, as illustrated below:
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Maximize - Click to expand this portlet to fill the Guardium work area. When maximized, the Close, Minimize, and Maximize buttons are replaced by the Restore button:
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Each report contains a toolbar at the bottom, with the controls described below.
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Go to the first or previous page, respectively. |
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Records: |
Enter a record number to jump to (they are numbered from top to bottom). |
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Go to the next or last page, respectively. |
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Re-run the query to refresh the report data. |
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Download the data currently displayed on the portlet, in CSV format. |
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Download the entire report, in CSV format. |
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Open the complete report in a separate window, formatted for printing. |
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Download a PDF file version of the report. |
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Display the report in tree map format. See Display a Tree Map in the Reports topic for an explanation. |
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Edit the query this report is based upon. (You must be authorized to edit that query. |
The default user layout contains an Overview Tab, containing many predefined reports. See the Predefined Reports appendix.
(Portal Search)
(Portal Map)
(Help System)
(Restore) button to return the portlet to its normal size.
