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11 Managing Your Development Workspace

In the Oracle HTML DB development environment, developers log in to a shared work area called a workspace. Users are divided into two primary roles: developer and workspace administrator.

Developers can create and edit applications. Workspace administrators additionally have access to tools and reports designed to help them manage their workspace. Using the Workspace Administration page, Workspace administrators can create and edit user accounts, monitor workspace activity, review log files, manage session state, view reports, and manage development services. This section describes how to perform these Workspace administrator tasks.

This section contains the following topics:

Managing Users

Workspace administrators can create new user accounts, manage existing user accounts, and change their passwords. User accounts are particularly useful if you are using internal "Cookie User" authentication.

Topics in this section include:


See Also:

"About HTML DB Account Credentials" for more information on implementing internal Cookie User (or HTML DB Account Credentials) authentication

Creating New User Accounts

Workspace administrators can use the Create User page to create new user accounts.

To create a new user account:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Manage Users and then Create New User.

    The Create User page appears.

  3. Under User Identification, enter the appropriate information.

  4. Under Developer Privileges, specify whether the user is a developer or an administrator.

    Developers having Admin privilege have access to the Administration Services page and all the functionality described in this section. These users can also alter passwords of users within the same workspace.

  5. Under User Groups, select an optional user group.

    You can use User Groups to restrict access to various parts of an application. Keep in mind, however, that user groups are not portable over different authentication schemes. They are only useful when using Internal Cookie User authentication.

  6. Click Create User or Create and Create Another.

Editing Existing User Accounts

Workspace administrators can use the Edit User page to edit existing user accounts.

To edit an existing a user account:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Manage Users and then Edit Users.

    The Edit Users page appears.

  3. To create a new user, click Create.

  4. To find and edit an existing user, enter a search condition and click Go. Once the user appears, click the edit icon to edit the account.

    The Edit User page appears.

  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Changing Your Password

Workspace administrators can use the Change Password page to change their password.

To change your password:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Manage Users and then Change My Password.

    The Change Password page appears.

  3. Type a new password in the fields provided and click Apply Changes.

Monitoring Users

As a Workspace administrator, you can monitor workspace utilization and user activity by accessing a number of charts and reports on the Monitor page.

To view workspace utilization and user activity reports:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Monitor.

    The Monitor page appears. It is divided into three sections:

    • Chart Activity

    • Activity Reports

    • Calendar of Activity

  3. Select a chart or report to review.

Administering Session State and User Preferences

A session is a logical construct that establishes persistence (or stateful behavior) across page views. Each session is assigned a unique ID which the HTML DB engine uses to store and retrieve an application's working set of data (or session state) before and after each page view. Sessions persist in the database until purged by an administrator.

Workspace administrators can purge session state or user preferences within their workspace on the Session State Management page.

Topics in this section include:

Managing Session State and User Preferences for the Current Session

Use the Current Session page to manage session state and user preferences for the current session.

To access the Current Session page:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Session State.

    The Session State Management page appears.

  3. Click Report, with an option to purge, your current session.

    The Current Session Page appears

  4. Under Session State you can:

    • Reset the session state for the current session by clicking Purge Session State

    • View information about the current session by clicking View Session State

  5. Under User Preferences, you can:

    • View preferences for the current user, by clicking View Preferences

    • Reset user preferences for the current user by clicking Reset Preferences

Managing Recent Sessions

Workspace administrators can determine whether to purge existing sessions by either:

  • Purging sessions by age

  • First reviewing session details and then optionally purging selected sessions

To purge existing session by age:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Session State.

    The Session State Management page appears.

  3. Select Purge existing sessions by age.

  4. From the Sessions older than list, select a time increment and click either:

    • Purge Sessions

    • Report Session

To first review session details and then purge the session:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Session State.

    The Session State Management page appears.

  3. Select Report recent sessions with drilldown to session details.

  4. Select a session ID.

  5. When Session Information appears you click either:

    • Remove State

    • Remove Session

Viewing Workspace Reports

Workspace administrators can view a variety of application and administrative reports on the Administrative Reports page.

To view workspace administrative reports:

  1. From the Application Builder Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Reports.

    The Administrative Reports page appears.

  3. Select a report to review.

Monitoring Developer Activity

Workspace administrators can view a variety of application and administrative reports on the Administrative Reports page.

To view workspace administrative reports:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Monitor.

    The Monitor page appears.

  3. Select a report to review.

Managing Log Files

Workspace administrators can manage the following log files:

To view developer activity:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Logs.

    The Log Files page appears.

  3. Click Monitor Developer Activity.

  4. Specify a time frame and the appropriate number of rows and click Go.

  5. To view additional details, select a developer.

To purge Developer activity logs:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Logs.

  3. Click Purge Dev. Log.

To purge the External click counting log:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Under Administration Services, click Logs.

  3. Click Purge Click. Log.

Managing Development Services

Workspace administrators can use the Provisioning Services section of the Administration Services page to:

Topics in this section include:

Viewing Current Workspace Status

Workspace administrators can view current workspace status on the Manage Development Services page.

To view current workspace status:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Click Provisioning Services and then Manage Service.

    The Manage Development Services page appears.

  3. Select Report Utilization.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Requesting a Database Schema

To submit a request to the Oracle HTML DB administrator for a new database schema:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Click Provisioning Services and then Manage Service.

    The Manage Development Services page appears.

  3. Select Request Schema.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Requesting Additional Storage

To submit a request to the Oracle HTML DB administrator for additional storage space for your workspace:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select the Administration tab.

  2. Click Provisioning Services and then Manage Service.

    The Manage Development Services page appears.

  3. Select Request Storage.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Requesting Service Termination

To submit a request to the Oracle HTML DB administrator to terminate workspace service:

  1. From the Oracle HTML DB Home page select Administration tab.

  2. Click Provisioning Services and then Manage Service.

    The Manage Development Services page appears.

  3. Select Terminate Service.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.