COSMOS Demo Web User Interface

Once you have started the COSMOS components as described above, point your web browser to http://localhost:8080/COSMOSUI/?page=cosmos to display the COSMOS Demo Web User Interface.

Layout of the Web User Interface

The initial page of the COSMOS Web User Interface displays three main panes. The left pane shows a list of data managers that are registered with the broker. The top right pane shows the details view that is initially blank. The bottom right pane shows a properties view that is initially blank.

Data Managers View

The pane on the left is the Data Managers view. It lists all Data Managers registered at the broker. There are initially six Data Managers that are registered with the broker.

The end user can select a particular Data Manager to display properties associated with it. The properties are shown in the bottom right pane in the Properties view.

Security Properties

For all Data Managers registered at the broker, the COSMOS UI provides a way to set security information with the help of the Properties dialog.

  1. Select any Data Manager. For example, "Sample Repository with Query."
  2. Right-click, and a pop-up menu opens. Select "Properties."
    A properties dialog displays and enables the user to enter security information data.
  3. Enter the Username, Password, and Soap Version details and click OK.
  4. Right-click, select "Properties" and the saved data will be retrieved, which the user can then modify.

Creating a Query Folder

The COSMOS UI supports the creation of customer query folders for all MDRs. They can be created with the following steps:

  1. Right-click the "Sample Repository with Query" node in the Data Managers pane.
  2. Select the "New Folder..." menu option. A dialog box opens.
  3. Enter "MyFolder" in the text box and click "OK."
    A node containing a folder icon should show up under the "Sample Repository with Query" node.

The COSMOS UI also supports renaming existing folders. Right-click on any existing folder and select the "Rename" option.

Creating a Named Query

The COSMOS UI supports the creation of named Queries with the "Query Name" option under the CMDBf Submit Query dialog window.

The COSMOS UI also supports renaming existing queries. Right-click any existing CMDBf query and select the "Rename Query" option.

Saving Queries

The COSMOS UI provides the option to save user-defined queries with the help of Configuration parameters -RESPONSE_HISTORY_LIMIT and QUERY_SAVE.

Use the following steps to configure and enable the option for saving queries:

  1. Edit <web-server-dir>\webapps\COSMOSUI\config\configuration.properties.
    Set RESPONSE_HISTORY_LIMIT=5 and QUERY_SAVE= true as shown below:
  2. Restart the web server.
  3. Create a named query on any of the MDRs using the Submit Query option.
  4. In a new browser window, open the COSMOS UI:
    http://localhost:8080/COSMOSUI/
    The queries that were created and renamed should show up in the view.

Query execution histories can be seen under "Response History..." option.

Note: Details of usage for the COSMOS Demo Web User Interface may be found in the COSMOS Users Guide.

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