Navigating within the BI launch pad

The BI launch pad main screen is tab-oriented just like in any Internet browser. The main screen centralizes the most important and relevant views for the user.

Getting ready

We want to navigate from the main home screen and explore the other options as well as understand the main screen options.

The Home tab is the default tab. This screen is divided into the following five major parts and another report navigation tab:

  • My Recently Viewed Documents: This shows the user their last viewed reports
  • Messages In My Inbox: This shows the reports that have been sent to the user by other users or by scheduling jobs
  • My Recently Run Documents: This shows which reports were last run by the user, as shown in the following screenshot: ...

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