Open PhixFlow

Open a web browser on a client machine and navigate to:

http://<server name or ip address>:<port number>/phixflow/start.html

E.g.

http://server1:8081/phixflow/start.html

Troubleshooting

If you experience any problems, confirm that Tomcat is running by navigating to:

http://<server name or ip address>:<port number>

E.g.

http://server1:8081

You should see the Tomcat administration page.

Start Options

Login Form

You can specify the login types available on the login form (if configured).

See Configure Login Forms for details.

http://<server name or ip address>:<port number>/phixflow/start.html?login=<form>

E.g.

http://myserver.com/phixflow/start.html?login=full

Start an Application

You can start an application directly with the URL. See applications for details of how to create applications. It is also possible to navigate to different applications within PhixFlow.

If your base URL is

http://server1:8081/phixflow/start.html

and the application name is Operations, then the following URL will take you directly to the Operations application:

http://server1:8081/phixflow/start.html?application=Operations

Install Template and Format Packages

Install the PhixFlow Templates Package, phixflow_templates.xml and PhixFlow Formats Package, phixflow_formats.xml

Set the Temporary File Location

Go to the System Configuration and in the System Directories section set a path to the Temporary File Location.

Import the Templates Package

Go to the Administration Menu → Import Configuration. 

Select the new Templates file from {phixflow_release_folder}/install/phixflow_templates.xml. The system will import new templates set (Styles, Layout Templates, Palettes).

To update the default System Palette, go to the System Configuration and update the Default Component Palette field to point one of the just imported Palettes.

Import the Formats Package

Go to the Administration Menu → Import Configuration. 

Select the new Formats file from {phixflow_release_folder}/install/phixflow_formats.xml. The system will import new Date and Number Formats (as well as the US Locale).

To update the default Date and Date Time Formats, go to the System Configuration and update the Default Date Format and Default Date/Time Format fields to point one of the just imported Formats.

Configuring PhixFlow

Once PhixFlow is installed, you can configure the system. For details about:

• installing Theme palette packages, see Installing Packages.
• setting up database drivers to connect to databases other than Oracle, MariaDB and MS SQL Server, see Driver Classes.
• all configuration options, see Administration.