Logging In to AAI

Once Automic Automation Intelligence (AAI) has been successfully installed and the AAI server is running, you can start the AAI client from any web browser. Your administrator has given you your user ID and a password as well as the following URL:

https://<ServerName>:<port>/aai/

This URL opens the AAI web browser launch page. From this page you can access the three AAI UIs:

  • The thick client

    This is the classic, Java-based AAI UI. It requires Java JDK and runs on a desktop. Currently it is still your main interface to interact with the application. It allows you to perform daily operations such as monitoring jobstreams, accessing analysis data, and so on. You have two options to launch AAI's thick client; we explain both later in this topic.

    Note:

    The thick is being replaced gradually with the new generation Web UI.

    For more information, see Launching and Logging In to the Thick Client (Classic UI) below.

  • The VISION and Insight reports Web U

    This UI lets you create, configure and generate the Web UI reports for auditing and analysis. It is also the access point to the Reporting Engine, a reporting tool that is JasperSoft based. The next generation web UI will also replace this UI in the future. For more information, see Launching and Logging In to the AAI VISION AND Insight Reports Web UI below.

  • The new generation Web UI

    Over the next months you will see how this UI has more and more functions until it definitely replaces the thick client and the VISION and Insight reports Web UI. This Web UI is tructured to give you a high-level business-level view from which you drill down to the lowest level, the job. It also provides powerful job search and a simulation feature for AutoSys. For more information, see Launching and Logging In to the AAI Next Generation Web UI.

Launching and Logging In to the Thick Client (Classic UI)

There are two ways to access the thick client:

  • From the AAI web browser launch page.

    URL:https://<ServerName>:<port>/aai/

    Important!

    To use this option you must have Java WebStart installed.

    1. Use the URL mentioned above to open the launch page.

    2. Click Launch Automic Automation Intelligence - classic. This triggers AAI to download a Java applet.

    3. When the Security Certificate confirmation dialog appears, click Yes.

    4. Optionally, change the Default Port. Use the Configuration Tool to do so if needed. For more information, see Configuration Tool.

    5. Launch Automic Automation Intelligence.

    6. Use your credentials to log in to the thick client.

    7. Click Login.

    This option allows you to create a desktop shortcut to access the thick client.

  • From the VISION and Insight Reports Web UI

    1. Open the AAI Web UI URL and enter your credentials to log in to the VISION and Insight Reports Web UI.

    2. Click Login.

    3. To download the thick client, click the AAI Thick Client link on the UNIFY icon. The file is called jaws.jnpl.

    4. Go to your Downloads folder and double click jaws.jnpl.

    5. Use your credentials to log in to the thick client.

    6. Click Login.

Note:

Only one session of AAI can be launched on a client machine. If you need to run multiple AAI sessions at once, contact your AAI administrator.

Launching and Logging In to the AAI VISION AND Insight Reports Web UI

On the AAI web browser launch page click the Launch Automic Automation Intelligence Web UI link. This opens the following URL:

https://<ServerName>:<port>/aai/web/v1

You can also enter the URL directly in your browser.

Launching and Logging In to the AAI Next Generation Web UI

You have the following options to launch and log in to the next generation Web UI:

  • From the AAI web browser launch page by clicking Launch Automic Automation Intelligence - next generation UI. This opens the following URL:

    https://localhost:<port>/aai/web/v2/home/dashboard

  • By entering the URL directly on your browser:

  • From the thick client by clicking Tools > Launch Web UI in the thick client's menu bar.

Important Consideration

As of version 6.0.2, the link to launch the main AAI page changed from http{s}://hostname:port/jaws to http{s}://hostname:port/aai.

If you have a desktop shortcut to access a version prior to 6.0.2 of the AAI main client/UI, you have to delete that shortcut and any local copy of the jaws.jnlp file so that the upgraded software can download the new version of the .jnlp file and regenerate the desktop shortcut.

To do so, follow these steps:

  1. Delete any AAI (JAWS) desktop shortcuts.

  2. Search for all copies of jaws.jnlp on the local client hard drive and delete them.

  3. Clear the browser's temporary files.

  4. Re-launch the classic UI from the main launch page (http{s}://hostname:port/aai).

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