Difficulty: starter
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Learning Objectives
After reading this article, you’ll be able to:
Log into Workplace using any device you own;
Tell the difference between a Production, Backup, and Test environment.
Where can I login?
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Workplace Management is an online application which can be accessed via a device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet
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, mobile phone
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In order to login you need to know your:
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login name & password (not applicable when using Single Sign On);
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) with an internet connection and a web browser. The recommended web browsers are:
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Every customer will have a unique URL to access their Workplace Management environment. The URL looks something like this: https://<client name>.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
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Did you know? The language of the login screen is determined by the language of your browser. After logging in, Workplace takes over and the language is determined by your user settings.
Production, backup, and test environment
With your login you can access three different environments: Production, Backup, and Test. Together we call these tree environments a server cluster. Technically speaking even more environments exist on a cluster, but this will not be discussed in this section. You can log in to these environments via separate URL’s.
The login name and password you have for the Production environment can also be used to log in to Backup and Test.
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Environment name
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Description
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Login URL convention
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Example
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Production
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Live environment in which you will do your work.
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clientreference.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
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Examples:
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https://thetechcompany.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
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Backup
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Short term testing environment. Data is refreshed every night. Changes do not affect the production environment.
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axbk[clusternumber].axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
https://foodanddrinks.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
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Test
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Longterm testing environment. Data is refreshed every 6-8 weeks. Changes do not affect the production environment.
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axts[clusternumber].axxerion.com/axxerion/signin
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axts01.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin 1
1 These URL’s assume the environment is on server cluster 01. For an environments on cluster 05, the URL for backup and test would be respectively axbk05.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin/ and axts05.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin/.
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When logging into the backup or test environment an additional field ‘Client’ is visible on the login screen. You can leave this empty. If you user name is not unique on the server cluster you won’t be able to login. When this happens you can fill in the clientreference (see table above) in the ‘Client’ field |
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Production
Production is the live environment. In this environment, adjustments (of both data and functionality) can immediately be seen. Besides the production environment every user can enter the back-up and the test environment.
Back-up
The back-up is a copy of the Production environment of the previous day (both in data and functionality).
The Back-up environment is mostly used to test the effects of certain actions or small configuration changes without affecting the data of the production environment.
The Back-up environment is different from the replication server (this is the fourth server that each cluster has), which is always identical to the Production environment.
Test
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The Test environment can be used to test structurally and over a long period of time.
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The data and configuration from the Production server is copied to the Test environment preceding each release. This is done so that developers, consultants, and clients can test new functionalities and bug fixes with up to date data and the latest (client) configuration.
On what server cluster is my environment?
To be able to navigate to your Back-up or Test environment you’ll need to know on what server cluster you need to log in. There are two ways to determine on what server cluster you are.
Navigate to the Workplace login screen > behind the text ‘main’ there is a number. This is the number of the server cluster. For example ‘main10' refers to server cluster 10.
Request the cluster info via the URL. To do this: navigate to your login URL, for example training.axxerion.com/axxerion/signin> take of the ‘signin’ and add ‘__serverinfo__' (2x underscore before and 2x underscore after) > your URL will look something like this: training.axxerion.com/axxerion/__serverinfo__ > now press 'enter’
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Exercise
- Look up on what server your cluster is on.
- Log into Workplace
Search
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When browsing to the correct client URL, a login screen is presented to the user. The language of the login screen is taken over from the language of the browser. After logging in to Workplace Management, the language of the system user takes over and shows the application in the applicable language.
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If the user cannot log in anymore, because of a forgotten password, see Changing your password.
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Users can only be logged in once in Workplace Management. If the same user logs in a second time via another session, the user is not directly logged in, but is asked to close the first session. After that the user can log in again. |
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If the client has a Single Sign-On (SSO) set up, the user will not be presented the above login screen. The user will either be already logged in or the user needs to log in via their identity provider, for example Microsoft. |