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The Universal Controller 7.12.x user interface is comprised of three two basic elements:
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- Home page
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The following illustration identifies these elements and other features of the user interface.
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Universal Automation Center banner.
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Records list for the record type selected in the Navigator.
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Details for a record selected from the records list.
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Scroll bars that let you scroll through the Navigator, a records list, or record Details.
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Below the Universal Automation Center banner, a user task bar displays.
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User Task Bar Elements
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Description
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Identifies the Universal Controller environment as specified by the System Identifier Universal Controller system property.
You can click this element, or the Cluster Node time element (below), to display the System Details widget, as displayed on the default Home Dashboard or selected from the Widgets list.
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Identifies the Cluster Node time, as indicated by the Node Time Display user preference.
A color indicator to the left of the time identifies the status of the Cluster Node:
Active
Passive
Offline
Unknown
You can click this element, or the Universal Controller environment element (above), to display the System Details widget, as displayed on the default Home Dashboard or selected from the Widgets list.
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When you log in to the Universal Controller 7.2.x user interface, your Universal Controller home page displays.
The home page contains the Home Dashboard and a panel on the left side of the page that lists any Services that you had selected for easy access.
User Interface Details
In addition to the Home Dashboard and user-selected links to areas in Services, the Home Page - and all pages accessed via Services - contains the following information (except where noted).
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Link to the Stonebranch website. | |
Link to the Universal Controller Services available in the user interface. | |
Search field that enables you to search for a Name, Description, and Member of Business Services across multiple record types. The Search icon lets you select which field types to search for. | |
User-specific information for the logged in user. | |
Displays the Universal Controller user interface Home Dashboard. | |
Anchor | Universal Automation Center Console icon | Universal Automation Center Console icon | Displays the User Interface#Universal Automation Center Console. |
Accesses the Universal Controller documentation. |
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The <User Name> drop-down list on the User Interface#User Task Bar provides the following actions that you can take for the logged in user.
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Selection
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Description
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Allows you to log out of this session of the Controller.
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Allows you to change your password for logging in to the Controller.
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Allows you to view a list of currently authenticated user sessions.
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Allows you to select user preferences for the display of information in the Controller user interface.
Adjust User Interface Display
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Hide Navigator
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To hide the Navigator, click the gray border between the Navigator and the data area.
To re-display the Navigator, re-click the gray border, which now is at the far left of the screen.
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Adjust Widths
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To adjust the width of the Navigator and data area, click and hold the gray border between the Navigator and the data area drag it left or right.
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Hide Banner
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To hide the Universal Automation Center banner that displays across the top of the page, click the gray border that displays below the banner.
To re-display the banner, re-click the gray border, which now is at the top of the screen.
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Hide a List
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To hide a records list, click the down arrow that displays in the List task bar below to the list name.
To re-display a hidden list, click the up arrow that displays below to the list name.
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Hide a Record Details
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To hide record Details, click the down arrow that displays next to the record type name.
To re-display hidden Details, click the up arrow that displays next to the record type name.
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Multiple display themes are provided for the user interface:
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The User Interface Theme Universal Controller system property lets you select any theme as the default theme for the Universal Controller Interface.
The User Interface Theme user preference lets users select their own theme.
Enterprise Theme
The Enterprise theme is the legacy theme for the Universal Controller user interface. It is the theme shown in the graphics through this documentation:
For example:
Tahoe Theme
The Tahoe theme is the default theme for the Universal Controller user interface as of Universal Controller 7.0.0.0.
For example:
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Time and node status (System Details). | ||||||
Home page only; Refreshes the information displayed on this page. | ||||||
Home page only:
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All of the record types are under Available Services
To add a record type to the home page navigation panel, click the star icon ( U) next to the record type in Available Services
To create a record for a record type while in Available Services, click the new icon ( + ) next to that record type
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Global Search enables you to search the user interface for Name, Description, and/or Member of Business Services for the following record types:
- Agent
- Agent Cluster
- Application
- Bundle
- Bundle Target
- Calendar
- Credentials
- Database Connection
- Email Connection
- Email Template
- OMS Server
- PeopleSoft Connection
- SAP Connection
- Script
- SNMP Manager
- Task
- Trigger
- Variable
- Virtual Resource
You can search for:
- Exact field:
Enter a specific record name. - Partial field:
Enter partial text and use a question mark ( ? ) to replace any single character. - Wildcard:
Use a wildcard ( * ) to match one or more matching values (for example: t*, Test*, *est*.
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Performing a Global Search:
- Click the Settings icon on the User Task Bar to configure which fields to search. By default, the Name and Description fields are selected.
- In the Search field, enter the text to search for. (Search text is not case sensitive.)
- Click the Search icon to perform the search.
A list of any search results then displays.
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You can customize the Universal Automation Center banner that displays across the top of the page by :
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To change the background color of the banner, enter a new hexadecimal value in the Banner Background Color Universal Controller system propertychanging the banner logo.
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Step 1 | Copy the logo file that you want to use in the banner to the
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Step 2 | Login to the Universal Controller (or any Controller cluster node in a High Availability system) and update the Banner Logo Universal Controller system property to the name of the logo file (excluding path) that you copied to the | ||||||
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- Click the drop-down list arrow and then click a value.
- Begin entering the name of a value in the drop-down list field. A list of values that match your entry then displays. Click a displayed value.
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Console
The Universal Automation Center Console contains informational and error messages regarding recent Controller activity.
For example:
The Console opens automatically to display error ( x ) messages, and you can set the Console to open automatically to display information ( i ) messages (via one of four user preferences that allow you to control the Console display).
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Error messages related to specific fields are displayed next to the fields themselves in the record Details, not in the Console. |
You also can open the Console manually at any time by clicking the User Interface#Universal Universal Automation Center Console icon on the User Interface#User Task Bar.
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Console Actions
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Select and Copy | n/a | Select message text either of three ways:
Use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste the selected text. You also can select and copy text this way from the Print Preview pop-up (see Print in this table). | ||||||
Click the Print icon at the top of the Console to display a Print Preview pop-up, and then click the Print button. | ||||||||
Trash | Click the Trash icon at the top of the Console to empty the contents of the Console. | |||||||
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When you log in to the Controller, the Home dashboard displays under a Dashboards tab. The Home dashboard - as well as the Activity Monitor and Dashboards Dashboard Details - remain open throughout your session unless you manually close them by clicking the x icon in the tab itself. The tabs for those pages otherwise remain at the top of the screen so that you can quickly return to them at any time.
For example:
If you select a page in the Navigator Services while viewing the Home dashboardDashboards, Activity Monitor, or DashboardsServer Operations, a new tab will open for that page. The Home dashboardDashboards, Activity Monitor, and Dashboards and Server Operations tabs are pinned automatically to the top of the page and will remain open if you navigate from them, and their tabs remain at the top of the screen.
If you select a page in the Navigator Services while viewing any other page, the Open Lists In New Tab user preference setting determines where a selected page displays.
- If Open Lists In New Tab = Yes, and you select a page from the Navigator (or right-click the page and select Open):
- If the page already is open under a tab, that tab will become the selected tab.
- If the page is not already open under a tab, it will display under a new tab.
- If Open Lists In New Tab = No, and you select a page from the Navigator (or right-click the page and select Open):
- If the page already is open under a tab, that tab will become the selected tab.
- If the page is not already open under a tab, it will display under the currently selected tab.
You also can right-click a page in the navigation pane and select Open In New Tab, which will display the page under a new tab regardless of the Open Lists in New Tab setting.
Tabs Pinned Automatically user preference specifies whether or not that page is pinned.
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You can pin tabs to the top of the page so that the pinned page displays even if you select other pages to display. You also can unpin any pinned tabs at any time (see the Tabs action menu).
The following tabs are pinned automatically and will not close unless you manually close them either by clicking the x icon on the tab or close them via the Tabs action menu.
- Dashboards
- Activity
- Server Operation
Pinned tabs are identified with a pin icon next to the tab name.
Any tab pinned during the current user session will display as pinned when the tab is opened again in a future user session, until the tab is unpinned.
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The following pages provide additional information for the Universal Controller user interface: