Overview
The Universal Controller 7.2.x user interface is comprised of three basic elements:
The following illustration identifies these elements and other features of the user interface.
1 | Universal Automation Center banner. |
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5 | Records list for the record type selected in the Navigator. |
6 | Details for a record selected from the records list. |
7 | Scroll bars that let you scroll through the Navigator, a records list, or record Details. |
User Task Bar
Below the Universal Automation Center banner, a user task bar displays.
User Task Bar Elements | Description |
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| Identifies the Universal Controller environment as specified by the System Identifier Universal Controller system property. |
Identifies the Cluster Node time, as indicated by the Node Time Display user preference. | |
Displays a list of user actions that can be taken for the logged in user. | |
Displays the Universal Controller user interface Home Dashboard. | |
| Displays the Console. |
Accesses the Universal Controller documentation. |
User Actions
The <User Name> drop-down list on the User Task Bar provides the following actions that you can take for the logged in user.
Selection | Description |
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Allows you to log out of this session of the Controller. | |
Allows you to change your password for logging in to the Controller. | |
Allows you to view a list of currently authenticated user sessions. | |
Allows you to select user preferences for the display of information in the Controller user interface. |
Adjust User Interface Display
Hide Navigator | To hide the Navigator, click the gray border between the Navigator and the data area. |
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Adjust Widths | 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. |
Hide Banner | To hide the Universal Automation Center banner that displays across the top of the page, click the gray border that displays below the banner. |
Hide a List | To hide a records list, click the down arrow that displays in the List task bar below to the list name. |
Hide a Record Details | To hide record Details, click the down arrow that displays next to the record type name. |
User Interface Display Theme
Multiple display themes are provided for the user interface:
Theme | Description |
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Enterprise | Legacy theme for the user interface. |
Enterprise Blue | Blue theme based on the Enterprise theme |
Tahoe | Default theme as of Universal Controller 7.0.0.0 |
Obsidian | Dark theme based on the Tahoe theme. |
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:
Customizing the Banner
You can customize the Universal Automation Center banner that displays across the top of the page by:
Changing the Banner Background Color
To change the background color of the banner, enter a new hexadecimal value in the Banner Background Color Universal Controller system property.
Changing the Banner Logo
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 |
Step 3 | If you want the logo to link to a web resource, enter the URL for the web resource in the Banner Logo URL Universal Controller system property. |
Note
If you update the currently configured banner logo file in the opswise_images
folder, as long as the banner logo file size has changed, it will be redeployed automatically. If you do not see the updated banner logo from the user interface, try running the Clear Server Cache server operation and/or clearing your browser cache.
Drop-Down Lists
Many record Details contain drop-down lists of available values for specific fields.
For example, the record Details for a User contains a drop-down list of titles that can be assigned to the User:
To select a value from a drop-down list, either:
- 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.
Console
The 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).
Note
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 Universal Automation Center Console icon on the User Task Bar.
Console Actions
Action | Icon | Description |
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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. | |
Close | Close the Console either by:
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Tabs
Every page in the user interface displays, when selected, under a tab at the top of the page. The tab for the page currently being viewed is white; all other tabs are gray.
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 - 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 while viewing Dashboards, Activity Monitor, or Server Operations, a new tab will open for that page. The Dashboards, Activity Monitor, and Server Operations tabs are pinned automatically to the top of the page and will remain open if you navigate from them.
If you select a page in the Navigator while viewing any other page, the Tabs Pinned Automatically user preference specifies whether or not that page is pinned.
Note
When you close the tab for the page currently being viewed, you return to the tab for the previous page that you viewed, not the tab for the page that you last opened.
Pinning Tabs
You can pin tabs to the top of the page so that they display 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.
Tab Picker
If you open more tabs that can be displayed on your screen, tab picker icons display that let you scroll back and forth among the tabs and select any tab from a drop-down list
< | Scroll left through the tabs. |
> | Scroll right through the tabs. |
v | Display a drop-down list of all open tabs. |
If there are open tabs for Workflow Editors or Workflow Monitors, the drop-down list will identify the name of each Workflow being edited or monitored.
For example:
Record Details as Tabs
You also can display record Details as tabs at the top of a page
Step 1 | From a record list, either:
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Step 2 | In the Action menu, click Open in Tab. The record Details display under a tab at the top of the page. |
Step 3 | If you want to open the same record or another record under another tab, repeat Steps 1 and 2. |
Additional Information
The following pages provide additional information for the Universal Controller user interface: