Install the widgets

By default, no widgets will be installed in Asset Strategy Optimization. The system administrator has the proper rights to install widgets. A standard set can be found in the Dashboard folder of the installation package of Asset Strategy Optimization. On request, you can purchase more custom-made widgets. The system administrator needs to place them in a pick-up folder so Asset Strategy Optimization will find them the next time any user starts Asset Strategy Optimization and invokes the Dashboard. The new widgets will be automatically installed in the deployment folder and will become visible for the Dashboard designer, a user with special rights to set up the Dashboard layout.

Preparations

The system administrator should have write access to the installation folder of Asset Strategy Optimization, to make the necessary changes to the configuration file.

The widgets are available in the Dashboard folder in the installation package of Asset Strategy Optimization. Each widget is located in a separate zip-file.

Pick-up folder

First, create the pick-up folder in a location where (the user(s) of) Asset Strategy Optimization have write and delete rights, e.g. a network drive in case of a multi-user configuration of Asset Strategy Optimization. Define this location in the Configuration file of Asset Strategy Optimization (see below). Place the widget zip-files in this folder. Installation of the widgets is performed automatically, as soon as Asset Strategy Optimization is (re-)started and the Dashboard function is invoked.

Important: The zip-file containing a widget should NOT be unzipped but left as-is in the pick-up folder.

Deployment folder

During installation the widget zip-files are automatically moved to a deployment folder. By default, this folder is the installation folder of Asset Strategy Optimization. It is strongly advised to create a dedicated Deployment folder (next to the pick-up folder) for this purpose. The system administrator and the Dashboard designer should have change and delete-rights on this folder (see Set up the default dashboard). Define the location of the deployment folder in the Configuration file of Asset Strategy Optimization (see below).

Installing widgets

To install widgets, the system administrator should follow these steps:

1. Make sure Asset Strategy Optimization is not running.

2. Locate the configuration file Risk-based_Maintenance.exe.config, which is located in the installation folder of Asset Strategy Optimization.

3. Edit this file and locate the following keys:
   <add key="DashBoardItemsPickupDirectory" />
   <add key="DashBoardItemsDeployDirectory" />

4. Add a value property to the keys, enter the absolute paths to the pick-up and deployment folders. For example:
   <add key="DashBoardItemsPickupDirectory" value="C:\Asset Strategy Optimization Data\Dashboard\Pickup" />
   <add key="DashBoardItemsPickupDirectory" value="C:\Asset Strategy Optimization Data\Dashboard\Deployment" />

5. Save the configuration file.

6. (Re)start Asset Strategy Optimization.

7. In the FMECA screen, open a folder on the left and choose a FMECA system .

8. In the middle part of the screen, choose the displayed model as example scope for the Dashboard; the Dashboard icon will now show up in color in the menu.

9. Open the Dashboard function by clicking the Dashboard icon in the menu bar. This will cause all the widgets in the pick-up folder to be installed automatically.

   After successful installation of the widget, the widget zip-files in the Pickup folder are renamed to .bak. The contents of the zip-files are extracted to the Deployment-folder and will be overwritten each time the Dashboard designer changes the Dashboard design.

   This concludes the tasks of the system administrator. The next step is for the Dashboard Designer to setup the dashboard.

Missing widgets

If new widgets were added but do not appear in the Dashboard, then the Dashboard designer may still have to place them onto the Dashboard. Ask your local Dashboard designer to perform this action.

Tip: If your Widget is not visible on the Dashboard, then do the following:

To add a widget onto the Dashboard, the dashboard designer clicks the desired widget in the new widget area on the right of the screen. The clicked widget will always be added to the far top left of the Dashboard, on top of already present widgets. This can cause an existing widget to seemingly disappear. This widget is probably covered by a new widget. Simply move the top widget elsewhere on the Dashboard to reveal the widget underneath!