Take a tour of the portal

Access and interact with CONNECT data services through the web-based portal.

CONNECT data services home page

When you first access the portal, the home page provides you with information about the system and other reference materials.

The CONNECT data services home page displays the following:

• Latest Service Updates: Most recent updates to CONNECT data services such as visual improvements, navigation updates, and new features.

• Quick Links: Links to important and popular content such as API documentation and commonly used guides.

• Resource Usage: View resource usage at a glance and select this box to see in-depth information on your resource usage.

• System Health: Overall system health for CONNECT data services. Select to see a breakdown of tenant health.

• PI to CONNECT Agents: Health status for each PI to CONNECT agent. Statuses include Good, Warning, Bad, and Stopped. Select to see individual statuses for each agent.

• Edge Data Store & Adapters: Health status for each system. Statuses include Good, Warning, Bad, and Stopped. Select to see individual statuses for each system.

CONNECT data services features

Collapse or expand the left pane to view a menu of features. This pane is always available in the portal, and you can hover over the icons to make selections even while the menu is collapsed.

CONNECT data services includes the following features:

• Data Management: Tools for setting up basic capabilities, including tenants, the Sequential Data Store (SDS), and metadata rules for data streams.

• Data Collection: Bring data from multiple sources and systems into a namespace.

• Visualization: View data trends and use assets to set up digital twins of real-world physical entities.

• Analytics: Tools for shaping and querying large datasets.

• Security: Add groups, users, roles, and clients to your tenant.

• Developer Tools: Code samples, an API console, and an editor for the Open Message Format (OMF).

• Support: Documentation, logs, support links, the service blog, and other useful information.

Feature pages

Select a menu item to take you to that item's feature page.

Most pages consist of two panes:

• The left pane is where you perform the tasks associated with the resource. For example, the left pane is where you add and edit the resource or manage its permissions.

• The right pane may contain a Details tab that contains additional information about the selected resource. Some resources also have additional panes for other configuration tasks.

Portal toolbar

The portal toolbar is located in the upper-right corner of the portal window.

The following table provides a list and descriptions of these toolbar commands.