The User Interface

The user interface consists of the following:

• The left side of the blue bar is used for Catalogues. You can use these Catalogues to manage Users and Standards. Whilst in the Catalogue view, you can select, import or create Standards. When no Standards are selected you get a tree view of folders that contain Compositions and Standards. If you select a Standard, the default view is of the active Standard and its audit trail. For understanding Catalogues, see Managing the Catalogue. For understanding how to manage users, see Managing Users and User Groups.

  

• The blue bar is for Content Discovery (for details, see Content Discovery Sidebar). The right side of the blue bar is for content. The content area is a tabbed panel where each tab displays details for a given entity in the Standard. The Browse section provides accessibility to the underlying functions, such as Classes, Attributes, Units of Measure and Taxonomy, depending on what you select from the Content Discovery Sidebar.

• The browsing area is for navigation and use. The details on icons and icon annotations. Use this area for creating and managing Class Libraries, Attributes, Units of Measure, searching, and maintaining lists of favorite items.

• A global toolbar is displayed at the top of the content area. It is reserved for the following information:

  • Default Favorite List: Provides the default list of objects marked as favorites. To create a list of favorites, or edit an existing list, see Use Favorite Lists.

  • Standards Details: Provides the details of the Standard currently locked by you. Alternatively, you may click the Details button () on Catalogue. See Viewing and Configuring Standards Details.

  • Logged-in User: Displays the current user's name.

  • Information and Help (): Provides the summary of the user guide, such as key concepts, UI, audit trail, icon, icon annotations and grid.

• The Content area is where you will manage your data.