The User Interface is organized within a single web browser page. The screen serves as a data container report and management panel.
Data Container Report Panel
Data Container Workspace
Data Container Report Panel
The Data Container Report Panel consists of a series of tile buttons to help report on activities being completed in the Data Container. They are summarized below as Summary, Sources, History, Bookmarks, and Capacity.
Summary
The Summary tile allows you to see an overview identifying what data sources are in the data container, properties associated with the data container, and information about operations performed in the data container.
Containers
The Containers tile allows you to see a list of all containers associated with the template.
Sources
The Sources tile in the upper left-hand panel bar provides information about each data source, such as the description, name, and properties that the administrator has placed inside the data container. In particular, you can get the connection information to access them from here.
Properties
The Properties tile allows you to see the properties associated with this template in this data container.
Bookmarks
The Bookmarks tile allows you to view and edit details about bookmarks within this data container and bookmarks accessible from it.
Usage
The Usage tile allows you to view information about how much storage capacity this container has used.
Data Container Workspace
Data Container Workspace (Top Half)
Data Container Workspace
The Data Container Workspace contains all the tools, actions, and view panels needed to begin using Self-Service features. For example, the workspace allows a user to view the history of their data on a branch, and to refresh, reset, and restore that data.
User Login and Settings Drop Down Menu
The user login icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen provides a drop-down menu with options to change your password and/or log out.
Data Container Drop-Down Menu
Container The drop-down menu in the upper right-hand region of the screen allows you to change which data container (or data template) is shown in the page. Users can own multiple data containers and can select whichever data containers they want to browse.
Data Container View Panel
time The Data Container View Panel, found on the left-hand side of the screen, is divided into three tabular sections: , branches, and bookmarks. These tabs allow you to find and select data that you are interested in. Based on user selections made in the view panel, the corresponding branch timeline can change.
Switch Container Link
Allows you to switch between containers.
Data Container Self-Service Toolbar
The Data Container Self-Service Toolbar allows you to perform tasks and activities with data in the current container, by clicking on the following user action icons:
Activate will make a branch active
Bookmark will mark an interesting point of data on a branch timeline
Branch will create a branch that supports one task. A branch is a group of data time segments called a "timeline."
Share will share a bookmark with users of other data containers from the same template
Refresh will refresh each source in the data container on a branch timeline to the latest data in the corresponding source of the data template.
Restore will restore the data to a point in time from the template, the container, or a shared bookmark.
Reset will reset to the last interesting moment of data time on the current data timeline
Stop will stop a data container
Start will start a data container
Lock will lock a data container for the current user
Unlock will unlock a data container Branch Timeline
Use this to view the timeline associated with a branch. Note that this only shows the timeline for a single branch. The branch timeline is how a user interacts with data in the container to mark, stamp, and perform tasks that occur at various points in time.