Navigation:  Managing a Site > Site Dashboard

 

Overview

 

The Site Dashboard can be accessed by the Account Administrator and the Site Manager but it is, mostly, the Site Manager's working area, meaning, where he manages applications, operator profiles, schedules deployments, etc. of the site he is assigned to.

 

 

The following image displays the initial view of a Site, when accessed by the Site Manager. It consists of a header and the Site Dashboard which includes several sections dedicated to a site's administrative and operational tasks.

 

 

The Site User can also have access to the Site Dashboard and all its sections/information. The only exception is the System module (within the "Control Panel" section) which includes the "Site Users", "Files" and "Site Details" sub-modules. Depending on the site user's access rights, he will have access, or not, to the remaining modules: "Application Management", "Device Management", "Operator Management" and "Services".

 

 

Header

 

The header displays information regarding the account and the site itself:

 

Site Dashboard

 

The Site Dashboard is the site manager's work area, meaning, where he manages applications, operators, devices, site details, etc.. If required, the Site Manager may create site user profiles with access to the Site Dashboard. The viewing of the Site Dashboard sections will differ according to the site user's access rights (the exception being the "System" section which is NOT available to site users).

The Site Dashboard consists of four main sections - Site Info; Last activities; Dashboard and Control Panel.

 

 

Site Info

Located on the upper left corner, this section displays information concerning the site and the account it is included in.

It is not possible to edit any of its elements.

The indicators below display the account and company names, the account identification number, the subscription identification number, the subscription's expiration date and the consolidations of the subscriptions’ limits regarding devices, servers and operators.

 

 

 

Last Activities

This section, located at the lower right corner, displays the last activities performed in the site.

 

 

The tasks displayed in the "Last activities" section include the adding, updating and deleting of:

 

You can view several details regarding these activities:

 

 

If you click , you open a window with the last 100 activities performed inside the account and who performed them.

 

 

To navigate, use the buttons.

To close the window, click .

 

Control Panel

Located on the upper right corner of the Site Dashboard, this section includes the operational modules that allow for the actual management of a site. Depending on predefined access rights, the contents of the Control Panel is either totally (only the Site Manager and the Account Administrator have full access) or partially available. Each module represents a functional site component:

 

Applications

This module includes all aspects regarding application management. It provides access to the Applications, Configurations and Deployment sub-modules.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Applications, Configurations, Deployments.

 

 

Devices

This module focuses on managing the device pool (device distribution/internal organization into groups, device status, server usage, etc.). These aspects are grouped into three sub-modules: Devices, Device Groups and Servers.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Devices, Device Groups, Servers.

 

 

Operators

This module includes everything related to operators (the people who handle the devices), meaning, identification and organization into groups.

The Operators module provides access to two sub-modules: Operators and Operator Groups.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Operators, Operator Groups.

 

 

Services

This module relates to site services. It includes the MCL provided service, Filebox (a virtual storage and forwarding space for files).

To display the row with the corresponding sub-module, click .

For more detailed information on this sub-module, see Filebox.

 

 

System

This section handles the administrative aspects that have to do with users, files and sites. This module is only available to the Site Manager and the Account Administrator.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Site Users, Files, Site Details.

 

 

Dashboard

 

This section is located on the lower right corner of the Site Dashboard. It displays pie charts with information about the site's device pool: