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  • Projects: the inventory of visualization projects related to the current server workspace.
  • Devices: configured devices for visualization
  • Users: assign users to visualization devices
  • Groups: assign groups to visualization devices
  • Configurations: set up specific permissions for layers and modules, set visualization workspace variables

Projects

Click the Projects button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Visualization Management app to open the Projects page. 

Toolbar functions

FunctionDescription

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Import an existing visualization project. Use the Select file button or drag-and-drop the file onto the dashed-bordered drop area.

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Delete the selected project.

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Switch to multi-select mode.

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Deploy project to the web server.

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Refresh the list of projects.

List of projects

Column nameDescription
NameName of the visualization project.
DevicesNumber of devices that use this project.
Last receivedTimestamp when the project was last sent by the Visualization Editor and received by the server or when the file has been uploaded.
Last deployedTimestamp when the project was last deployed for web visualization.

Devices

Click the Devices button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Visualization Management app to open the Devices page. 

Each project needs at least one device definition. Later on, users or groups can be assigned to a device and the permissions and access rights can be configured.

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FunctionDescription

Add a device.

Copy device.

Delete device.

Switch to multi-select mode.

Shows details of a connected web client. The client can be disconnected.

 

start the visualization.

Refresh page.

List of devices

Column nameDescription
NameName of the device.
ProjectName of the project which is assigned to the device.
Connections

Shows the number of currently opened connections followed by the maximum number of connections.
1/∞ means currently 1 connection and in total no limitation of connections.

1/3 means currently 1 connection and in total 3 connections are allowed.

EnabledDevices can be set to enabled and disabled. If a device is disabled it is not accessible.

Form of device

FieldDescription
Name *Name of the device (mandatory).
Connection limit

"on": define the maximum number of currently connected devices.

"off": the number of currently connected devices is not limited.

Project *

Name of the project for the device to be assigned to (mandatory).

Users

Click the Users button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Visualization Management app to open the Users page. 

The list on the left hand side shows all users defined in User Management. The list on the right hand side shows the defined devices.

To authorize a user to access a device select the device on the right side.

List of users

Column nameDescription
NameName of the user.
Connected devicesNames of the devices for the user to connect to.

List of devices

Column nameDescription
NameName of the device. If the device name is shown italic, the device is diabled and not accessible.

Groups

Click the Groups button  on the left-side menu of the Visualization Management app to open the Groups page. 

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To authorize a group to access a device select the device on the right side.

List of groups

Column nameDescription
NameName of the group.
Connected devicesNames of the devices for the user to connect to.

List of devices

Column nameDescription
NameName of the device. If the device name is shown italic, the device is diabled and not accessible.

Configurations

Click the Configurations button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Visualization Management app to open the Configurations page. 

A configuration is an extension to the device/user/project settings as described before. It is used to define access permissions granularly on layers and functions.

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FunctionDescription

Add a configuration.

Duplicate configuration.

Delete configuration.

Switch to multi-select mode.

List of configurations

Column nameDescription
NameName of the configuration.
DeviceNames of the devices for the user to connect to.
User / GroupName of the user or group.
ProjectName of the project.

Form of configuration

NameDescription
Name *Name of configuration (mandatory).

Device

List of devices.
User/GroupList of users/groups.
Project *List of projects.
Item Link Filecsv file for item mapping.
Select Filecsv file for item mapping.
HomepageName of the page of the project used as homepage.

Layers

Click the Layers button to open the list of available layers in the project.

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Here on the Configurations - Layers page the user's permissions can be defined for each layer.

List of layers

Column nameDescription
LayerName of the layer.
Permission

"full": full acccess to the visualization objects on that layer.

"readonly": the visualization objects on that layer are displayed but can not be changed. 

"invisible": the visualization objects on that layer are not visible.

Functions

Click the Functions button to open the list of available functions. 

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A function is part of an app from the dashboard. Functions are predefined and can not be added by the user.

List of functions

Column nameDescription
NameName of the function.
Authorization

"true": allow access to the function..

"false": deny access to the function.

Workspace variables

Click the Workspace variables button to open the list of available workspace variables.

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A workspace variable is available in the whole workspace of the project.

List of workspace variables

Column nameDescription
NameName of the workspace variable.
Value

Value of the workspace variable.

Page variables

Click the Page variables button to open the list of available page variables. The button is only visible when the homepage of the project has a page variable defined.

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The page variables definition is done in the Visualization Editor. The value of the page variable will be evaluated in the visualization during runtime - e.g. for selecting content.

List of page variables

Column nameDescription
NameName of the page variable.
Value

Value of the page variable.