Navigation:  Managing a Site > Application Management > Configurations

 

Overview

 

A Configuration is a container that can include applications and/or MCL firmware and/or other files created for a specific device type and, later on, deployed to a device group. For more detailed information about deployments, see Deployments.

Once created, a configuration is accessible to all sites unless you check the “Restrict Configuration ...” option in the "Configuration Details" page ("Properties" tab), when creating it (see Configuration Details).

 

To access the Configurations sub-module, click , in the Control Panel section, and, in the resulting row, select .

 

 

The image below illustrates the page that is accessed when clicking .

 

 

This page displays all configurations created in every site within the account.

Information regarding configurations can be displayed in a grid or a list view. By default, applications are displayed in a grid view but the view can be changed.

Click or to select the most appropriate view:

 

•Click for a grid view:

 

 

This view displays the following information:

 

 

OR

 

•Click for a list view:

 

 

This view displays the following information:

 

 

 

The "Configurations" page also offers the following options:

 

 

•A device type filter with two drop-downs to refine the displayed information by device manufacturer/model.

 

•The option. Check this option to view all configuration versions and not just the latest version of the configuration.

 

Use these buttons to control how many items are displayed at a time. Click one of the options (10 items per page/20 items per page/50 items per page/100 items per page).

 

Use the search box to look for specific list items.

 

a. Enter what you want to search for.

b. Click or press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard to initiate the search.

c. To conclude the search operation, empty the search box and click or press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard.

 

Click this button to refresh the page's information.

 

Use the buttons, included in this bar, to organize the listed items of the corresponding column:

•by ascending order.

• by descending order.

 

Click this button to select the listed items on display. In this case, the configurations.

 

Click the configuration's name (displayed in light blue) to access a page with the details of a particular configuration. See Configuration Details.

 

 

Available Operations

 

The "Configurations" page also provides direct access to specific operations:

 

To add a new configuration, use the button. For more information, see Adding a Configuration.

 

To delete a configuration, use the button. For more information, see Deleting a Configuration.

 

To copy a configuration, use the button. For more information, see Copying a Configuration.

 

To assign a configuration to a device group, use the button. For more information, see Assigning a Configuration to a Device Group.

 

 

This chapter includes all the aspects associated to configurations (configuration details, the creating, editing and deleting of a configuration, etc.). The table below refers the user profiles that have access to the described operations:

 

Keep in mind that the Account Administrator and/or the Site Manager, at a lower level, can restrict other users' access rights. This user guide is presenting all the possibilities in terms of access.