Configurations
Overview
A Configuration is a container that can include applications and/or MCL firmware and/or other files created for a specific device model and, later on, deployed to a device group. For more detailed information about deployments, see Deployments.
Once created, a configuration can be available to all sites that have a compatible qualification or it can be restricted to a specific site (if a “Site Restriction” setting is defined in the "Configuration Details" page - in the "Properties" tab). See Editing a Configuration).
To access the "Configurations" page, click (located in the "Control Panel"), and, in the resulting row, select
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This page displays all configurations created within the account at Site and Account levels.
Information regarding configurations can be displayed in a grid or a list view. By default, configurations 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:
Version |
The configuration's version number. |
(Displayed in light blue) |
The configuration's name. Click it to access the corresponding "Configuration Details" page. See Configuration Details. |
Qualification |
The configuration's qualification (ex: "Activate Remote" v 1.00" has a "Production" qualification). There are 4 qualifications available (see Qualification): •"Production" - for configurations that are used in the customer's working environment, for day-to-day tasks. •"Acceptance" - for configurations to be applied to sites/included device groups with an "Acceptance" qualification for specific testing purposes. •"Test" - for configurations that contain application/resources that will be used for general tests. •"Development" - for configurations to be used in a development environment. |
Site |
The configuration's site. If a configuration's version is restricted to a site, the site's name is displayed, if not "All" is displayed. |
Device Model |
The configuration's target device: manufacturer, device model and Operating System. If no device target is defined "-" is displayed. |
Size |
The size of the configuration package. |
Last Update |
The date of the configuration's last update. |
Status |
The configuration's status: "Available", "Active" or "Archived". |
OR
•Click for a list view:
This view displays the following information:
Qualification |
The configuration's qualification (ex: "Activate Remote" v 1.00" has a "Production" qualification). There are 4 qualifications available - Production, Acceptance,Test and Development:
•"Production" - for configurations that are used in the customer's working environment, for day-to-day tasks. •"Acceptance" - for configurations to be applied to sites/included device groups with an "Acceptance" qualification for specific testing purposes. •"Test" - for configurations that contain application/resources that will be used for general tests. •"Development" - for configurations to be used in a development environment. |
Site |
The configuration's site. If a configuration's version is restricted to a site, the site's name is displayed, if not "All" is displayed. |
Name (displayed in light blue) |
The configuration's name. Click the name to access the corresponding "Configuration Details" page. See Configuration Details. |
Version |
The configuration's version number. |
Last Update |
The date of the last configuration update. |
Description |
The configuration's information added in the "Description" field of the "Properties" tab in the "Configuration Details" page. |
Size |
The size of the configuration package. |
Device Model |
The configuration's target device: manufacturer, device model and Operating System. If no device target is defined "-" is displayed. |
Status |
The current status of the configuration: "Available", "Active" or "Archived". |
The "Configurations" page also offers the following options:
•Click this button to access the "Qualification", "Site", "Status", "Manufacturer" and "Last Update" filters. Use them to limit the application's list:
I. Enter data in the required fields/select from the drop-down. You can use as many filters, simultaneously, as necessary.
II. Click to filter the list according to the data you added in the "Qualification", "Site", "Status", "Manufacturer" and/or "Last Update" fields/drop-downs.
III. Click to empty all the filters simultaneously OR click the
button of the field you want to clear OR select the "All" option in the corresponding drop-down.
• Check this option to view all application versions and not just the latest version.
•Define how many items are displayed at a time by selecting one of the available options (10 items per page/20 items per page/50 items per page/100 items per page).
•Use the search box to look for listed configuration versions:
a. Enter the name of the configuration you want to search for.
b. Click or press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard to initiate the search.
c. Use one of the following to clean the searched data to start a new search or return to a full view:
•empty the search box and click ;
•empty the search box and press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard;
•click the icon.
•Click it to refresh the page's information.
•Use the buttons, included in this bar, to organize/select the listed items of the corresponding column:
•by ascending order.
• by descending order.
•Click this button to select all the listed items. In this case, all 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.
•Use these buttons, located in the page's footer, to navigate the listed applications:
•These buttons allow you to navigate between the next/previous grouped items per page.
•These buttons are used to navigate to the first/last grouped items per page.
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 archive a configuration, use the button. For more information, see Archiving a Configuration.
To copy a configuration, use the button. For more information, see Copying a Configuration.
To deploy a configuration, use the button. For more information, see Deploying a Configuration.
This chapter includes all the aspects associated to configurations (configuration details, the creating, editing and deleting of a configuration, etc.).
Topic/Operation |
Description |
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View all configurations and explore all details that are a part of a configuration. |
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Create a configuration to be deployed to specific device groups. |
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Edit configurations that have NOT been associated to a deployment. If the configuration already has a planned/successful deployment, your editing will generate an incremented version of that configuration. |
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Copy configurations. |
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Archive configurations - recommended for configurations no longer in use. |
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Deploy a specific configuration to specific a site or to more that one site with one deployment. |
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Delete configurations that have NOT been associated with deployments. |