Navigation:  Managing a Site > Applications > 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.

Configurations created at site level are restricted to that site. Configurations created at account level can be available to every site in the account or target a specific site, in which case, they become available in the target site and can be viewed in its "Configurations" page.

 

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:

 

 

•Click this button to access the "Qualification", "Status", "Manufacturer/Model" and "Last Update". filters. Use them to limit the configuration's list:

 

I. Select the intended data from the drop-down. You can use as many filters, simultaneously, as necessary.

II. Click to filter the list according to the data you selected in the "Qualification", "Status", "Manufacturer/Model" and/or "Last Update" drop-downs.

III. Click to empty all the filters simultaneously 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 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.

 

•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.

 

 

Available Operations

 

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

 

To add a new configuration, use the button. For more information, see Creating 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.). 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.