Navigation:  Managing a Site > Set Up > Profiles

 

Overview

 

It is possible to use several profile types within a site.

 

•Deployment profile - This type of profile specifies the necessary conditions to trigger a deployment (ex: when it should start and the necessary power and network conditions).

 

•Network profile - This profile type is a set of communication parameters that regulates specific interactions between the devices and the MCL-Mobility Platform, namely, the pairing of the devices into the account. There are 2 sub-types of Network profiles:

 

▪Wifi Network profiles - These network profiles define wifi communication settings such as SSID ("Service Set Identifier"), authentication and proxy.

▪Cellular Network profiles - These network profiles define cellular communication settings such as APN ("Access Point Name") and APN type, MCC ("Mobile Country Code"), MNC ("Mobile Network Code") and proxy.

 

•Time Period profile - This type of profile is used to specify time periods (ex: a day, a warehouse shift) which will be used to aggregate data. This information can, then, be displayed in a Dashboard according to those time periods.

For instance, you may want to analyze the data coming from a night shift that starts at 20:00 one day and finishes at 08:00, the next day. The default time periods are not adequate for this situation so being able to create specific time periods can be very useful. The time frames you define within this profile will become available in the dashboards and compatible widgets (in the Period Resolution related drop-downs) as long as the intended Time Period profile is associated to this site. See Site Details - Time Period Tab.

 

Profiles are managed in the "Profiles" sub-module (included in a site's "Set Up" module). This module can be accessed by the site manager or any site user with the necessary access rights to manage the profiles that concern their own site. This includes profiles that were created within the site and the ones that were created at account level and are compatible (see Qualification Compatibility) or restricted to that site.

 

 

The "Profile Management" Page

 

Click , in the Site Dashboard's "Control Panel" and, then, to access the "Profile Management" page and view all the Deployment/Network/Time Period profiles.

 

 

This page includes profile related information, allows for several profile related operations and provides access to the details page of each available profile.

 

•The information can be displayed in a Grid or a List view. Use or to define the most appropriate view.

 

▪ (default view) organizes the page into a List view:

 

 

This view displays the following information:

 

 

OR

 

▪Use to organize the page into a Grid view:

 

 

This view displays the following information:

 

 

 

If some of these fields/columns are NOT available, use the button (upper right corner) to open a list with the available fields/columns and check the ones you want to display.

 

 

•If necessary, you can restrict the available profile list with the use of the "Site" and/or "Type" filters:

 

 

Use this drop-down to filter the displayed information:

 

▪Selecting the current site (default option) means viewing the profiles that were created/associated to the site.

▪Selecting "<All Sites>" lists the profiles that are available to all the account's sites (= profiles created at account level).

▪Choosing "<All>" provides a view of the profiles associated to the current site and the ones that are available for all the sites.

 

Use this drop-down to limit the profile display by type:

 

▪Select the intended profile type - "Deployment", "Network - Cellular", "Network - Wifi" or "Time Period".

▪For a full view, select/maintain the "<All>" option.

 

 

 

 

•There is a search tool to look for specific profiles:

 

 

a. Enter the name of the profile you are searching for or a word from its description.

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.

 

 

•Use to define which columns/fields should be hidden or shown:

a. Click , which is located on the upper right corner, to open the list of available columns/fields.

b. Check/uncheck the intended columns/fields.

c. Click again to hide the list and apply.

 

 

•If necessary, click to export a "*.csv" file with a list of the displayed profiles. The export only concerns the currently viewed/filtered profiles and corresponding displayed columns/fields.

 

If necessary, use the "Site" and/ or "Type" filters to define what you want/need to export.

If you only need certain columns, use to show/hide the intended columns (click this button to expand the list of columns and check/uncheck the columns, as needed).

 

 

•Use to refresh the page and define a Page Refresh cycle:

 

▪Click for an automatic Page Refresh.

▪Use to define the page's Refresh cycle:

a. Click to access the drop-down with the available time periods ("Disabled"; "Auto" (default option); "1 minute"; "# minutes").

b. Select the preferred Page Refresh cycle.

c. Click the arrow again to hide the list.

If you select "Disabled", the page's content is ONLY refreshed when you click .

A blue vertical gauge in the middle of the button displays the Refresh cycle's progress.

 

 

•If necessary, you can reorder the information in the columns.

 

 

Mouse over the desired column header to access the sort arrow and organize the corresponding column's listed items:

▪by ascending order.

▪ by descending order.

 

 

•If you want to select all the listed items (in this case, all the profiles) at once, click the column header's checkbox.

 

 

 

Available Operations

 

To create a profile, use the button. This option is ONLY available in the page's header if NO profile is selected. For more detailed information, see Creating a Profile.

 

To duplicate a profile, use the button. This option is only visible if you select one(1) profile from the list. For more detailed information, see Duplicating a Profile.

 

To delete a profile, use the button. This option is visible if you select one(1) or more profiles from the list. For more detailed information, see Deleting a Profile.

 

 

This chapter includes all the aspects associated to profiles.