Navigation:  Managing a Site > Site Dashboard

 

Overview

 

The Site Dashboard can be accessed by the account administrator and the site manager but it is, mostly, the site manager's working area, meaning, where he manages applications, operator profiles, deployments, etc. of the site he is assigned to.

 

 

The following image displays the initial view of a site, when accessed by the site manager. It consists of a header, a footer and the Site Dashboard which includes several sections dedicated to a site's administrative and operational tasks.

 

 

 

The site user can also have access to the Site Dashboard and its sections/information. The only exception is the "Set Up" module (within the "Control Panel" section) which includes the "Site Details", "Users", "Files" and "Profiles" sub-modules.

Depending on the site user's access rights, he will have access, or not, to the remaining modules: "Applications", "Devices", "Operators", "External Systems", "Data Sync" and "Business Analytics".

The "Business Analytics" modules is ONLY available if the account's subscription includes this service.

 

 

Header

 

The header displays information regarding the account and the site itself:

•The company's logo (optional).

•The name of the site as a breadcrumb.

•The current date of site access.

•The current time in the site's location.

•The current default Pin Code to be used within the MCL App Desktop environment (to access locked options) and to open a remote control session (see To Open a Remote Control Session). This Pin Code information does NOT apply if you have a customized Pin Code.

•A "Welcome Box" where you can log out and view/edit personal details in your profile (see To View Your Own Profile).

 

 

Site Dashboard

 

The Site Dashboard is the site manager's work area, meaning, where he manages applications, operators, devices, site details, etc.. If required, the site manager may create site user profiles with access to the Site Dashboard. The viewing of the Site Dashboard sections will differ according to the site user's access rights (the exception being the "Set Up" module which is NOT available to site users).

The Site Dashboard consists of four main sections - Site Status; Last Activities; Control Panel and Dashboard.

 

Site Status

 

Located on the upper left corner, this section displays information concerning the site and the account it is included in.

It is not possible to edit any of its elements.

The indicators below display the account and company names, the site's qualification, the subscription's status and date/time of the last connection to MCL-Subscription Manager and the consolidations of the subscription's limits regarding operators, devices and servers.

 

 

 

Last Activities

 

This section, located at the lower left corner, displays the last activities performed in the site.

 

 

The tasks displayed in the "Last Activities" section include the adding, updating and deleting of:

•users

•servers

•applications, configurations and deployments

•devices and device groups

•operators and operator groups

 

You can view several details regarding these activities:

 

•The action itself.

•The date and time they occurred.

 

If you click , you open a window with the last activities performed inside the account and who performed them.

 

 

To navigate, use the buttons.

To close the window, click .

 

"Control Panel"

 

Located on the upper right corner of the Site Dashboard, this section includes the operational modules that allow for the actual management of a site. Depending on predefined access rights, the content of the "Control Panel" is either totally or partially available (only the Site Manager and the account administrator have full access). Each module represents a functional site component:

 

"Set Up"

This module handles the administrative aspects that have to do with site details, site users, files and profiles (specifically, deployment and network profiles).

This module is ONLY available to the site manager and the account administrator.

 

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Site Details, Users, Files and Profiles.

 

 

 

"Applications"

This module includes all aspects regarding application management. It provides access to the "Applications", "Configurations" and "Deployments" sub-modules.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Applications, Configurations, Deployments.

 

 

 

"Devices"

This module focuses on managing the device pool (device distribution/internal organization into groups, device status, etc.). These aspects are grouped into 2 sub-modules: "Device Groups" and "Devices".

 

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Device Groups, Devices.

 

 

 

"Operators"

This module includes everything related to operators (the people who handle the devices), meaning, identification, organization into groups, etc.

The "Operators" module provides access to two sub-modules: "Operators" and "Operator Groups".

If the site is associated to a subscription with speech services and those services are managed locally, this module will also provide access to the "Speech Profiles" sub-module which handles all speech related aspects.

To display the row with the corresponding sub-modules, click .

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Operator Groups, Operators, Speech Profiles.

 

 

 

"External Systems"

This module relates to the MCL Servers and the MCL Development software. It includes the servers to manage the MCL-Net V4 subscriptions (a license type) and the "Development Stations", used specifically to manage MCL-Designer V4 subscriptions (a license type). This module allows you to add, edit and/or delete your MCL-Designer V4 licenses.

 

To have the "Development Stations" module available, the site must be associated to a subscription with the "Development Stations" feature.

 

To display the row with the corresponding sub-module, click .

For more detailed information on the sub-modules, see Servers and Development Stations.

 

 

 

"Data Sync"

This module relates to site data synchronization services. It includes the MCL provided service, "Filebox" (a virtual storage and forwarding space for files) and the "Messagebox" service (enables message exchange between the devices and a back-end via your account).

The "Messagebox" sub*module is only available if the subscription includes this service.

 

To display the row with the corresponding sub-module, click .

For more detailed information on these sub-modules, see Filebox and Messagebox.

 

 

 

"Business Analytics"

 

This module includes the sub-modules that manage/display the metric information that is provided by the MCL applications to the MCL-Mobility Platform via the "Business Analytics" service.

The "Counters" sub-module aggregates the processed metric data, the "Dashboards" sub-module handles the dashboards/widgets that display the intended metric information as well as other dynamic/static information (ex: the result of a mathematical formula) and the "Reporting" sub-module aggregates reports with information retrieved from devices (ex: a list of devices with their installed software info, a device's static details, etc.) and master data from the account's entities (ex: site details, lists of operators, device groups operator groups, etc.).

Click to access the row with the "Counters", "Dashboards" and "Reporting" sub-modules.

For more detailed information on each sub-module, see Counters, Dashboards and Reporting.

 

 

 

The "Business Analytics" sub-module is only available if the associated subscription includes the corresponding service.

 

 

 

Dashboard

 

This section is located on the lower right corner of the Site Dashboard. It displays pie and column charts with information about the site's device pool,operators and battery status. If you mouse over a section of the pie chart or a column, you get the corresponding information.

 

•"Device Type" chart (includes all the device models in the site's device list, regardless of current status)

•"Device Status" chart (presents the statuses associated to all the devices included in the current site)

•"Operator Connection Status" chart (only includes "enabled" operators. Displays how many operators are logged in and out)

•"Device's Last Connection" chart (refers the time that has passed since your device(s) last contacted the platform. (Ex: The green column informs you that 1 device last contacted the platform about 2 hours ago).

•"Battery Status" chart (refers to the power status of all devices associated to the current site).

 

 

 

When available, use the up/down arrows () in the Device Type chart to navigate between all available device types.

 

 

Mouse over any element of the charts to see more details:

 

 

 

Footer

 

The footer includes the following:

•(A) The current MCL-Mobility Platform version (to the left).

•(B) The "About" button (in the middle) - when clicked, provides Copyright information.

•(B) The "Terms & Conditions" button (in the middle) - when clicked, displays the corresponding document concerning the use of MCL-Mobility Platform.

•(B) The "User Guide" button (in the middle) - when clicked, displays the MCL-Mobility Platform User Guide.