Introduction to Manager Workspace
The platform was designed for developing and delivering applications that handle real-time data. Applications created using this platform are structured into Solutions.
A Solution encompasses the configuration for different functional Modules, which can include Tag definitions, Alarms, Communication, Displays, and more.
The tool utilized for selecting and opening a Solution is known as Solutions Manager.
By using the Solutions Manager user interface, you can easily organize your various Solutions, from local your local computer or remote devices, to streamline your workflow and increase productivity.
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Understanding Solutions Manager
The Solutions Manager interface is the main hub for managing and organizing your Solutions. From this interface, you can create new Solutions, edit existing ones, and and run Solutions located in your computer or remote ones.
Some very unique and powerful features about Solution management tools include:
- This interface is product version agnostic. You can manage and open Solutions created with different product versions without upgrading the Solution in the field or switching the engineering tool in your computer.
- The platform creates a file for each Solution. All configuration, including tag definition, displays drawing, images and report templates is stored in a single file — an encrypted SQL database with extension .dbsln — for easy management.
- You can open multiple Solutions at the same time or allow multiple engineers to work on each Solution.
- In order to enable multiple users to work concurrently on the same Solution, follow the procedure described at the section Multi-user Collaboration.
Solution Server
Solution Server presents information about the computer and folders upon the list of presented list Solutions is build. Clicking Solution Server allows managing the Solution Server Service settings. There are two options for Solution Server: Localhost or Remote. If you select Remote, you will need to set it up. See Configuring Solution Server page more information.
License
License presents information about the software license. There are flexible options for licensing according to each business' needs. See Licensing and Activating for more information.
Product Series
Product Series presents information according to the installed software version.
Solution Selector
Solution Selector refer to the main area on the Solution Manager, where you can execute many commands and actions around solutions.
The middle box is called Solution List and shows a list of Solutions on your computer or on a remote computer set previously. Click Refresh to update the Solutions list. Each item in the Solution list is a complete Solution with the configuration for an application.
On the top right corner, you can select List, Cards or Table view.
Each image below is an independent Solution. The image used for the Solution preview is the contents of the display named MainPage in that Solution.
List View
Card View
Table View
Solution File
The configuration for the entire Solution, is stored in single file with the extension .dbsln. That file is an encrypted embedded SQL database, with the configuration tables of the various modules, like Tags, Alarms, Scripts and Displays.
You can move, rename, duplicate, backup and restore the Solution files, working directly on the computer folders, as you'd do with any other file.
The moving or adding Solution files directly on the computer folders, you need to press the Refresh button, so the list will update the content of the folders.
Other files extension for Solutions are created, when using the Publish feature, as described in the chapter Build and Publish.
Solution Workflows
It refers to the Solution workflows. Check the related contents about:
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