Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.3. Tariscope Management. Overview
When you start the Tariscope Management program or the Tariscope programs the Connect to the Tariscope server window appears as shown in Figure 3.3.1.
Figure 3.3.1
In the Server name box, type the computer name or its IP address where the Tariscope server was installed.
In the Authentication list, select the desired option:
- Windows Authentication;
- SQL Server Authentication.
You should not enter user name and password for the first option. The authentication is executed using the Windows user name and password.
If you have selected the SQL Server Authentication option, type the user name and password in appropriate boxes. By default, the user name and password are used in Tariscope: sa and Tariscope123 correspondingly. After login, you can change these parameters or create new users. If you no longer wish to enter data in this window at start of the program, select the Auto connect next time check box.
Not recommended to select this box if several different users have an access to the computer.
After the connection to the Tariscope server, window of the Tariscope Management program appears as shown in Figure 3.3.2.
Figure 3.3.2
The program window contains:
- Menu;
- Toolbar;
- List of configuration pages (configuration tree).
Contents of the menu and toolbar depends on the selected configuration page.
When you select any branch of the configuration tree, the configuration page for this branch opens on the right of the tree.
When you select the Tariscope Management menu item or the Management icon on the toolbar of the Tariscope program, the All configuration pages view appears as shown in Figure 3.3.3.
Figure 3.3.3
Before starting the description of the configuration pages of Tariscope, let's consider the general properties of the configuration pages, where the data is displayed in tabular form.
There are two menus in all tables of configuration pages.
The first menu is called when you right-click anywhere on the table except the table header. An upper part of the menu contains items, which are similar to icons on the toolbar of each configuration page. This part of menu is specific to each configuration mode. A lower part of the menu contains items that allow to copy, edit, delete dtat and export the data from table in one of the following formats:
- Excel,
- HTML,
- CSV,
- PDF.
This part of the menu is a common one for all configuration pages.
An example of such a menu you can see in Figure 3.3.4.
Figure 3.3.4
The Add item is similar the Add icon on the toolbar. It allows to add a new object.
The Edit item is similar the Edit icon on the toolbar. It allows to edit a selected object.
The Remove item is similar the Delete icon on the toolbar. It allows to delete a selected object.
The second type of menu appears when you click on the table header. An example of such a menu is shown in Figure 3.3.5.
Figure 3.3.5
The menu contains three sections:
- Filtering. When you focus on the Filtering item, a sub-menu opens. It contains items which are used to filter information in the table. Select the desired check boxes in this sub-menu and click Apply. Data in the table will be filtered. Sub-menu items depend on the column header from which menu is called.
- Sorting. The section contains the following items:
- Sort ascending by 'name of selected column',
- Sort descending by 'name of selected column',
- Group by 'name of selected column',
- Unsort (remove sorting).
- A list of columns that can be displayed in the table. Select the fields that you want to see in the table.
There is a Search box which is located on the right side oh the toolbar. It provides a search of information by entered characters. The search is performed on all columns of the table.
To quickly find information on the first characters in the desired column of the table you can use the contextual search. To use it, should click on any cell in the column of interest and start typing the first characters of interest data. With the availability of such data in the table, focus will be set on the appropriate line.
