ARCHIBUS Web Central

ARCHIBUS Views

Using ARCHIBUS Web Central, you will access reports, forms, business charts, CAD drawings, and other data from the ARCHIBUS data repository. ARCHIBUS uses views to organize this data into a useful format for viewing and editing.

Views are a window into the data repository and determine the information that should be presented at one time, such as:

the database tables to present
the fields within a table to present
if only records meeting a certain restriction should be presented
the order in which to present database records
if the data should be presented as a grid or an edit form
if business charts should be displayed.

Views can also:

display associated drawings or activate a drawing tool
calculate data
update database fields
display analysis highlights in drawings
display drill-down tables and charts with summary data. By simply clicking on an area in a table or chart, you can drill-down to obtain the detailed contributing data.

For example, the "Highlight Occupiable Vacant Rooms" view, pictured above, does the following:

lists occupiable rooms that are vacant on a particular floor
highlights these rooms on a floor plan drawing
calculates the number of vacant room and their square footage

Accessing Views

There are a few ways to access views in Web Central:

your ARCHIBUS navigation pages list the views (or tasks) that you require based on your role.
the Process Navigator displays the complete list of views (or tasks) that you require based on your role.
the My Favorites list, on which you place customized views and the views that you need most often.
the Dashboard presents views and other data in a tabbed interface
search for views by name

Working with a View's Panels

Views present data in panels, which are sections of the screen that load specific items, such as a database table, filter, chart, drawing, or navigation tree. Once you use the filter or selection tree panels, you may want to hide them so that more data can display. Similarly, you might want to resize the panels displaying data to better examine specific data.

To resize panels:

Click and drag the splitters between panels. You can resize both vertically and horizontally.

To hide panels:

Click on the dotted area of the splitter.

To restore panels:

Once you hide a panel, Web Central displays a small gray triangle between panels. Click on the triangle to restore the panel.