AMI Help v8.0

Banner Logo

Clicking on the banner logo will display a page of information about 3rd party software used in AMI, and a What's New section giving an overview of new features in this release.

Hovering the mouse over the logo will display a tool tip containing information about the version you are using. This includes the version of AMI the user is using, the version of Agility Server the client is connected to, and the username of the currently logged-in user.

Workspace Selection

The workspace selector lets the user swap between the different workspaces they have access to. Its first two options are always 'Create new workspace' and 'Edit current workspace', which invoke the Workspace Editor. In the Workspace Editor you can set any of the various configuration parameters for workspaces and gadgets, as well as adding gadgets to the workspace and moving them around. You can also alter the size and number of columns used in the workspace.

Price Lists

This dropdown contains all the available price lists. Use it to set the current price list.

Language

This dropdown lists all the languages available to the user. Use it to set the current language. Changing the selected language will refresh the gadgets to display attribute values in the new language. However, attribute names and object names are always displayed in the user's default language.

Structure Filter 

An attribute set can be assigned as a structure filter for each workspace by the system administrator. Each of the attributes in this attribute set becomes available as a filter property which, when the filter is activated, will filter the root objects.

An active structure filter is applied to gadgets that display objects or the results of searching for objects. For example, the Browse, Search and Relations gadgets are affected by the structure filter.

Other Features

At the top right of AMI you can see the name of the logged in user. If you click this, a menu of extra features opens.

 System Information

Brings up a dialog of diagnostic information that can be copied and pasted into bug reports. It includes the versions of AMI and Agility Server that you are using, and a record of diagnostic messages generated by AMI.

 Refresh

Clicking this will completely refresh the current workspace. It is equivalent to logging out and then in again.

 Help

Displays this page.

 User Preferences

Brings up the User Preferences dialog. This lets you set several user-specific settings, such as whether your initial language should be the language you used in your last session, or your default language.

 Log Out

Logs the user out and returns to the login page.

Gadgets

Each workspace can be configured by an administrator to display a range of gadgets. These gadgets are displayed on the page in a three column format. The width of these columns can be altered by clicking and sliding in the margin between the columns. A full list of available gadgets and instructions for defining workspaces can be found here.

Each gadget can be collapsed and expanded using the icon in the top-right corner of the gadget's title bar, or by double clicking in the title bar.

The menu icon in the title bar of the gadget displays that gadget's Action Menu. Each gadget has its own set of actions, although all gadgets have a Refresh and Help option.

Some gadgets may display a third icon  which allows the user to 'pop out' that gadget and expand it to fill the browser window.

 Refresh

Reloads the gadget and refreshes the display using the currently selected object.

 Help

Selecting the help option displays the help specific to that gadget.