HP Neoview Release 2.4 Software - Manual (Page 66)

Communicating System Messages
If you are an administrator for a Neoview platform, you may need communicate information to
users of HPDM (for example, current software configuration or maintenance notifications).
HPDM provides a single location in the Overview area (in the bottom left pane) where HPDM
users can obtain the latest information provided by system administrators.
Overview Area
The Overview area provides information about the system such as the system message, as well
as any other system-wide information that is deemed informative to an administrator or user.
Each aspect of the system that is displayed in the Overview area is contained within its own tab.
System Message Tab
The System Message tab contains a system message control to convey information to users. The
system message can be updated by a special role of user called a Publisher. The list of publishers
is fixed and is comprised of:
• super.services
• role.mgr
• role.dba
Any of these users can modify a system message. All other users can only view messages.
The system message is updated by a publisher and is comprised of the message body and the
time of its last update. The message body is a text area The text area supports cut, copy, paste,
undo and redo capabilities that are accessible through keyboard shortcuts and a context menu
that appears when the text area is right-clicked.
Navigation
The navigation of the System Messages tab contains a tree of active and other systems. The right
pane displays the system message for the selected active system. If an “other” system is selected,
the system’s definition is displayed. Otherwise, selecting the My Active Systems or the My
Other Systems folders displays a table displaying information about the systems under the
folder.
Right Pane
The right pane has a header section that displays the connection definition used to communicate
with the system. It also has a tab called “System Message” which is comprised of a header section,
text area that displays rich-text, and a button bar at the bottom.
The header section displays the message last updated time when docked within the main HPDM
window. When cloned into another window, the header displays the connection name and the
last updated time. The text area is displayed as an editable window if the user is connecting to
the system as a Publisher user. Otherwise, the text area is read-only for all other users.
The button bar contains [Apply] and [Refresh].
[Apply] is enabled if a Publisher modifies the text within the text area. When clicked, the text is
updated to the server.
[Refresh] causes the text area to be synchronized with the data from the server. If there are
changes made to the text area since the last refresh, a confirmation box is displayed asking if it
is okay to lose the local changes.
For all other users, [Apply] is hidden and only [Refresh] appears.
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