Chapter 2. Using Elixir Ambience

Table of Contents

Overview
News
Settings
Watched Files
Create
Create an Ad-hoc Dashboard
Create an Ad-hoc Report
Repository
Actions for a folder
Actions for a file
Search
Search by name
Search by tags
Advanced Search
Save a search
Schedule
Enabled
Disabled
Create
Logs
Admin
Users
Groups
Access matrix
Logs
Drivers
Universe
Adding a Universe Mapping
Publishing the Universe as a Template
Setting Universe Access Permissions

Overview

After logging in to the Ambience Web Console, the following screen is displayed.

Figure 2.1. Main Screen

Main Screen

The screen displays some statistics about the number of active users and jobs on your system. To refresh this information, click .

News

This screen displays the latest news about Elixir products, including recent releases, and future product forecasts.

Figure 2.2. News Screen

News Screen

Settings

Click Settings to navigate to the Settings page for the domain.

Figure 2.3. Overview Settings

Overview Settings
  1. User name: Displays the user name using which you logged in.

  2. Domain: Displays the domain using which you logged in.

  3. Hide file extensions: Select to hide the file extensions. For example, chart.dashboard will be displayed as chart (without the .dashboard extension). By default, the files are displayed with the file extension turned on.

  4. Show hidden files: Select to show files that are marked as hidden. By default, hidden files are not displayed.

  5. To change the password, click Change password, enter the current password, set the new password, and repeat the new password as confirmation.

  6. To change the email address, click Change email, enter the current email, and enter the new email address.

Watched Files

Figure 2.4. Watched Files Pane

Watched Files Pane

You can mark commonly viewed files as watched files for easier access to them. For example, you can set up a nightly job to generate the sales report. If you mark this sales report as a watched file, it will appear in the watched files section enabling you to access it speedily. The last modification time of the file is also displayed, helping you easily discern which files are new and are to be viewed. For more details on how to start watching a file, refer to the section called “Watch”.