Operations

SMARTUNIFIER provides a comprehensive management of the configuration components.

In the View Mode, the following options are available:

• Group Filter

• Search

• Import

• Add

• Reload

• Sort

Group Filter

With the Group Filter it is possible to restrict the number of components according to the substrings in the Group.

The Group Name contains substrings separated by a dot “.”. The Group Filter is then able to visualizes the Group Names in a hierarchical structure.

The Show All filter enables the view of all components (1).

In order to apply a filter, click one of the item in the Group Filter list (2). At the top of the table, the selected filter is visible (3).

Removing the filter is possible by either clicking the selected item again, selecting the Show All option or by clicking the cross in the filter at the top of the table.

Search

The Search option allows the user to filter results by different criteria:

• Name

• Version

• Description

The search is not key sensitive and it works as a partial search, displaying all the results matching with the searched characters.

To search for a component, select the Search button (1) from the upper right corner.

Enter a search term (2).

To cancel the search click on the Close Search button (3).

Import

This option allows the user to add to the scenario a new created or an exported component.

Before importing an exported component, open the JSON file and delete the component id (1) - when importing the database will generate a universally unique identifier (uuid). Also, copy (2) and paste (3) the version in the info section, as shown bellow.

To import, select the Import button (4) from the upper right.

A pop-up window appears. Chose the file (5) and select the Open button (6).

The imported component is now listed (7).

Add

The option to add/create a new component is described in the Instance Setup chapter, for each type:

• Information Models

• Communication Channels

• Mappings

• Device Types

• Instances

• Deployments

• Deployment Endpoints

Reload

This option reloads the components from the repository by selecting the Reload button (1) from the upper right.

Sort

The information in the view mode can be sorted ascending or descending for each column:

• Group

• Name

• Version

• Description

To sort the information from a column click on the column header (1). An arrow icon will indicate if the components are sorted ascending or descending.

In the view mode on the right of each component, the following operations are available:

• Export

• Edit

• Delete

Export

The user has the option to export a component to the local machine.

First, click on the Export button (1).

Choose a location for the file (2) and select the Save button (3).

Delete

A component can be deleted by clicking the Delete button (1).

Select Delete on the confirmation dialog (2).

The component is deleted.

Edit

A component can be edited by clicking the Edit button (1).

The component is opened in the edit mode.

In the edit mode, the following operations are available:

• Clone

• Apply

• Save

• Save and Close

• Close

Clone

A component can be cloned from the edit mode, by selecting the Clone button. (1).

A pop-up appears, if needed change the version (2) and click on the Ok button (3).

The cloned component is visible, in edit mode, requiring to input a valid name (4)

Note

The Clone operation is not available for the Deployment component.

Apply

In the edit mode, after a new data input the Apply button (1) must be selected to validate/compile data.

Save

In the Edit Mode, after applying the input data, the user can save the changes by clicking on the Save button (1).

A confirmation message appears (2). The edit mode remains active.

Save and Close

When editing a component, after applying the input data, the user can save the changes and exit the edit mode by clicking on the Save and Close button (1).

A confirmation message appears (2). The view mode is active.

Close Edit Mode

The user can exit the edit mode by clicking on the Close button (1).

If the data is not saved, a pop-up appears and the user can select the Cancel button (2) to return to the edit mode and save the data or select the Leave button (3) to exit without saving.