Using the Home Page

• Using the Home Page
  • Overview
  • Process
    • CCLAS 6 Home Page Screen Layout
    • Showing Attribute Tooltips
    • Changing the Colour Scheme Theme
    • Changing the Font Size
    • Allowing Microsoft Office Plugins
    • Viewing System Messages

Overview

The Home page displays after logging in to CCLAS 6 and can be personalised to suit your business practices.

Using the Home page you can:

• Change Log In Credentials—You have the option to log into one laboratory. Your login credentials are changed using the Change Credentials dialog box, which can be accessed from any screen.
• Search for and launch Applications—Using Quick Launch or the Favourites widget.

Process

The CCLAS 6 Home Page Screen allows you to access CCLAS 6 applications and set various settings for your session.

CCLAS 6 Home Page Screen Layout

The Home page contains the following elements:

Number	Description
1	Banner—Displays at the top of the browser screen. The banner contains: System Name and Version Active Window Viewer Quick Launch The banner displays on all screens accessed.
2	Active Window Viewer—Displays the number of active application screens you have open. Click the active window icon to displays a list of active screens, as well as a list of how the screens can be arranged. Refer to Launching Applications.
3	Quick Launch—Launches the application entered. The Quick Launch bar displays on all screens accessed.
4	Add Widgets Icon—Displays the Add Widget screen, where you can add widgets to your Home page.
5	Home—Returns to the Home page,
6	Application Navigation Menu—Displays the application menus or sub-menus that are accessed as part of the log on.
7	Help»About—Displays the following menu options: Online Help—Displays information relating to the function of each CCLAS 6 application. When the online help is accessed from a screen, links to processes associated with that screen are provided, and the page tab and field descriptions can be shown. About—Displays the following tabs which provide information for support purposes: Build Information—Displays the product information for the CCLAS 6 build, including Release, Version No., Build Date and Reference. Datamine Software—Displays links to the Datamine website and support portal.
8	Additional Settings—Additional settings that control your session's behaviour. For example Trace, Preferences and so on.
9	Change Credentials/Logout—Allows you to either log out of the session or change your district or position.
10	Hide Banner—Hides the banner and allows you to view the full screen.
11	System Message—The system message displays on the Home page by default and cannot be removed. The text displayed in the system message can be updated using the MSEPRF—User Preferences Detail screen, and updating the ria.system.message text (dependent upon your security level).
12	User Credentials—Displays at the bottom of the Home page. The following credentials display: User name—Displays your user name, or the code of the user currently logged in to the system. The user name displays on all screens accessed. Laboratory—Display the laboratory you are logged in to. The laboratory displays on all screens accessed.

Showing Attribute Tooltips

Use Show Attribute Tooltips to view the data attribute for fields in a screen, including a field’s associated security class name, attribute name, and any associated table codes, when hovering over a field on the screen.

The format for the tooltip is <class name>:<attribute name>, Table:<file><table type>.

Show attribute tooltips

Changing the Colour Scheme Theme

Use Themes setting to change the colour scheme theme of the banner displayed at the top of the CCLAS home page and application screens.

Change a screen colour scheme theme

Changing the Font Size

Use Font Size to increase or decrease the size of the screen font.

Allowing Microsoft Office Plugins

Use this option to allow access to Smart Excel.

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime (VSTO) and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5 or above (Standalone Installer) must be installed before you can run Smart Excel. The following plug-in option is available:

• Smart Excel Plugin—This plug-in allows you to interact with CCLAS using an Excel spreadsheet.

Viewing System Messages

The System Messages widget displays the welcome message for the CCLAS environment. It contains information that may be important for the running of CCLAS in the laboratory.

The System Messages widget is indicated by the pin-up messages icon:

This widget cannot be removed from the Home page.