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Web Application - Dashboard

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This section is specific to DriveWorks 23 onwards, for earlier DriveWorks versions please see DriveWorks Pro Server.

Pro Server Web Application - Dashboard

DriveWorks Pro Server Web Application allows the management and configuration of Shared Groups hosted by the DriveWorks Pro Server Management Console database.

The dashboard provides a collapsible side menu and a main tiled area where links to all features can be selected.

The side menu is arranged with links to features separated into:

  • Side Menu
    • Group - must be logged into a group to access these features.
    • Administration - must be elevated to access these features.
  • Main Tiled Area
    • Management - require logging into a group or elevation to access.
    • Configuration - require logging into a group or elevation to access.
Side MenuMain Tiled Area
Group

Single Sign-On

User Licenses

Localization

Management

Groups | Sessions | Single Sign-On | Localization

Administration

Sessions

Groups

License Manager

Email Notifications

Trust Zones

Feedback Reporting

Configuration

Email Notifications | Trust Zones | Feedback Reporting | Settings

Additional

Settings

Change User

Active Group

Collapse

Color Scheme

Launch Pro Server Web Application

To run the Pro Server Web Application the Management Console database status must be Connected to Server

Once installed the Web Application can be launched in the default browser by:

  • On the machine Pro Server is installed on:
    • Clicking DriveWorks Pro Server [version] Web Application from Windows Start menu.

      Or

    • Enter the following URL in the browser on the machine DriveWorks Pro Server is installed on:

      localhost:54380/

      54380 is the default port for the Web Application and only applies if this has not been changed in the Configuration File.

      Or (from Pro Server Management Console)

    • Click the Open Application button at the top of the Management Console page.
  • From another machine with access:

    Enter the Pro Server Web Application URL in the address bar of a browser.

    Typically this will be:

    http://<Machine Name>:54380

    Machine Name is the machine hosting DriveWorks Pro Server.

    The protocol and port number could have been configured differently in the Configuration File.

Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication method that allows one account manager to sign users in to multiple independent software systems.

See Single Sign-On for more information.

User Licenses

See User Licenses for more information.

Localization

Localization is a feature within DriveWorks Pro Server Groups designed to allow DriveWorks implementations to be localized into multiple languages.

See Localization for more information.

Sessions

Sessions are a record of connections to Pro Server, or a group that is hosted by Pro Server.

See Sessions for more information.

Groups

Groups show and control the Shared Groups that are registered to this Pro Server.

See Groups for more information.

License Manager

The License Manager shows DriveWorks licenses stored on the machine hosting DriveWorks Pro Server.

See License Manager for more information.

Email Notifications

Pro Server can send Email Notifications when any connected DriveWorks Autopilot agent disconnects unexpectedly (for example when the machine hosting the Autopilot agent powers off).

See Email Notifications for more information.

Trust Zones

Trust Zones add extra control over access to Pro Server and DriveWorks Login, beyond the required Firewall settings

See Trust Zones for more information.

Feedback Reporting

Enables feedback reporting in the event of any exceptions thrown by the application.

To enable feedback reporting:

  1. Click the toggle next to "Automatically send problem reports to DriveWorks".
  2. Optionally enter contact information (Name and Email Address)

    By including this information we can better assist you in the event of any exceptions.

  3. Click Save Changes.

Settings

The following settings can be applied by clicking the Settings link from the left hand pane.

Settings - Sessions

Maximum Idle Duration - The maximum amount of time a DriveWorks Pro Server session can be unused.

Sessions older than this will be automatically removed.

Sessions can persist in browsers and other clients of Pro Server.

The minimum time this can be set to is 8 hours and the maximum is 30 days.

Settings - Elevation

This allows a new Elevation Password to be set.

This is required to access these administration settings.

Please refer to Administration - Elevation Password for more information.

Duration - The amount of time remote elevation lasts. The minimum time this can be set to is 1 minute and the maximum is 24 hours.

Change User

Shows the current logged in user.

Click this to show the Login to Group page to change user.

Active Group

Shows the current active group.

Click this to select another group from the drop down.

Collapse (Expand)

Will show Expand when the menu is collapsed.

Collapses the side menu to display icons only.

Color Scheme

The color scheme can be selected from any page of the Dashboard.

The chosen scheme will be applied to all pages in the Dashboard.

To change the color scheme:

  1. Click the Select color scheme button from the bottom of the left hand pane.

  2. Select the required color scheme from the chooser:

    • System - will set the color scheme to match the mode applied in the browser.
    • Light - will use the Light color scheme
    • Dark - will use the Dark color scheme