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User Interface

The user interface provides browser-based configuration, management, and monitoring of the Spectra StorCycle solution. The following sections describe the common features that appear in all screens in the user interface.

Figure 2 The Dashboard screen of the Spectra StorCycle solution user interface.

The taskbar displays along the left edge of each screen. The following table provides an overview of the selections in the taskbar.

Taskbar

Description

Dashboard

The Dashboard navigation link returns you to the Dashboard screen from any other screen in the interface. The Dashboard screen displays the amount of data migrated, the target storage used, the cost saving for all migrated / stored data, licensed storage, the number and types of jobs ran, job performance, and the cumulative scan data for each source storage location.

Migrate / Store

The Migrate / Store navigation link takes you to the Migrate / Store screen which displays configured Migrate / Store projects and job statuses and provides access to the wizard for configuring new Migrate / Store projects. See Migrate or Store Data for more information.

Restore

The Restore navigation link takes you to the Restore screen which displays configured Restore projects and job statuses and provides access to the wizard for configuring new Restore projects. See Restore for more information.

Scan

The Scan navigation link takes you to the Scan screen which displays configured Scan projects and job statuses and provides access to the wizard for configuring new Scans. See Scan for more information.

Jobs

The Jobs navigation link takes you to the Active and Completed Jobs screen which displays information about active and completed jobs.

Reports

The Reports navigation link takes you to the Reports screen which displays links to the following reports:

• Settings and Configuration - Configuration, Users, Departments, Storage Locations, Migrate, Restore, and Scan Projects
• Jobs and Status - Logs, Jobs, Data Transfer, Catalogs, Cost Savings by Department, and System Messages.
• Catalogs - Lists available catalogs with an option to search a catalog or view details.

Buttons on each displayed report allow saving it in CVS or JSON format.

The toolbar displays in the upper right corner of each screen when the logged in user is an Administrator or Storage Manager (see Configure Users). It does not display for restore-only users.

The following table provides an overview of the selections in the toolbar.

Icon

Meaning

Description

 

Search

Takes you to the Search screen used to search the catalog for files to restore. See Search for Project for more information.

 

Settings

Note: The Settings menu is only available to Administrator users.

It provides access to the Settings menu which allows you to configure or view the following:

• Active Directory
• Users
• Departments
• Storage
• Licenses & SSL Certificate
• SMTP
• Logs
• Database Backup
• Global Settings

See Configure Storage and Configure Additional Settings for more information.

 

Help

Displays the help system.

 

Messages

Note: The Messages menu is only available to Administrator users.

Displays the messages generated by the Spectra StorCycle solution. The messages are categorized as:

• Info - An expected event occurred such as a job starting or completing successfully.
• Warning - A job completed with warnings or errors, for example, a file to be migrated / stored was already migrated / stored, therefore, it was skipped. Determine the cause of the problem and remedy it if necessary.
• Error - A job failed with warnings or errors, for example, the StorCycle solution cannot communicate with a storage location. Determine the cause of the error and remedy it as soon as possible.

 

User

Indicates the user currently logged in and provides access to the Logout function.

The table below describes icons that display on various screens in the user interface.

Icon

Meaning

Description

 

Cancel

Click to cancel an active job.

Clone

Click to duplicate a previous migrate / store project with a new name.

Delete

Click to delete projects, jobs, or logs.

Details

Click to display details. On a message details screen, you can also mark the message as read.

 

Download

Click to download logs. See Logs.

 

Edit

Click to edit a storage location, department, or user.

 

List

Click to see the listing of items in a catalog.

 

Refresh

Click to refresh the jobs listing.

Note: The Refresh icon displays on several background colors.

 

Restore

Click to restore the object in the catalog search.

Savings Calculator

Click to open the Savings Calculator section of a Scan Job Details screen. See Savings Calculator for more information.

The user interface supports Google Chrome version 75 or later, on Windows, macOS, and Linux.