Specifications

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Navigation
Argos has been designed with an intelligent interface that knows your user type and
configures menus and buttons to show only those actions permitted.
Menus across the top allow you to take simple actions such as logging into the product,
finding items in the Explorer, customizing your Argos toolbars and changing your
password. You can also access the integrated Help system or visit the Evisions website
that has many helpful resources available. The most common actions are replicated as
buttons just beneath the menus.
At the very bottom of the screen, the status bar tells you what server you are logged into,
your user name and user type.
Between the top and bottom toolbars is the Argos work area. The work area is broken into
two halves. The left half contains the Navigation area while the right half contains the
Action area.
Action Area
The right hand side of the screen will have buttons for any actions you can take on a
selected object. The buttons that show will depend on the type of object you select in the
Navigation area.
Navigation Area
This area contains the objects that you can perform actions on. There are three different
views you can use for the Navigation area by clicking the desired tab (Explorer,
QuickLaunch, Dashboards). Each of these views is described below.
Explorer view
The Explorer is the default view for the Navigation area, in which a simple menu of
available folders and objects is displayed. Argos objects that can be found in the Explorer
include:
Folders – Contains objects, including other folders
DataBlocks – The “parent” object for one or more reports
QuickView Report – A display-only report or Dashboard
CSV Report – A comma-separated values report
Banded Report – A fully-formatted report
Extract Report – A text report that meets pre-defined specifications
Schedule – Reports may be scheduled to run automatically
Icon Explorer Objects
Folder
DataBlock
QuickView Report
CSV Report
Banded Report
Extract Reports
(Delimited, Fixed
Width, XML)
Private Report
(Banded)
Schedule
Figure 1 – Explorer objects