User Guide

System Manager
System Manager Reference
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
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Building Technologies
2017-11-30
Primary Navigation Workflow
The following is a typical workflow that illustrates how the different System
Manager panes work together:
1. Select an object in the Selection pane (1). See Selecting an Object in System
Browser [➙ 38].
 Information and commands for that object display in the Primary pane and
in the Contextual pane (2). You can immediately monitor and control the
selected object.
2. Click the Primary pane to select a new object (3).
 The Contextual pane updates to let you monitor and control the new
selection.
3. Click one of the links in the Related Items list (4) to open it in the Secondary (5)
(or Primary) pane. This provides additional information or resources relevant to
the selected object.
4. Continue making selections, in both the Primary and Secondary pane, to
immediately view the associated information and commands in the Contextual
pane.
Figure 3: System Manager Main Workflow
Drag-and-drop Workflow
The following is a typical workflow that illustrates how to associate two system
objects using manual selection and drag-and-drop.
1. In the Selection pane, select the desired System Browser view (1) (see
Selecting Views [➙ 49]). For example, Application View.
 The System Browser tree updates to displays the selected view.
2. Navigate the tree to select the object (2) you want to work with, for example
Activity Log.
3. Select the Manual Navigation check box (3) to freeze the Primary pane (in this
example, Reports > Activity Log).
4. Drag and drop the selected object (4) (in this example, Address Book) to the
reports area.
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