1. Release Notes
  2. Web GUI Changes

3 Web GUI Changes

The PCZ2.3.0 release changes the look, and some of the behavior, of the Web GUI to better align with Oracle's current styles and standards. Although most of the navigation and operations remain the same, some differences occur in the location and design of the controls you use to access and manipulate the objects on the Web GUI. The following information describes the new controls, operations, and behavior of the Web GUI.

Latency Recommendation

Oracle recommends the following guidelines for GUI operation:

  • Ensure latency between your laptop browser and the OCECB server does not exceed 10ms for optimum performance of the GUI.
  • Clear your browser cache (Ctrl -F5) or press-F5 after load of login page after an upgrade to ensure the system properly applies GUI changes.

Cache Clearance Recommendation

Branding Bar

The branding bar now displays four tabs, instead of five, and the user menu adds the Preferences item. The following screen capture shows the new branding bar, displaying the Home, Configuration, Monitoring, and System tabs.

This screen capture shows the new Oracle banner bar. Aside from the look, the change is that there is no longer a Widgets tab.

  • Widgets tab—The former Widgets tab is removed, and its contents now display on the Monitoring tab under Widgets.
  • Monitoring tab—Formerly named Monitor and Trace, the Monitoring tab now includes the functionality of the former Widgets tab as well as the pre-existing Monitor and Trace functions. The following screen capture shows the Monitoring tab with links to Monitor and Trace and Widgets.

    This screen capture shows the high level contents of the Monitoring tab.

  • User Menu—Changes include the removal of the Screen Help link and the addition of the Preferences link, which displays a dialog where you can set the view of the navigation pane.

    The following screen capture shows the new User menu.

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    The following screen capture shows the new Preferences dialog, where you can choose either the Tree View (categorical) or the List View (alphabetical) for the objects in the navigation pane.

    This screen capture shows the new Preferences dialog, where you can set your choice for mode and view.

Home Tab

  • General Widget Controls—The Refresh, Add Widget, and Reset controls now display all together in the upper right side of the Home page, as shown in the following screen capture.

    This screen capture shows the new location of the Refresh, Add Widget, and Reset controls.

  • Specific Widget Controls—As before, each Widget displays the operational controls related to its purpose. The controls now display as text, rather than as icons. When you hover over the text, it becomes a button that you click. For example, in the following screen capture, Export is shown as a button upon hover and the other controls are shown as static text before hover. This screen capture shows a typical widget with the newly formatted controls.

Configuration Tab

  • Center pane header—Now displays only the Save, Verify (new), Discard, and Search controls. The Wizards and Commands controls now display in the navigation pane, rather than in the page header.

    This screen capture shows the center pane of the Configuration tab. The preceding text describes the changes from the previous web GUI.

  • Verify control—New. Lets you confirm that a configuration is valid before you save the changes. Displays a results report, including error messages and their severity.
  • Navigation pane—Displays the Wizards and Commands controls, along with the Service Provisioning and System Administration configuration objects. From Preferences in the User menu, you can set the display to show the configuration objects in either the tree view (categorical) or the list view (alphabetical). The following screen capture shows the tree view.

    This screen capture shows the navigation pane on the configuration tab. It now includes the Commands and Wizards links.

  • Edit, Copy, and Delete—The controls that you use to manage a row in a multi-instance configuration table are now listed in an context menu that displays when you right-click a row, as shown in the following screen capture.

    This screen shot shows the new context menu that displays the Edit, Copy, and Delete controls for a row in a configuration table.

  • Tool Tips—You no longer need to hover over the field label to see the Tool Tip. The Tool Tip now displays as soon as you put the cursor in a field.

    This screen capture shows a typical tool tip that the system displays when you place the cursor in a field in a dialog.

Limitations:

  • Re-clicking the tab or configuration object that is currently displayed does not refresh the page.
  • The Web GUI no longer displays the Discard Configuration confirmation dialog when you change tabs without saving the configuration.

Monitoring Tab

Navigation pane—Displays links to the Monitor and Trace summaries and the Widgets list.

This screen capture shows the new navigation pane on the Monitoring tab. It now includes Widgets, which was previously a separate tab.
  • Monitor and Trace—Click the arrow to expand the view to display links to the following summaries.

    This screen capture shows the links to the monitor and trace summary reports that display when you click the Monitor and Trace arrow.

    Summary Report—Click the link and the system displays the report with its corresponding controls displayed in text across the top of the summary. When you hover over the text, it becomes a button that you click. For example, in the following screen capture, Refresh is shown as a button upon hover and the other controls are shown as static text before hover.

    This screen capture shows a typical monitor and trace summary with its controls.

  • Widgets—Click the arrow to display links to the categories of widgets.

    This screen capture shows the categories of widgets that display when you click the Widgets arrow.

    Click a category arrow to display links to the corresponding widgets. The following screen capture shows the Media category expanded to show the NAT object.

    This screen capture shows an example of a list of widgets that displays when you click a category arrow.

    Click a Widget link and the system displays the widget with its corresponding controls displayed in text across the top of the widget. When you hover over the text, it becomes an active button.

    This screen capture shows an example of the NAT by Index Widget and its controls.

System Tab

  • Center pane header—The Force HA Switchover, Reboot, and Support Information links move from the navigation pane to the center pane header, where they become active buttons upon hover.

    This screen capture shows the new center pane header for the System tab. It now include the Force H A Switchover, Reboot, and Support Information buttons that used to be in the navigation pane.

  • Navigation pane—The File Management and Upgrade Software links remain in the navigation pane, which now includes the Set Boot Parameters link.

    This screen capture shows the newly added set boot parameters link in system tab navigation pane.

    • Set Boot Parameters displays the following configuration dialog.

      This screen capture shows the new set boot parameters dialog that you can launch from the navigation pane on the System tab.

    • The File Type drop down list is removed. Use the arrow control by File Management to display the File Types.

      This screen capture shows the file management links in their new location under file management in the navigation pane of the system tab.

  • Center pane—When you first land on the System page, the center pane displays an alphabetical list of links to the System objects.

    This screen capture shows the center pane of the system tab, with all of the possible links displayed in alphabetical order.

    Click a link to display the object. For example, click Log to display the Log table.

    This screen capture shows the response to clicking the Log link in the File Management List.