1. User's Guide
  2. Getting Started
  3. Web GUI Tools

Web GUI Tools

The Web GUI provides various tools to conduct operations. Some tools apply globally, while others apply only to a specific function on the tab. For example, the "Tree View" and "List View" controls on the Preferences menu apply to all pages and "Add a Widget" applies only to the Home page.

The User Menu

Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker displays the User menu in the upper right-hand corner of the branding bar, and is labeled with the currently logged in user's name.

The user menu provides the following links.

  • Help Topics—Links to the embedded Help system.
  • Preferences—Provides the choices for how you want to see the configuration objects displayed.
  • About—Displays information about the software, for example, the release and build numbers.
  • Sign Out—Logs you off of the Web GUI.

Help

The logged on user button on the Web GUI displays the following information:

  • Screen Help. Short descriptions of elements on the page.
  • Help Topics. Online Help system containing topics about the tasks that you can perform on the Web GUI.
  • About. Oracle notices and disclaimers, Oracle terms and restrictions, and third-party notices.

Help Topics

The Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker (OECB) includes an online Help system the provides the concepts and procedures that you need to know for working with the system.

From any page in the GUI, click admin, Help topics in the upper right corner of the page.

This image shows where the Help topics link is located on the Admin drop-down menu.

After you click Help topics, the system displays the Online Help Table of Contents.

This screen capture shows a typical example of an online Help system Table of Contents.

About This Software

You can display information about the software currently installed on the Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker (OECB) that you are logged on to by clicking About on the User menu located in the upper right corner of the Web GUI.

The following screen capture shows the location of About on the User menu.

This screen shot shows the location of About on the User menu.

The following screen capture shows an example of the information that the About link displays.

This screen shot shows an example of the information the About dialog displays.

The About page also displays the following links to more information about Oracle and the OECB.

This screen shot shows the links at the bottom of the About page that go to About Oracle. Contact Us, Legal Notices, Terms of Use, Your Privacy Rights, and Copyright Information.

The Search Tool

The Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker provides search operations for both system-wide and a configuration-specific objects.

The global Search button on the branding bar opens the Search text box where you enter the text to search for, such as an object name, an attribute, or value.

This screen shot shows the Search Tool options.

This screen shot shows a Search Tool dialog.

The resulting display includes links to the configuration object, for example:

This screen shot shows a Search Tool result.

Multi-instance configuration objects display a table of configurations and the table includes a text box for local search within the table.

This screen shot shows multiple Search Tool results.

The result of the search is displayed in the table. For example, searching for "henry" in the User Entries list above results in the display of henry's record, which you can edit, copy, or delete.

This screen shot shows User Entry results from the Search Tool.

Customize the Page Display

You can customize the display of the data on Web GUI pages by selecting which columns display, the information type, and the sort order. You can also re-order the column headings.

  1. Place the cursor on a column heading.
    The system displays a down arrow in the column heading.
  2. Click the down arrow to display the customization menus. For example,
    This screen capture shows a typical flyout menu of column headers. Select the ones you want to display.
  3. Select or deselect items, as needed.
  4. Re-order the column headings by placing the cursor on a column heading and sliding it left or right into the location you want.

Tool Tips

A tool tip is a brief description of a parameter on a configuration screen in the Web GUI, that also includes the default setting and valid values for the corresponding parameter.

To view a tool tip, place the cursor in the parameter field.

To close the tool tip, click away from the parameter.