Seagate Info™ 7.5 Desktop User's Guide

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Job Information list box APS icon Folder icon The Job Information list box occupies the right side of the Info Desktop main screen and displays the contents of the folder that is highlighted in the Folder Tree. Object Instance The Job Information list box can be used to: select an object to schedule, monitor the progress of scheduled objects, and identify instances, run dates, and times. ThefollowingarepossiblestatusmessagesforinstancesintheJob Information list box: Processing The Info APS/APS Cluster has requested that the object be processed by an Info Server, and the specified Info Server is currently working on processing the object. 12 Seagate Info Desktop User’s Guide
Stopped The scheduled object has been stopped before completion. Recurring The object is scheduled to be processed repeatedly on a set schedule (every week, every month, etc.). No Response The Info Server has not responded to the Info APS/APS Cluster within a specific time interval. This may occur because the Info ServerisdownortoobusytorespondtotheInfoAPS/APS Cluster. In the latter case, the object is still processing, and the Info Server will return a status when it becomes available. Scheduled The Info APS/APS Cluster has scheduled the object, but it has not yet started processing. Success The object has completed processing successfully, and is available to view, analyze, etc. OnHold The scheduled object has been placed on hold. Failed The object did not complete processing successfully, and is currently stopped. NOTE: To find out why an object failed, right-click the failed instance and choose PROPERTIES from the shortcut menu. The Message section of the Instance Properties dialog box displays the cause of the failure. Stopping A request has been made to stop an instance, and the Info APS/ APS Cluster is currently sending a message to the Info Server to stop processing the object. DB Tested The Test Connectivity test performed on the database was successful. NOTE: The DB Tested status will only be returned when the Test connectivity only check box is toggled on in the LogOn Tab of the Schedule dialog box. For more information, search for Schedule dialog box in Info Desktop online Help. Getting to know the Info Desktop 13
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Page 11 and 12: 1 Introduction What you will find i
Page 13 and 14: Most importantly, the Info Desktop
Page 15 and 16: Info Desktop for Outlook Info Works
Page 17 and 18: 2 Getting to know the Info Desktop
Page 19 and 20: File Menu commands Edit Menu comman
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Page 31 and 32: 3 Adding Info Objects What you will
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Page 55 and 56: The Channel Tab The Channel Tab all
Page 57 and 58: The Limits Tab The Limits Tab allow
Page 59 and 60: 4 Scheduling Info Objects What you
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NOTE: When the Select option button
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NOTE: The appearance of the Object
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2 Toggle the E-mail check box on in
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How to schedule a report generated
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Scheduling an object with dependenc
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The Dependency Type dialog box allo
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7 Toggle this check box on and clic
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6 Highlight the event on this list.
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How to stop a scheduled instance Ho
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How to modify a prompting variable
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How to test database connectivity b
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The Configure CInfo Channel dialog
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How to schedule a report package Yo
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5 Viewing Info Objects in the Works
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The regions are listed here as row
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4 Use the Field Selector to highlig
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The Info Worksheet window General a
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When dimensions are displayed like
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Here is an example of drilling-down
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Export To Excel/ Lotus Use the EXPO
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Data Menu commands The Data Menu co
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The Info Worksheet Toolbar Shortcut
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Specify or remove a sort. Specify o
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4 Highlight a view and the instance
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Click and drag to select consecutiv
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2 Toggle Field Selector Buttons on
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Displaying the row and column total
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Displaying a different top-level to
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The Info Worksheet is then redrawn
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Re-orienting the Info Worksheet Mov
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2 When the cursor changes to this s
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Search field. Here is an example of
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Special Selections The six buttons
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. This is the current selection. 3
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Changing the available paged fields
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1 Right-click on the field which th
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MIN (startfield:endfield) gives the
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Formatting the display using attrib
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Three ranges are created automatica
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How to set color attributes for the
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How to define a new condition 3 Hig
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How to manage two conditions that r
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1 Click on the Value
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2 Type the lower and upper conditio
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The Attribute Editor appears. 4 Cli
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The calculation shows the percentag
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cube, only on its representation wh
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Each chart can be fully customized
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How to show data in a chart You can
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How to show a chart in a different
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How to set a chart back to the defa
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Loading a chart template 4 Click th
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Hiding tick labels As you can see f
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How to customize chart titles and l
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2 Click the Text Tab. 3 Type the ap
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How to drill up and down hierarchie
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Performing multi-level sorts For an
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How to sort on a dimension To sort
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Some of the Budget values are the s
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Reorienting the display If you spec
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By default, the exclude is performe
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2 Select whether to exclude rows or
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The filter indicated above would se
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These values satisfy both condition
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Exporting data from the Info Worksh
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Performing the copy and paste To us
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How to set the printing options and
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Title when a Title is specified, it
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How do I start the Info Worksheet f
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Click-drag products over to region
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First, use the Field Selector to ch
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Info Worksheet Terminology Cubes st
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This symbol shows there are more fi
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Menu Bar File Menu Commands The Men
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How to open the Info Worksheet for
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NOTE: You can only resize columns f
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How to show or hide dimension butto
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1 Click-drag next to the Field Sele
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The display now looks like this: Se
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These buttons are grayed if the dim
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2 Highlight the fields you want fro
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Formatting the display The Select S
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Add and remove ranges and set their
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It may be the case that two conditi
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Only the selected rows and columns
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How to delete a range Any condition
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In this case, the formatting for
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Charting You can display the Worksh
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How to show data in a chart You can
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How to show your chart in a differe
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How to customize the chart titles Y
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In this example, the bars in the ch
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Changing the positions of the axis
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Hiding axis labels 2 Uncheck this o
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2 Check this option and type in a v
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Each field value is now shown on th
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Customizing the chart legend 2 Chec
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Performing multi-level sorts Whenas
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The products are now sorted into as
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To remove all specified sorts You c
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Here is the exclude symbol. Only re
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6 Integrated Desktops What you will
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Info Desktop for HTML Info Desktop
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Job Information Tabs In the right f
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Stops a scheduled job from running.
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Info Desktop for HTML Open your web
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How to schedule an object for immed
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How to schedule an object for recur
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How to specify an output destinatio
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Info Desktop for Java How to hold a
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How to delete a report instance How
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How to view the properties of an in
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View Window Use the View Window sec
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Refresh Use the Refresh option in t
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If you have not yet subscribed to y
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The Info Channel main page appears.
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3 In the Use Folder Named text box,
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How to navigate the Info Desktop fo
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7 Info Viewers What you will find i
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Info Viewer for ActiveX (WebAccess)
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Info Viewer for HTML (WebAccess) Th
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Info Viewer (Info Desktop) The Info
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8 Prompting Variable Pick Lists Wha
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1 Open any text editor. 2 Type the
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3 Click the Prompts Tab. 4 Highligh
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I N D E X Symbols % of Column Total
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display changing Info Worksheet for
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scheduling for immediate processing
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seamless object creation ..........
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W WebAccess customizing the desktop
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