The user may now make a selection from the various buttons to perform the desired task. The buttons are arranged in two groups. The row of buttons along the top of the Console window are associated with the various objects with which a user might want to work, such as System, Rulebase, etc. Click one of these buttons causes a second group of buttons to appear down the left-hand side of the Console window. These buttons are associated with various actions that can be carried out on the object selected from the first button group. Example, if the user click
Rulebase
then the possible actions will be
Edit
and
Create
and two buttons will appear in the second button group to allow the user to select the desired action. In addition, there is a group of four buttons at the bottom of the left hand panel. These buttons are independent of the top row of buttons and provide quick access to some basic functions.
In addition to the buttons there is a menu bar. In general, the options on the menu bar mirror those available through the buttons mentioned above.
To the right of the second button group is the messages panel. This is a read only area where Console will display progress and error messages.
Along the bottom of the window is the status bar. This contains the current settings for
Work Directory
,
Rulebase
and
System
.
Launched Jobs
This is a list of all the jobs launched during the current session. Each user can access more information about a particular job in the list. Click the
Open
button.
When reconnecting the client to the console server, the list will display all the currently running jobs for all console clients using the same Rulebase.
The progress messages for each job are not displayed automatically when a Client reconnects. The user must select a running job from the list and click
Open
(or double-click the item). This will open the usual progress window.
Options
Open
Opens a status window for the selected job.
Delete
Remove the selected job from the list. Note that only completed jobs may be removed from the list.
Refresh
Refreshes the list with the currently running jobs for the same Rulebase.
Server Status Indicators
Work directory
The name of the work directory on the server’s machine where temporary and the output files will be placed.
Rulebase
Name of the Rulebase currently being used.
System Name
The name of the system in use.
Profile Name
The name of the profile in use.
Console Server Status
Indicates, if the Console Server is running or not.
If Console Server is running.
If Console Server is not running.
Search Server Status Indicates, if the Search Server is running or not.
If Search Server is running.
If Search Server is not running.
Connection Server Status Indicates, if the Connection Server is running or not.
If Connection Server is running.
If Connection Server is not running.
Common Toolbar Buttons
The following describes the functionality provided by the four buttons
Status
,
Settings
,
View Logs
and
Clear Messages
:
Server Status
This button activates the Status dialog, which reports the status of the IIR servers, the Rulebase and the database associated with the current system.
Settings
This option will display the dialog containing the current environment of the client. This is the same dialog as the one presented when the Client is first started. The user may make any required changes to the environment variables.
View Logs
Use this button to activate the Log Viewer. The Log Viewer allows the various output files produced by IIR to be viewed.
The Log Viewer displays the files in a Tree layout with the file size (rounded to the nearest kB) and indicates if a file is empty. The Log Viewer also gives the user the ability to delete individual logs as well as all the logs associated with the run itself.
Clear Messages
Click this button to clear the main message window.