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ARCHIBUS Web Central

ARCHIBUS Web Central Overview

ARCHIBUS Web Central organizes facilities and infrastructure management tasks in an intuitive Web browser interface. All infrastructure data is stored in a centralized repository so that authorized users from anywhere in the world can enter, edit, and monitor this data. Users can review and edit only data appropriate to their role within the company.

Accessing Data

Users can easily navigate to the data they require using the ARCHIBUS Web Central Process Navigator, which is located in the left frame of the application. The Process Navigator presents tasks, which are grouped by application. The tasks load ARCHIBUS views.

Views include dynamic reports and forms that are generated on-the-fly from the ARCHIBUS data repository. Views also include drill-down View Analysis tables and charts, which display database statistics. By simply clicking on an area in a table or chart, you can drill-down to obtain detailed statistics, which appear in a new window.

Some tasks load dashboards, which provide an easy-to-use interface for accessing a variety of data, such as project scorecards, assets reports, and operations summaries. Dashboards may also include a personalized My Desktop page, which allows you to manage your personal data, such as notifications and email.

Role-Based Content

Authorized users can access and update data using a streamlined, site-specific interface that provides customized role-based content for each user. The interface content is based on each organization’s business processes and the roles within the organization. When users log in, they access only the information and tasks relevant to their specific role within the organization.

User Roles

ARCHIBUS Web Central offers tasks that many types of  users -- from a craftsperson, to a guest, to a department manager -- can run to access the facilities data that they need.

In addition, right from the ARCHIBUS Web Central interface, advanced users can customize the program to meet the business needs of their particular site.

Broadly, Web Central users can be categorized as follows. The online help system is organized by these same user roles. For help in using the Web Central program, access the Help system, move to the Contents pane, navigate to the Web Central Users' Guide section, and then find the appropriate role.

• General staff are the general users of the system who run tasks appropriate to their role within the organization. Department managers, craftspersons, field assessors, lease managers, movers, approving managers, guests, and so forth choose tasks from the Process Navigator to enter data, review reports, review floor plan drawings, move work through the system, and so forth.
• The business process owner understands how the organization will implement each ARCHIBUS application. From within ARCHIBUS Web Central, they define background data and roll-up categories, and might also set up dashboards, workflow rules, document templates, and questionnaires. Typically, each application's Process Navigator includes a Business Process Owner role that outlines the set-up and other tasks. Depending on the size of the organization, the business process owner may take on the tasks of the CAD manager, the ARCHIBUS administrator, or the add-in manager, as outlined below.
• Although primarily focused in the CAD environment, the CAD manager uses Web Central to set asset text visibility; that is, which fields of text each type of type of item in a CAD drawing displays.
• The ARCHIBUS administrator personalizes the interface, configures workflow rules, edits the standard ARCHIBUS schema definition, and establishes application-level security. While some of these tasks can be executed from Web Central, the ARCHIBUS administrator also uses the tasks outlined on the Process Navigator of the ARCHIBUS Smart Client program. The ARCHIBUS administrator requires the documentation found in both ARCHIBUS Help and ARCHIBUS System Management Help.
• The add-in manager tailors the standard views, forms, and reports to suit the site's business requirements and simplify work for staff. Add-in managers can use Web Central's View Definition Wizard and Dashboard Definition Wizard to customize existing views and dashboards, as well as create their own. They customize and develop workflow rules using the using the Basic Rule Wizard or by hand-editing .java workflow rules. The add-in manager uses the tasks of Web Central's Technologies/Add-Ins section to see examples of the kind of customization they can implement. The add-in manager requires the documentation found in both ARCHIBUS Help and ARCHIBUS System Management Help.

• System administrators configure the ARCHIBUS Web Central program by managing program security, passwords, authentication, licenses, and so forth. They also use the Application Update Wizard, available from ARCHIBUS Web Central, to upgrade ARCHIBUS applications and core programs between releases. System administrators will find documentation for these tasks in ARCHIBUS System Management Help.