ARCHIBUS Web Central

ARCHIBUS Views

From home pages or the ARCHIBUS Process Navigator, you will select tasks, which present reports, forms, business charts, CAD floor plans, and other data from the ARCHIBUS data repository. These tasks load ARCHIBUS views (.AXVW files), which organize this data into a useful format for viewing and editing.

Views are a window into the data repository and determine the information that should be presented at one time, such as:

the database tables to present
the fields within a table to present
if only records meeting a certain restriction should be presented
the order in which to present database records
if the data should be presented as a grid or an edit form
if business charts should be displayed.

Views can also:

display associated drawings or activate a drawing tool
calculate data
update database fields
display analysis highlights in drawings
display drill-down tables and charts with summary data. By simply clicking on an area in a table or chart, you can drill-down to obtain the detailed contributing data.

For example, the "Highlight Occupiable Vacant Rooms" view, pictured above, does the following:

lists occupiable rooms that are vacant on a particular floor
highlights these rooms on a floor plan drawing
calculates the number of vacant room and their square footage

ARCHIBUS offers several types of views, including:

Accessing Views

An ARCHIBUS .AXVW file defines the view and defines the types of properties listed above. There are a few ways to access AXVW files in Web Central:

your ARCHIBUS home pages list the views (or tasks) that you require based on your role. When you choose a task, ARCHIBUS loads the .AXVW file that defines the view.
the Process Navigator displays the complete list of views (or tasks) that you require based on your role.
the My Favorites list, on which you place customized views and the views that you need most often.
the Dashboard presents views and other data in a tabbed interface
search for views by title

Checking the View File Name

If you need the file name for a view, you can access this by right-clicking on the task in either the Process Navigator, or in the bucket for the process / role on the home page. To view the file name, select Details from the menu that appears after right-clicking on the task.

The following image shows the file name when right-clicking on a task from the home page.

Working with a View's Panels

Views present data in panels, which are sections of the screen that load specific items, such as a database table, filter, chart, drawing, or navigation tree. Once you use the filter or selection tree panels, you may want to hide them so that more data can display. Similarly, you might want to resize the panels displaying data to better examine specific data.

To resize panels:

Click and drag the splitters between panels. You can resize both vertically and horizontally.

To hide panels:

Click on the dotted area of the splitter.

To restore panels:

Once you hide a panel, Web Central displays a small gray triangle between panels. Click on the triangle to restore the panel.