Display Information

This article applies to versions 4.6.2 and later of IFS OI Explorer. For more, see Release History.

Overview

Display Information is available for all trends and pages in Display mode, in Explorer.

The Page Summary/Trend Summary section replaces the Properties dialog box, which appeared when you clicked the Properties button on the ribbon.

1. Explore icon: This icon appears when the Explore panel is open (in this case, for the selected Display).   Click the icon to open/close the Explore Panel. 2. Display Information header: The header is 'Explore', with a sub-header showing the display Name.   Click the pin to keep the panel open, otherwise it will close if you click elsewhere in Explorer (for example on a display, or on the ribbon). Click again to unpin. See more: Explore Panel Pinned.   Click the Close button to close the Explore panel for this case.   Click the Help button to open contextual help. 3. Page Summary: This appears for all displays. See more: Page/Trend Summary. 4. Knowledge Management: This appears for public displays. See more: Knowledge Management. 5. Commentary: This appears for public displays. See more: Commentary.

Page Summary/Trend Summary

The primary information is displayed in the Page Summary (for pages) or the Trend Summary (for trends). This section is populated by Explorer and cannot be edited.

For private pages and trends, this is the only section in the Display Information, and contains standard information about the display:

Workspace	The workspace where the display is saved
Last Modified by	The user name of the person who edited the display most recently
Last Modified at	The date and time it was last edited
Page Identifier	The page ID, which is unique within an installation of Explorer

 

Public Displays

For public pages and trends, the Display Information panel also has sections for Knowledge Management and Commentary.

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management in the Display Information is used for capturing and sharing knowledge about a public display (page or trend).

Note that Knowledge Management can also be for an area of a page, where it is accessed by an Info Button.

The default Knowledge Management fields are:

• Purpose: What this display is intended for.
• Instructions: Any special instructions applicable to this display

Read more: Knowledge Management

Commentary

This is where Explorer users can comment on the page or trend. Comments are displayed with the most recent shown first.

To add a new comment, type in the comment edit box, then click Save.

When adding a comment, there is a Live Preview tab below the edit box, showing the entity and user names, if any have been used.

Note: Live Preview only applies to version 4.6.2. In later versions, mentions are supported natively and a text format toolbar is also available.

Any user can reply to a comment. If you have Commentary privileges, or if you made the original comment, you can edit or delete comments.

Read more: Mentions and Hashtags in Commentary

 

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Accessing the Display Information

The Page and Trend ribbon tabs both have an Info button.

Click the Info button on the Trend ribbon tab to open the current trend's Display Information.

Click the Info button on the Page ribbon tab to open the current page's Display Information.

Explore Panel Pinned

When the Explore Panel is pinned, it remains open as you tab through different displays. Each time you click on a display tab, the Display Information is updated for that tab.

 

Release History

• Display Information 4.6.2 (this release)
  • This version of Explorer introduces mentions @ and hashtags # in the commentary.
  • A text format toolbar was added in version 4.6.4.
• Display Information 4.6.1
  • Styling changes to the Explore panel, including the new lightbulb icon.
• Display Information 4.6.0
  • Display Information first introduced.