Using WebLogic Integration - Business Connect
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The following topics are provided for using the WebLogic Integration - Business Connect graphical user interface (GUI) and online help.
The application has a conventional windows user interface. Many tools and features are accessible on the top tool bar. In Administrator and Tracker, clicking the icons on the bar on the left side displays the primary windows you use for managing profiles and certificates and for viewing records of trading activity.
Figure 4-1 identifies the components of a user interface window in Administrator. The components are similar in Tracker.
The following are the icons and related windows and functions in the Administrator application.
The following are the icons and related windows and functions in the Tracker application.
The following topics describes the various windows you encounter in the user interface.
Information viewers contain lists of records. You must first select a record before you can view, edit, copy or delete it. To select the record, click on it and then press the button for the function you want to perform. Each record in the system appears on a separate line in the list. If there are more records than available space on window, a scroll bar appears on the right side.
The user interface allows you to view or work with records on information viewers for each of the configurable parts of the application. You select an icon from the bar along the left side of the main Administrator and Tracker windows. You can use information viewers to add, clone, edit or delete a record.
The commands you can use in the information viewer are available from the menu bar, the tool bar or right-clicking the mouse. Commands or buttons that cannot be used in particular instances appear dimmed.
Right-clicking the mouse displays different pop-up menus on the various information viewer windows (Company Profiles, Partner Profiles and so on). For example, you can quickly change the status of a company profile by right-clicking the record in the Company Profiles information viewer and then left-clicking Change Status in the pop-up menu.
The user interface is further organized into tab windows to make maintenance logical and easy. From the information viewer, you can select and open a user, company profile or partner record to display an array of tab windows that contain the detailed information about that record.
You can complete or maintain these tabs in any order. If you click OK before you complete all required fields on all tabs, a message appears listing the fields you must complete.
Tab windows contain the detail behind each record. When you create or open a record, the tab windows appear.
Dialog boxes provide a working area where you can complete an action. They require you to make choices or enter data. Examples include the export and import profile dialog boxes.
Wizards are a series of related windows that take you through a specific setup procedure from start to finish. Examples include the New Certificate and the Import Certificate wizards.
Message boxes provide feedback about actions. Each box contains a message and an OK button for closing the box.
The following symbols are used on windows in Administrator to denote the status of objects.
You can use a mouse to navigate the user interface or you can use keyboard commands for mouse-free navigation.
You can view the names of the tool bar icons by selecting View
An asterisk next to a field name on a window means it is a system-required field. The system prompts you to complete such fields if you leave them blank.
In a window or dialog box, you can use the Tab key to move the focus from one field, button, option, or check box to the next. You can then use the spacebar to select an option or check box or to click a button. In some cases, such as tables, you must use Ctrl-Tab to move into or out of a table and use Tab to move from cell to cell.
The following keyboard commands, using the Ctrl key to execute functions, are available.
WebLogic Integration - Business Connect follows the Windows convention of using Alt key commands to display toolbar menus. For example, Alt-F displays the File menu, Alt-E displays the Edit menu, Alt-V displays the View menu, and so on.
You can sort, arrange and hide columns of data on information viewers in the Administrator and Tracker applications. The settings you select persist until you change them.
Data on information viewers can by sorted by column in ascending or descending order. You can sort by column on any of the information viewers that have columns in Administrator and Tracker. An up arrow in a column heading indicates ascending order and a down arrow indicates descending order.
Click a column heading to toggle between ascending and descending order. You also can place the cursor over a column heading, right-click and select sorting by ascending or descending order on the pop-up menu.
A sorting arrow that points up or down appears in only one column at time, indicating which column is being used to sort the data on the information viewer. You can move the arrow to any column and resort the data by clicking a different column heading.
You can move columns on the information viewers to arrange them in any order you want. Place the cursor over the column heading you want to move, click and hold the left mouse button and drag the column heading to the new position.
You also can adjust column widths by placing the cursor over the lines between the columns headings to make a double-arrow appear. Click and hold the left button to adjust the widths.
You can hide and show columns of data on the information viewers that have columns. Select View
WebLogic Integration - Business Connect includes online help that is displayed in your Internet browser.
The online help is available from within Administrator and Tracker. Administrator contains help topics for all aspects of the application, with the exception of those for Tracker. Tracker has its own help system. Help topics for the Server application are included in the help for Administrator.
You can access online help in Administrator or Tracker by:
In Windows you also can access help by selecting Start
Using the online help is similar to navigating any web site. You can scroll through the table of contents in the left side of the help frameset and click on the topic you want. Help topics appear in the right frame. Icons on each help topic page let you jump to the previous topic, the next topic and the index.
The online help has a key word search feature. On the search tab, type a word or phrase and click Go. The help system displays a list of topics that contain the word or phrase, if any matches are found. If you do not find the topic you want, try searching using other key words or look in the Contents or Index.
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