Groups

Administrator Interface

Groups Overview

Once you are logged into the Web Manager, click the "Groups" link or icon in the far left navigation bar to access the Groups section.

The Groups section allows the administrator to:

Set a Group's Host Options
Create, duplicate and delete Groups
Associate files to a BlueZone application
Add, delete, modify and copy a Group's Sessions
Sort Session order

The Action Bar

At the top of the page you will find the Action Bar.

To perform an action, select the desired Group from the listbox and then click the desired Action button.

The Current Group

When in the Web Manager, there will always be a group in focus, the "Current Group". When you enter the Groups section Web Manager will display the attributes of the Current Group. When you enter the Users section, Web Manager will display the Users of the Current Group. In the far left navigation bar at the very bottom is a box labeled "Current Group" which will always display the name of the group in focus.

Changing the Current Group

Select the desired group from the listbox on the Action Bar. The group will automatically change and be displayed.

The Groups Window

The Groups window has three divisions: a large center section labeled Group Sessions, displaying the sessions assigned to the group; and two small sections labeled Group Files and Hosts Options located on the right side of the page.

The Group Sessions

The groups sessions area displays the session type, e.g. "Mainframe Display", the configuration file associated to the session and any "options" or "switches". There are three icons associated with each session:

Modify - click to modify session options

Copy - click to duplicate the session

Delete - click to delete the session.

You will see these icons used throughout the application to perform the given actions on the item in context: modify, copy and delete.

SEE Click here for a complete Web Manager Iconography list.

Group Files

This section lists the files that are distributed with each BlueZone application type. All associated files will be downloaded to the user on the first connection/launch of the given application type. Upon subsequent connections, only newer files will be distributed to the user. A file is "newer" only if it has been added to the file list after the last connection, or if a file of the same name has been uploaded via the "Files" section.

To the left of the application type, e.g. "Mainframe Display", you will see a triangular icon () pointing to the right. To display the files in the distribution list click the triangle. The associated files will appear below the application type and the icon will become a down triangle (). Click the icon again to close the list.

To the right of the application type there is a modify icon (). Click on this icon to go to the "Associate Files" page. You can also access this page via the Action bar at the top of the page using the "Associate Files" action.

Hosts Options

This section allows you to modify the "look" of the Launch Page that is presented to the End Users. Host Options only affect the currently selected Group. So it is possible to have a different "look" for each defined Group. The options that can be changed are as follows:

View - There are two View options, Icon View and List View. Icon view is the default. List View presents more information about the sessions than Icon View.
View Filter - The View Filter is a listbox that allows the End User to "filter" the Launch Page by BlueZone session type. If desired, the administrator can select a specific BlueZone session type as the default. The View Filter can still be changed by the End User if the Show View Filter option is enabled.
Icons Per Row - Lets the administrator set the number of icons per row. The default is three. This setting only affects the Launch Page when Icon View is enabled.
Show Long Type - If enabled, the type of BlueZone session will be displayed in Icon View. For example, Mainframe Display. In List View, the session type is always displayed.
Use Java for IE - By default, Web Manager uses the ActiveX Web-to-Host Control Module for Internet Explorer (IE) browsers and the Java Web-to-Host Control Module for all non-IE browsers that support Java. If enabled, The Web Manager will use the Java Web-to-Host Control Module for all browsers including IE.
Show View Switch - If enabled, the View Switch link will appear on the Launch Page. The End User will be able to choose between the Icon View or List View.
Show View Filter - If enabled, the View Filter listbox will appear at the top of the Launch Page.