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PLOSSYS Administrator

PLOSSYS Administrator is the Web user interface for administrating the Output Engine printers and jobs.

Requirements

Supported Web Browsers

The current versions of the following Web browsers are supported:

  • Microsoft Edge (on Windows)

  • Mozilla Firefox

  • Google Chrome

Configuration

Information on how to configure PLOSSYS Administrator can be found in the configuration sections of this documentation:

Open PLOSSYS Administrator

  1. To open the user interface, PLOSSYS Administrator, enter the following address into a Web browser:

    https://<plossys_server>:9000

  2. Use the user and password provided by your OIDC identity provider to log on to PLOSSYS Administrator.

    Hint - Keycloak from SEAL Systems

    If you are using the preconfigured Keycloak identity provider from SEAL Systems, you find the preconfigured users and their passwords in the SEAL Interfaces for OIDC documentation.

Troubleshooting

In case of problems, check out the troubleshooting section regarding PLOSSYS Administrator of this documentation.

User Interface

As of PLOSSYS Output Engine 7.2.0, the user interface of PLOSSYS Administrator has changed.

Header of PLOSSYS Adminstrator

Legend:

  1. Shows the current logged-on user. Drop-down menu with access to User Settings and Log Out option.
  2. Access to Jobs tab, Printers tab and Dashboard.
  3. Switch for dark/light mode and color options for the user interface.
  4. Language switch. By default English, German and French are available. Additional languages can be added, refer to Configure Languages and Texts for Windows or Linux.
  5. Current open tab.
  6. Columns shown in the user interface can be selected by the user. The selection pool of available columns can be modified via JOBS_METADATA and PRINTERS_METADATA for all users, refer to Configure Additional Columns or Linux.
  7. Creates a Watch tab with the currently applied filters.
  8. Deletes all filters.
  9. Search box. The search is executed while you are typing.
  10. Exports the table with the currently displayed items and columns to CSV format. The button has to be enabled in the user settings.
  11. Reload content manually.
  12. Auto Reload option. When activated and the tab is the active one, its content is automatically refreshed. You can set the autoreload intervall in the user settings.
  13. Selects all entries on the current tab. Single entries can be selected via mouse click or shift click for several specific ones. The selection of multiple entries enables bulk actions.

Jobs Tab

The Jobs tab shows all jobs processed by PLOSSYS Administrator if they have not been deleted.

Jobs Tab of PLOSSYS Adminstrator

Columns can be used for sorting and filtering with the adjacent control buttons. You can drag, drop and resize the columns. The settings are retained even after a refresh. If a column is dragged so small that the controls are no longer visible, it will be rescaled after a refresh so that the elements can be used again.

By clicking the > on the left of each job, you can see the job parameters.

In the Operations column you find several shortcuts. They become visible, if you hover with your mouse over the area. If a symbol is not shown to you, your user rights are not sufficient for the respective action.

Legend:

  • Icon for context menu Opens the context menu for the job. You can also access the context menu by right-clicking on the job directly.

  • Icon for repeat job Repeats the job.

  • Icon for watch job Creates a Watch tab for the specific job.

  • Icon for pause job Pauses the job.

  • Icon for cancel job Cancels the job.

  • Icon for delete job Deletes the job.

  • Icon for saving of temporary files Checkbox. Saves temporary files for the job into the database if activated.

  • Icon for job data download Creates a ZIP file with all the job data and downloads it.

  • Icon for job log Shows the job log for the specific job.

Printers Tab

Jobs Tab of PLOSSYS Adminstrator

Columns can be used for sorting and filtering with the adjacent control buttons. You can drag, drop and resize the columns. The settings are retained even after a refresh. If a column is dragged so small that the controls are no longer visible, it will be rescaled after a refresh so that the elements can be used again.

By clicking the > on the left of each printer, you can see the printer configuration and parameters.

By clicking a printer name a new tab is opened with just the jobs for that printer.

In the Operations column you find several shortcuts. They become visible, if you hover with your mouse over the area. If a symbol is not shown to you, your user rights are not sufficient for the respective action.

Legend:

  • Icon for context menu Opens the context menu for the printer. You can also access the context menu by right-clicking on the job directly.

  • Icon for watch job Creates a Watch tab for the specific printer.

  • Icon for pause job Pauses the printer.

  • Icon for cancel job Starts a test print on that printer.

  • Icon for delete job Opens the URL for that printer.

  • Icon for job log Shows the printer log for the specific printer.

Dashboard

Jobs Tab of PLOSSYS Adminstrator

You can refresh, configure and remove each widget on the dashboard with the controls in the top right corner of it. You can add widgets by clicking the specific icon in the left column. The widgets only show statistics for the data available in the Jobs und Printers tabs of PLOSSYS Administrator at the same time. For deeper insights, use the Kibana dashboards of Elastic Stack.

Jobs Tab of PLOSSYS Adminstrator

Legend:

  1. In the drop-down menu, you can select how many entries are shown per page in the Jobs, Printers and Watch tabs. The available options can be set using the PAGINATION_STEPS environment key. The default value is defined by PAGINATION_DEFAULT_STEP.
  2. Via Report a Problem you can reach the SEAL Systems Service & Support Center.
  3. When reporting problems, please include the version of PLOSSYS Administrator you are using as shown here.
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