In this section:
This page describes the UI/UX enhancements made in the top bar and left navigation panel of the EMA.
The top bar of the EMA is enhanced for better user interface, as described in the Description section. As an overview, the EMA top bar and the menu navigation bar is enhanced to be displayed like the following:
The user interface of the top bar and menu bar of the EMA is enhanced as described below:
Logo and Application Name - The left-top corner of the EMA displays the company's logo and the application name. The header displayed at the browser's tab is also changed to reflect the application name.
Workspace - The user interface of the EMA changes based on the option selected from the Workspace drop-down list.
An administrator can customize the workspaces available to other users using the Workspace Settings, which is visible only to users with administrative privileges. For other types of users, the menu and objects provisioned by the administrator are displayed.
For more information on Workspace Settings, refer to Users and Application Management - Workspace Settings..
The options in the drop-down list represents the scope and intent of the EMA user for the ongoing session. For example, the Classic
workspace allows the user to use all the functionalities of the EMA. Compared to Classic
, other options offer limited scope. The differences in scopes of the selected workspace for a user with administrative privileges are:
Administration - The menu and objects related to administration of the system are displayed. The menu displayed on the top bar are:
Basic Configuration - The menu and objects that are most frequently used pertaining to the basic configuration of the SBC are displayed. The menu displayed on the top bar are:
Classic (default) - All EMA menus and objects are displayed.
Monitoring - The menu and objects necessary for monitoring the system are displayed. The menu displayed on the top bar are:
Troubleshooting - The menu and objects necessary for troubleshooting the system are displayed. The menu displayed on the top bar are:
The data widgets display various important information to an EMA user. The changes for different data widgets are described separately in this section. However, the following three changes are applicable to all the data widgets:
Data Widgets offer quick navigation to the respective EMA object/window.
Active Calls and Licensed Sessions Widget - The user interface of the widget is enhanced.
This widget displays two metrics:
Both the metrics are dynamic and are updated every 15 seconds.
Alarms Widget - The user interface of the widget is enhanced.
The number of alarms of each type is dynamically updated after every 15 seconds. Clicking on the Alarms widget leads you to the Monitoring > Dashboard > Alarms > Current Alarms window of the EMA.
The types of alarms displayed on the widget are:
Hovering over each icon or it's corresponding alarm count displays a tooltip showing the alarm type.
The digit displayed beside the icon of an alarm type represents the number of such alarms currently active on the SBC. Sonus recommends attending the Critical and Major alarms with high priority. For more information on alarms, refer to Alarms Guide.
System and Software Information Widget - The user interface of the widget is enhanced.
This widget displays the following data in the left-to-right order:
WFDSBC01b
V06.02.00A025
2035103699
User and Help Toolbar - The user interface of the widget is enhanced.
Hovering the mouse pointer over the User and Help toolbar displays:
User Management Menu - The name of the user for the ongoing session, and a drop-down to display the User Management menu.
Change Password
option to change the password of the user logged in for the ongoing session. The Change Password dialogue-box is displayed.Log Out
option to log out of the ongoing EMA session. The Log Out dialog-box is displayed.Help Menu - The Help icon (?), with a drop-down to display the Help menu.
Always
and Just for the current object
. Depending on the option you select, the customized help link is displayed either for all EMA objects, or the for the object corresponding to which you configured the customized the help topic. The user interface of the Search tool is enhanced.
The Last Visited tool is introduced in the EMA to facilitate quick navigation to the frequently visited EMA objects for the ongoing session. Hovering over the tool displays a drop-down list of the recently visited EMA objects (up to 10 objects).
The Last Visited tool is reset when you change the Workspace for an ongoing session. For example, if you change the Workspace from Classic
to Monitoring,
the list of recently visited EMA objects is reset.
The navigational panel on the left of the EMA displays reorganized object hierarchy, which helps you to navigate through EMA objects intuitively. In addition to that, there are enhancements in the UI of two elements in the left navigation panel.
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Improved Object Symbol