The Process Dashboard Pane

	Display or Control	Description
1	Refresh button	The Process List updates automatically upon process changes that match the dashboard context settings and filter criteria. Use the Refresh button to reload processes in the Process List manually.
2	Display Group button	Toggles displaying processes in groups on and off: • If toggled on, processes are displayed in the Process List grouped by the process group property (or by the process class property, if process group is not set). • If toggled off, processes are displayed in a flat list. See Working in the Process Dashboard Pane.
3	Expand All and Collapse All buttons	When displaying processes in groups, you can show and hide the contents of the process groups: • The Expand All button expands all process groups and shows all processes in the pane. • The Collapse All button hides all processes from the pane and shows only the process groups. If displaying processes in groups is toggled off, the Expand All and Collapse All buttons are disabled. See Working with Process Groups.
4	View Diagrams button	Toggles displaying diagrams in the Diagrams area on and off: • If toggled on, the diagrams selected in the Add or Remove Diagrams dialog box are displayed in the Diagrams area. If no diagrams are selected, a “Open the pane menu to add diagrams” message is shown. • If toggled off, the Diagrams area is hidden. See Working with Diagrams.
5	Dashboard information	Displays information about the dashboard context: • Selected provider and system (for example: Interplay \| MAM “kl-mam57”) • Number of displayed processes that match the context criteria in the form “Items: <n> of <m>” (for example: Items: 100 of 239). <n> is the number of processes displayed in the Process List, <m> is the number of all processes that match the context criteria and applied filters.
6	Pane Menu button	The Pane Menu for the Process Dashboard pane contains the following options: • Define Context. Allows you to define the context of the dashboard. See Defining the Dashboard Context. • Add or Remove Columns. Shows or hides columns in the Process Dashboard pane. See Working in the Process Dashboard Pane. • Add or Remove Diagrams. Allows you to select diagrams to be shown in the Diagrams area. See Working with Diagrams. • Save As. Allows you to save dashboards to make it easy to access frequently used process dashboard definitions. All saved dashboards appear in the Launch pane. See Saving and Opening Saved Dashboards. • Help. Displays a Help topic describing controls in the Process Dashboard pane. From this topic you can access the entire MediaCentral UX Help system.
7	Filter bar (from left to right)	The controls of the Filter bar apply filters to the processes that are already shown in the Process List. See Applying Filters.
	Quick Search box	Displays only processes in the Process List that contain the word you typed.
	Life Cycle toggle buttons	Toggle filtering of processes that are in one of the following states on and off (from left to right): • Pending • Running • Finished • Error
	Top Level filter	Toggles displaying top-level processes on and off: • If toggled on, only top-level processes are displayed in the Process List. • If toggled off, processes of all hierarchy levels are shown in the Process List. If applying the top-level filter is not supported by the system defined in the Dashboard Context, the button’s tooltip displays a corresponding message.
	Creation Time filter	Filters the processes shown in the Process List by creation time. The Creation Time list offers relative time ranges.
	Groups selector	Filters the processes shown in the Process List by the process group property (or by the process class property, if process group is not set) selected in the Groups selector control.
8	Diagrams area	Displays the diagrams selected in the Add or Remove Diagrams dialog box. See Working with Diagrams.
9	Process List	Displays processes, depending on the dashboard criteria and filter applied to the pane. The Process List shows the following columns by default: • Name: Displays the name of the process. In front of the process name an icon indicates the life-cycle status of the process. Pending Running Finished Error The icon change as soon as the life-cycle status of the process is changed. • Progress: Displays the progress of the process life cycle as a colored bar and percentage value. - Uncolored bar and percentage value 0 for Pending processes. - Blue bar and percentage value 0 through 99 for Running processes. - Green bar and percentage value 100 for Finished processes. - Red bar and value 1 through 100 for Failed processes. • Elapsed: Displays the time the process is or was active. • Finish: Displays the date and time when the process finished. • Type: Displays the label of the process type. • Registered in MAM: Displays the date and time when the process was created. • Life cycle: Displays the life-cycle status of the process: Pending, Running, Finished, or Error. • Message: Displays a message if an error occurs during the process life-cycle. Up to 100 characters are shown in the Message field. If the message text exceeds this threshold, an ellipsis is shown at the text end. A tooltip then shows up to 500 characters of the message. • Created by: Displays the real name of the user who created the process and the user’s login name or group ID in brackets. You can configure which columns are displayed by using the Process Dashboard pane menu’s Add Or Remove Columns feature. See Working in the Process Dashboard Pane.
10	Show More Results button	By default, up to 100 processes are shown in the Process List. If the number of processes that match the dashboard context criteria exceeds this threshold, the Show More Results button is displayed at the bottom of the Process List. This button lets you show up to additional 100 processes.