MediaCentral | UX User’s Guide : MediaCentral | UX Mobile Application for the iPhone : The Sidebar

The Sidebar
 
After you sign in to the MediaCentral UX mobile application on an iPhone, you can view the sidebar, located along the left side of the screen when displayed. This allows you to navigate various systems integrated with MediaCentral UX, such as an iNEWS newsroom computer system or an Interplay Production database The Launch pane also includes any iNEWS projects and iNEWS servers that are part of an iNEWS community.
The top level of the sidebar contains the Launch pane. The following illustration shows the Launch pane with an available Interplay Production database and an iNEWS newsroom computer system, as well as a couple of user-defined Favorites.
From the Launch pane, you can navigate through the file structure and open assets. After opening assets, you can view the sidebar at any time by swiping your finger across the screen to the right. You can also use the Show/Hide button to toggle the display of the sidebar.
*The look of this button changes depending on the display status of the sidebar.
 
Button
Description
Tap the Profile button to display a list of options:
Send Log: Allows you to send log files to Avid to help troubleshoot problems. The Send Log option is active only if you enable logging in the MediaCentral UX settings. For more information, see Customizing MediaCentral | UX Settings.
Help: Opens the online help.
Current Role: Lists your user role and allows you to change the role if you have more than one role assigned to you. For more information, see Changing Roles.
Sign Out: Signs you out of your MediaCentral system and ends your session.
*The Profile button is available only when the Launch pane displays.
Tap the Back button to navigate up one level in the project hierarchy in the sidebar. Tap and hold the Back button to return to the Launch pane.
*The Back button is not available on the Launch pane.
Tap the Edit button to create or delete favorites.
 
Tap the Refresh button to refresh the list of queues, stories, and media assets.
You can use the Refresh button to update the queues and stories displayed in the iNEWS database or the media assets displayed in the Interplay Production database by clicking the Refresh button. This allows you to view any changes made to stories or any new iNEWS or Interplay Production assets.
In edit mode, the plus symbol located at the bottom of the sidebar operates as the Add Story button. Users can tap it to create a new blank story.