The graphical user interface, as it is displayed in your browser after successfully logging in, is made up of the following areas and elements:
Header The header contains links to general settings and information, such as the language settings under “Language”, where you can select the language to be used by Sedrix to display labels and texts in the web interface, or a link to this manual under “Help”. At the far right of the header you will see the role - in the screenshot, this is “super-administrator” (see the section on user roles for more details) - as well as the name of the user who is currently logged in. For more details, see the Header section.
Menu The vertical menu bar consists of a series of shortcuts, i.e. buttons with special icons that can be clicked to quickly reach the most important views. Clicking on the green "hamburger button" at the top leads directly to the main menu, which is otherwise hidden (see below). The shortcuts that are displayed in the menu depend on the rights of the logged-in user and the type of licensing. For further details, see the Menu section.
Navigation bar/Address bar The navigation bar shows you the hierarchical position at which you are currently located as a “path specification”, starting from the name of the project.
Context menu For each element displayed in the data/workspace, an icon symbolizing that element is displayed in the upper right corner. The label below it identifies the element even more specifically, followed by a small black triangle. In the screenshot, the element is a folder. Clicking on either the name or the triangle opens a context menu with commands that can be applied to the item. Typically, this menu provides (among other things) a command to open the edit mode of the item, or to update the view. For more details, see the Context Menu section.
Data-/Workspace This is the main area of the interface and its content depends on which navigation element is currently selected. Within the areas accessible by clicking on the tabs “Measuring points”, “Folders” and so on, lists of the corresponding objects are displayed in a table as an overview.
Main menu (not visible in screenshot, because it is currently hidden) This menu - normally hidden - contains in particular the project tree (mentioned below), as well as a number of further text links for accessing frequently used views (analogous to the equivalent shortcuts in the menu; again dependent on the rights of the user). The main menu is opened by clicking on the green "hamburger button" . In doing this, a different menu is hidden. For more details, see the Main Menu section.
Edit mode: The above screenshot specifically shows the view of a folder, which only displays its contents. The "Edit" command of the context menu explained above takes you to another, special *view for editing* the folder. This principle is also valid for all other (editable) elements in Sedrix like measuring points, devices or projects: in addition to a pure display mode, there is a special mode for editing. This will usually be referred to as the Edit mode, and can be accessed via the context menu of the object or by clicking on one of the “Edit” buttons that are displayed on the right side of each line of a list view of objects, such as the list of subfolders of a folder. However, the edit mode is only accessible to the logged-in user if they have the corresponding rights (as explained in more detail below).
Sedrix works according to projects. The available/displayed data is always that of the currently selected project! (See the Important Terms section.)
Language of the Sedrix interface
The language used to display text and that controls how numbers and dates are formatted can be set under “Language” in the header.
Header
In Sedrix, the header is the topmost horizontal menu bar with a black background. It contains menu points for accessing general functions and information.
Under “Language”, you can set the language to be used to display labels and text in the user interface. See Language of the Sedrix Interface.
Under “Help”, you will find resources to help you use Sedrix as well as contact information:
“Documentation”: a link to this manual
“Changes”: a link to the Sedrix changelog (see here)
“Contact”: contact information for Remolution Software GmbH, as well as - if set in Sedrix - the contact information for the person designated as the project contact person
“Data privacy statement”: data privacy statement according to GDPR for the usage of Sedrix
The name of the currently logged-in user is also displayed on the far right of the header. If this user is a user with privileges, their role is also displayed. In the screenshot, this is “super-administrator” (see the section on User Roles). Clicking on the name opens a context menu with commands for managing your own user account and for logging out.
Menu
In Sedrix, the menu is the vertical menu bar. It contains several buttons with icons, via which Sedrix’s most important views or functions are reached.
Note: Which of the buttons described below are displayed in the menu depends on the rights of the currently logged-in user, or more precisely the user group to which they belong, and also on the licence. If necessary, contact your system administrator if you require access to buttons that are currently hidden.
Main menu
The main menu, reached via the green “hamburger button” contains
the project tree, which helps you navigate within a project
To open the main menu, click the hamburger button once. The main menu will expand and the whole menu bar moves to the right. To close the main menu again, click the hamburger button again. The main menu will collapse.
The main menu is generally hidden, to provide more screen space for the data/work area, which is particularly beneficial when working with Sedrix on small screens.
The project tree of the current project is displayed when you click on the “hamburger button” in the menu.
The hierarchy of folders that make up a project, and the measuring points placed within in form a “tree”, with the project folder at the “root”, sub- and sub-sub-folders etc. as the “trunk” or “branches”, and the measuring points as “leaves”. This hierarchical structure of the current project is referred to as the project tree and graphically visualized in the main menu, in the same way as the hierarchical structure of a computer file system, with folders, sub-folders, sub-sub-folders etc. and files, is displayed in Windows Explorer navigation or in the List view of the Finder in macOS etc:
Folders created within the project are shown in the project tree with either the symbol (closed folder) or (open folder). Two symbols are used, as it can be helpful (for clarity) to hide elements in the project tree at a certain level, which is then shown as the closed folder symbol. Clicking on this folder symbol will open the folder at any time and its contents can be shown.
Measuring points created within the project are shown in the project tree with the symbol, followed by the name of the measuring point.
Note: It is possible to remove measuring points from the project tree. These hidden measuring points will then only be listed in the Folder view (with a special symbol, see Measuring Point Properties for the corresponding setting (“Show in Project Tree”).
Global Functions
The global (project-wide) functions described here are only available to users with privileges: super-administrators and administrators (see User Roles). Several of the functions can also be accessed via the corresponding icon in the menu.
Projects
This function opens the Project Management view. Here, new projects can be created, existing ones can be edited, archived or even deleted.
The function is only available to users with privileges (super-administrators and administrators, see User Roles). The “Projects” link will only be displayed if the user is logged in with the required privileges.
“Projects”: clicking on this link opens Project Management (corresponds to clicking on in the menu)
Users
This function opens the User Management view. Here, new Sedrix users can be created and existing users can be edited or even deleted.
The function is only available to users with privileges (super-administrators and administrators, see User Roles). The “Users” link will only be displayed if the user is logged in with the required privileges.
“Users”: clicking on this link opens User Management (corresponds to clicking on in the menu)
Devices (All Projects)
This function opens a view in which all devices that have been added to Sedrix, across all projects, are listed in an overview (available from version 2.12).
“Devices (All Projects)”: clicking on this link opens the project-wide devices list (there is no icon in the menu).
“Geräte (Alle Projekte)”: Ein Klick auf diesen Link öffnet die projektübergreifende Geräteliste (ohne Icon im Menü).
This function requires a separate licence and is only available to users with privileges (super-administrators and administrators, see User Roles). The “Devices (All Projects)” link is only displayed in the main menu, if the user is logged in with the correct privileges.
Setup
This function opens a view for configuring Sedrix. It is normally used by your system administrator / sales partner when setting up Sedrix.
“Setup”: clicking on this link opens the “Setup” view (there is no icon in the menu).
This view is only available to super-administrators (see User Roles). The “Setup” link is only displayed in the main menu, if the user is logged in as such.
Status
This function opens a view which displays the current status of Sedrix (information about the status of the server and services. Information about the status of your licences is displayed in a separate Licence view from version 2019.1. You can also access log files from the Status view. This view is normally only used as required by your system administrator / sales partner.
“Status”: clicking on this link opens the Status view (there is no icon in the menu).
View logo (top right):
This view is only available to super-administrators (see User Roles). The “Setup” link is only displayed in the main menu, if the user is logged in as such.
Licence
This function opens a view that displays the current licence status (from version 2019.1). This view is normally only used as required by your system administrator / sales partner.
“Licence”: clicking on this link opens the Licence view (there is no icon in the menu).
View logo (top right):
This view is only available to super-administrators (see User Roles). The “Setup” link is only displayed in the main menu, if the user is logged in as such.
Usage Statistics
This function opens a view that displays the current usage statistics. This view is normally only used as required by your system administrator / sales partner.
“Usage Statistics”: clicking on this link opens the Usage Statistics view (there is no icon in the menu).
Storage space requirements and quantities, split by application / objects
Notifications sent by Sedrix, split by email and SMS
This view is only available to super-administrators (see User Roles). The “Setup” link is only displayed in the main menu, if the user is logged in as such.
Project-Specific Functions
The following project-specific functions / views are accessed via links in the main menu. Several of these links correspond to the respective shortcut (button with icon) in the menu (for details on these views, see the linked sub-sections):
Which of the buttons described below are displayed in the menu depends on the rights of the currently logged-in user, or more precisely the user group to which they belong, and also on the licence. If necessary, contact your system administrator if you require access to buttons that are currently hidden.
“Dashboard”: Dashboard (corresponds to in the menu)
The “data area” or “work area” is the main section of the user interface in Sedrix (to the right of the menu bar). According to which view or function is currently selected, different content will be displayed here, such as the data of a particular measuring point that was selected (tables, diagrams etc.), or the properties of a device that was selected in Device Management, and so on.
This area is primarily used to simply show data or properties of the currently selected element.
If appropriate for the currently displayed element, a separate edit mode can also be called up here in order to be able to configure (and save) the properties of the element. To reach the edit mode, carry out the “Edit” command in the element’s context menu. In list views of elements (such as the list of measuring points in a folder or the devices overview), there is a specific “Edit” icon . Clicking on this icon in a row within the list opens the edit mode of the element in that row.
For example, the properties of a measuring point, such as assignments, reference measurements, evaluations, etc., can be defined in the edit mode, which ultimately determines the data displayed in the pure display mode and how it is presented.
In other words, any work done with Sedrix is done in this area (while menus and navigation areas are used to select elements).
If data shown here also carries a timestamp, it can typically be qualified according to time using the “SmartFilter” function. This is particularly the case for measurement data, see the General Information on Measurement Data section).
Navigation bar
The navigation bar is a text bar shown at the top of the data / work area and displays the “path” that leads to the current view (so-called “breadcrumb navigation”, see the Glossary). As such, this shows you the current position of the element containing the data that is currently being shown in the data / work area in the folder hierarchy (see Project Tree) and makes navigating within a folder or measuring point view easier. You can also click on one of the components of this path to go directly and easily to the corresponding level, where the corresponding content is then displayed.
For example, a line such as “Magistrale für Europa / Rheinbrücke Neuburgweier / Tachymeter / Widerlager Ost” shows you that you are currently working in the “Magistrale für Europa” project, in the “Tachymeter” (sub-sub-) folder, in the “Widerlager Ost” measuring point, and that this content is being displayed. Clicking on “Tachymeter” will open that folder view so that you can view and open any other measuring points defined there.
The following rules apply for the creation of these paths:
In project-specific views, the path begins with the name of the project or the project folder
in a folder view, followed by the names of the folders and subfolders in which the measuring point is located, and ending with the name of the current folder
in the case of a measuring point view, in the same way as the path of a folder view, but ending with the name of the measuring point
in the case of device management, followed by the name of this view (or, in this case, the word ‘Devices’), etc.
In global views (project and device management), the navigation bar consists only of the name of the view (and cannot be clicked)
Smart Filter
The filter option known as SmartFilter in Sedrix allows data or entries displayed in many views to be filtered intelligently according to certain time criteria, provided they have a time stamp. This is especially relevant for measurement data and for log entries. For example, in a measuring point view or a device channel view you can limit the measurement data to be displayed. Or when displaying logs, you can limit the log entries to be displayed to the time period that is currently of interest / relevant to you.
The currently valid SmartFilter time interval is displayed at the top left of the views that offer this functionality, under the name of the displayed object: die diese Funktionalität anbieten, jeweils oben links, unter dem Namen des angezeigten Objektes, eingeblendet:
The currently selected SmartFilter settings can be viewed and changes at any time, by clicking on the funnel symbol to the right of the displayed SmartFilter time interval. Make your changes and click on "Update" to carry out the changes. The properties that can be specified in the SmartFilter settings are explained in more detail below.
Interval mode "Fixed time period"
User-defined Specify the time period by entering an absolute "Start time" and "End time".
Calendar week Specify the time period by entering "Year" and "Calendar week" of the selected year.
Month Specify the time period by entering "Year" and "Month" of the selected year.
Interval mode "Relative time period" / "Show data of last..."
Specify the time period by selecting a unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months) and a number of this unit relative to the current date. As an example, for the setting "Show data of last 7 days", the time period covers the data of the previous week (as of today).
Interval mode "Last available date" / "Show last available data plus..."
Specify the time period by selecting a unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months) and a number of the unit relative to the last measurement of the channels to be displayed. If the last data was recorded a week ago and if the setting "Show last available data plus 7 days" was selected, the time period covers the data of the next-to-last week.
The SmartFilter settings remain active and therefore always apply to views that are opened in parallel browser windows or tabs.
Context Menus
A context menu is a menu with element-specific commands for the currently displayed element. Typical commands are:
"Update" - the currently displayed content is updated.
"Edit" - another view is displayed, in which the properties of the currently displayed element can be edited.
"Display log" - the log for the element is displayed.
"Delete" - a delete dialog is displayed for the element (although the actual deletion occurs after the corresponding answer to a security query).
Depending on the element and command, appropriate rights are required in order to be allowed to execute the command. See User Groups.
These context menus are not to be confused with the browser context menus that are reached via right click.
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. In doing this, a different menu is hidden. For more details, see the Main Menu section.
