The FMS Explorer user interface contains several related menu ribbons with which to access the functionality to view, edit, and manage large volumes of electronic flow measurement data. In addition, the interface contains screen toolbar options to manage viewing of the menu ribbons and CygNet Help, control toolbars to access actions within each control, and a status bar to help you see the current view of your system at a glance.
FMS Explorer contains seven fixed tabs to access menu ribbon options for performing various measurement tasks.
FMS functionality is accessed from the following menu ribbons.
See the corresponding topics for more information.
Additional buttons are located below the Minimize, Restore, and Close buttons on the upper right corner of your screen.
The following options allow you to display/minimize the menu ribbons, or to access the CygNet Help.
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Click to Display the menu ribbons. Menu ribbons in Display mode behave as follows.
Notes: When the ribbon is minimized, you can also double-click a menu tab to elicit this same behavior. When the ribbon is minimized, you can single-click a menu tab to temporarily select/clear display of the ribbon in front of the data pane. |
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Click to Minimize the menu ribbons. Menu ribbons in Minimize mode behave as follows.
Note: When the menu ribbon is displayed, you can also double-click the selected menu tab to elicit this same behavior. |
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Click to access the CygNet Help. |
A toolbar is located at the top of each control.
In most cases, options specific to the control appear to the right of these standard elements, and arrows to access additional drop-down menu options may appear. Toolbar options may appear as a second row when the control view is significantly reduced in size. The following buttons appear on the toolbars; buttons unavailable for the control you are viewing will appear dimmed.
Note: Every control does not necessarily utilize every component listed in the table. See the corresponding Control topic for more information regarding a specific control.
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Click to Refresh the control view. Note: The Refresh button will not take into account changes made through the Options pane that have been selected but not yet applied. See Refresh Button for more information. |
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Click to Save data that has been edited. Edited records are not changed until they are committed using the Save action. Note: The Save button is available on the Alarm, Configuration, and History Grid controls, where edits can be made. |
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Click to Cancel uncommitted edits and refresh the control. Note: The Cancel button is available on the Alarm, Configuration, and History Grid controls, where edits can be made. |
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Click to Open and view the control in another application. Available options, if applicable, are available in the drop-down menu. |
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Click to Print the contents of the control. Note: The Print button is available on the Reports control. |
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Click to Export the contents of the control to a file. Available options, if applicable, are available in the drop-down menu. |
Click Refresh 
to refresh the view of the data using the most recent properties that have been applied. The Refresh button is made available based on the current view of the data, and will appear dimmed when it is unavailable. The button becomes available when the control's internal representations of the properties differ, and the view can be refreshed to reflect the last properties that have been applied.
Note: Clicking Refresh updates the view based on applied properties. The Chooser and Options panes do not necessarily reflect the last applied properties; they reflect the last selected properties. Therefore if selections are made and then not applied, the panes will continue to display the "dirty" or non-applied properties.
A status bar is located at the bottom of each control in FMS Explorer. The following information is available on the status bar.
Note: Every control does not necessarily utilize every component of the shared status bar. See the corresponding Control topic for more information regarding a specific control.
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Indicates Progress on the current task. |
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Indicates an error message. Click |
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Indicates an informational message. Click |
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Displays the Average, cell Count, and Sum of the selected data cells within a single numerical data column of the History Grid control. |
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Displays the Node name and Node description for the current screen view. This feature applies for controls that do not have Node Name and Node Description columns or otherwise identify the current Node. Controls that allow for both single and multiple Nodes to be selected (e.g. the History Graph) display either the individual Node name and description or the string Multiple Nodes. |
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Appearance of the icon indicates selection of the option to Use Session options in the control you are viewing. Absence of the icon indicates that session options are selected via the control's Options pane in the control you are viewing. |
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Appearance of the icon indicates selection of the option to Use Session Node in the control you are viewing. Absence of the icon indicates that Node selection is made via the control's Chooser pane in the control you are viewing. |
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Appearance of the icon indicates that the History Grid control you are viewing is read-only (as edits are being performed in another History Grid control). Absence of the icon indicates that the History Grid control you are viewing is editable (as edits are not being performed in another History Grid control). |
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Displays the time window and time format for the data currently displayed in the screen. The time window date range, mm/dd/yyyy - mm/dd/yyyy, is followed by the time format (t). Time format is in Contract days (C) for all controls, except for the following.
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Indicates that you are connected to the service. The name of the service to which you are connected follows, in the form Site.Service. |
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Indicates that you are disconnected from the service. |
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Status to view details of the message.
Status to view details of the message.
