The Manifest Manager view appears and functions a lot like a typical file transfer view. The view has two vertically parallel panes (one for each selected database). At the top of each pane is a title that identifies (or for remote connections, selects) the database as: Web Database, Local Database, or Station Database (see About Sedona Framework Manifests).
Each pane has two columns for organizing and displaying manifest files. The manifest folders listed in the left column of each pane display the names of available manifest files, with each name corresponding to a kit name. For example, the “control” kit has a “control” manifest folder. When you select the “control” manifest folder in the left column, all available “control” manifest files display in the right column.
The following list provides a brief description of each control and display in this view:
Database panes
These are the two primary panes that contain the Manifests and Checksum columns.
Manifest and Checksum columns
These two columns display the available manifest folder names and manifest file names, respectively. The Manifests column names correspond to their related kit names. In the Checksum column, the manifest file names are a combination of the associated kit name and the unique checksum value associated with the actual manifest file.
Database Identifier
The title at the top of each pane identifies what manifests you are looking at in the columns. When you are managing manifests on a Workbench installation, the column on the left is always the Web Database and you can only transfer manifests to your Local Database. However, if you are working with an embedded controller, you can select Web Database or select Local Database in the left column; the Station Database always appears in the right column, as shown in Figure 3.
The Database Identifier never changes in the case of Sedona Framework Workbench. It always displays Web Database on left,
Local Database on the right (no Station Database, as shown, below).
Data Filters
These two fields allow you to filter the manifest folders and manifest files by name. This is helpful when you know the name of a specific manifest that you are looking for.
Transfer Buttons
These buttons are active when you select one or more manifests in the Checksum column. Click on the button to copy selected files from one database to the other.
Popup Menu actions
The following menu items are available from the popup menu when you right click on a entry in the Manifests or Checksum columns. Menu items are context-sensitive, so actions display appropriately based on your selection.
Select All, Deselect All
Selects all listings in the active column
Select Missing
In the Checksums column, selects any displayed manifests that are not included in the database visible in the other database pane.
Deselect All
Deselects all selected listings in the active column.
View XML
In the Checksums column of either pane, opens the selected manifest file in a view-only dialog box.
Generate From Kits
Applies to the Local Database only (Manifest Manager for the Workbench installation).
In the Manifests column, for selected manifest folders, creates manifest files (from available kit files) and transfers them to the appropriate manifests subfolder. If no manifest folder is selected, the command applies to all manifests folders, meaning it generates all manifests.
Starting in Sedona TXS-1.2, a Regenerate All Manifests action is available. This is a convenience, such that you do not have to deselect folders to generate all manifests.
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