Main window
To keep things concise, SwitchClient has a single window that supports all its tasks. The SwitchClient window is displayed when the application is launched (by double-clicking the application icon, for example).
The SwitchClient window is divided into three sections:
The topmost section displays a list of buttons; this is the tool bar. In the tool bar, there is also a filtering field which allows to filter the list of jobs shown based on a part of their name.
- The left section shows a list of filters for the jobs shown in the right section, based on the job (All jobs, My jobs, Alert jobs or Archive jobs) or based on the Switch Server.
- All jobs: Displays all the jobs (including the ones that are processing and finished).
- My jobs: Displays all the jobs (processing and finished) which are linked to the SwitchClient user.
- Alert jobs: Displays all the jobs visible to the user that are in an alert state (waiting in a Checkpoint).
- Active jobs: Displays all the jobs visible to the user that are somewhere in the flow, but not in an end folder (that is, not yet finished).
- Finished jobs: Displays all the jobs visible to the user that are in a finished state (in an end folder in Switch).
The rightmost section shows the job cards based on the filtering selected at the left side.
Tool bar
The topmost section of the SwitchClient window displays the tool bar as shown above.
The tool bar offers the following tasks, in the order listed:
View Jobs or Messages (only Administrator users)
Refresh: refreshes the list of jobs shown
Workspace: toggle between the two different job card sizes or table view
Submit file and Submit folder
Each of these tasks is discussed in a separate topic in this section.
Generic user interface elements
Several of the user interface elements in SwitchClient appear in different views (job view, message view…) and behave in a standard way across those views. The following sections describe those user interface elements in a generic way.
Menu bar
- File: Submit File, Submit Folder, View Job, Edit Job, Save Copy As..., Revert Job, Lock Job, Unlock Job, Process Job, Replace Job, View Report, Save Report and Quit SwitchClient
- Edit: Preferences... and Connections...
- View: Small Card View, Large Card View, Table View, Jobs (09 onwards), Messages (09 onwards), New Custom Filter, Remove Custom Filter and Refresh
- Help: About SwitchClient, Enfocus home page, Check for updates, Manage languages..., Crossroads home page..., Switch help (html), Read me (PDF), License agreement (PDF), Online documentation, Knowledge base and Get support
The Search box saves the last searches and displays as a hint when typing in the search box.
Filters pane
The Filters pane appears at the left of the SwitchClient main window.
Custom filters:
SwitchClient offers Custom filters that can be added to the Jobs section. You can add, remove, edit, export or import a custom filter by following the steps give below:
- Navigate to to add filters or click New Custom Filter in the contextual menu of the "Jobs" section in the Filters pane.
- Click Edit Custom Filter in the contextual menu to edit the settings of the filter. You can also double click a custom filter to open the Edit Custom Filter dialog box using which you can change the name of the filter, add/ remove rules.
- Click the Duplicate Custom Filter option in the contextual menu to create a copy of the custom filter.
- Navigate to to remove custom filters or click Remove Custom Filter in the contextual menu of the "Jobs" section in the Filters pane.
- Choose a custom filter, right click and select the Export Custom Filter option in the contextual menu to export the filter or navigate to to export all available custom filters.
- Navigate to to import any custom filters that you have saved on your local or network path.
- When you double click a filter that you had already exported and saved on a local or network path, the SwitchClient application will be started (if it is not already running on your machine) and the custom filter will be imported and displayed in the Filters pane of your SwitchClient application.
- The filters are always sorted and displayed in the alphabetical order.
If the Filters pane is used in the Table view, the layout (that is, column ordering and the columns that are hidden or visible) are remembered together with the filter.
Content pane
The Content pane displays a list that shows jobs and appears to the right of the SwitchClient main window. The list can be a Table View, Small Card View or Large Card View.
The contextual menu for Content pane contains: View Job, Edit Job, Save Copy As..., Revert Job, Lock Job, Unlock Job, Process Job, View Report and Save Report.