General

Go to Admin > General > Home Page Files to download the latest database and Profile home page definitions from the MI application server.

Home page files

Home page files for the databases and Profiles in your Granta MI system are stored on the application server.

To make home pages available in MI Viewer, a copy of the files (HTML, image, CSS, and any other associated files), is stored on disk in MI Viewer.  Whenever database or Profile home page files are added or modified on your MI Server, the updated files must be copied from the into the MI Viewer application by clicking Refresh home pages.

The home page files are copied into a subfolder in the MI Viewer web application installation folder, typically:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mi\homepagefiles\<database or Profile key>

The structure of the files and folders that define the home page will be reproduced in this subfolder, which is published as a standard web folder.

Granta MI Administration and Configuration describes how to create home page files for databases, Profiles, and for the MI Viewer application.

Language localization

The text that appears in dialogs, menus, prompts, error messages, buttons, and menus in MI Viewer are integrated within the application.

If required, alternative strings can be defined in XML files or Microsoft’s .resx format and loaded into the application, overriding the standard strings in the product, for example to give the product a more customized feel. New or updated language resource files must be placed into <MIViewerRootFolder>\languages and then loaded from there into MI Viewer by clicking Reload Language resource files.

User roles

Click View user roles to view information about your Granta MI roles and privileges.

The following information is listed:

• The username of the account used to log in to MI Viewer.
• Your current Granta MI system security role membership.
• Your current Granta MI database security role membership for any databases that have database security configured.
• Your current access control privileges for any databases that have permission-based access control configured.

Utilities

There are three utilities that can be used:

• Copy URL to Clipboard - Generate an MI Viewer URL that includes specific application, database, and search preferences, for sharing with application users, and including in database or application home pages.
• Object identities - On the Object Identities page you can view the keys for each database and Profile, and also the identity and GUID for database schema objects including units, Unit Systems, Parameters, Search Masks, Standard Names, Quality Ratings systems, Discrete Types, and Tables within each database.
• Unit conversions - Select a database from the list at the top of the page to view its unit conversion information.

Picture data

Select Enable crosshairs to enable orthogonal crosshairs.

To turn on isometric crosshairs for specific types of pictures, additional configuration is required.

Notifications

Control the availability of the Notifications features within MI Viewer.

• Enable Notifications - all users can add items to their watch list and receive email notifications of changes.
• Show the Notifications tab only to MI Data Administrators – only users with MI Data Administrator privileges can see the Notifications tab, and interactively view and load notifications for watched items.

Help preferences

By default, application help for MI Viewer is online, ensuring that users have the latest content, updated as soon as it is available. If needed, you can download an installable version of the help, host it locally, and configure MI Viewer to access it.

Record Limiting

Set the maximum number of records that can be added to the following:

• Record lists
• Comparison tables
• Comparison charts
• XY Charts
• Custom reports