Understand the interface of the Alfabet Administrator

The Alfabet Administrator shows an explorer in the left pane. The explorer has two nodes below the root node:

• Alfabet Aliases

  If you expand the Alfabet Aliases explorer node, you will see all alias configurations that are available in the AlfabetMS.xml configuration file in the Programs directory of your Alfabet installation. You can create new aliases, edit existing alias configurations, and perform several administrative actions on the Alfabet database.

• Usage Tracking

  If you click the explorer node, you can view a history of the use of Alfabet functionalities by users with a specified user profile. Usage tracking is only available if the Alfabet Server is configured to track the use, which is required to fulfill the specifications of metered contracts.

When you right-click a node in the explorer, a context menu opens. The content of the menu depends on the node you are currently working with. Some functionalities in the context menu allow access to additional parts of the explorer that are only displayed after the right-click action is performed. For example, when selecting Connect in the context menu of an alias, the alias node in the explorer is expanded and sub-nodes that represent configuration steps affecting the Alfabet database are displayed in the explorer.

When you click a node in the explorer, the content of the work area at the right side of the explorer changes to allow working with the respective functionality.