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Connecting To Alpana
Alpana Update File Dependency » Connecting To Alpana
To log in or log out to your Alpana Server, click the tab Configuration : Log in Fill in the login information and click Connect : These credentials will be remembered by the application and will be used to run the Jobs. Host URL of the Alpana Server with…
Connecting to Alpana
Alpana OMI App » Configuring » Connecting to Alpana
Login The first tab Alpana Connection allows to connect to an existing Alpana Server. Connection Parameters The following fields are required : Host The full URL to connect to the Alpana Server installation. This must include : the right protocol (HTTP /…
Connecting to Data
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data
Alpana Designer allows to connect to your data using Connections. The current chapter describes this process. Since Alpana Designer v3.0, all data preparation is made inside the Data activity tab.
Connecting to Insight
Alpana Designer » Aveva Insight » Connecting to Insight
As with other Connection types, connecting to Insight means defining how Alpana will find the data : what is the server address and what is the login. See the following chapters for detailed information.
Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Designer-level Settings » Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer can log in to Alpana Server. This is useful for importing/exporting objects to Alpana Server from the Alpana Designer interface. Logging in To login, click the profile icon on the top right of the Alpana Designer Window and click Log In : The Login…
Connecting to Wonderware Historian
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Connecting to Wonderware Historian
As with other Connection types, connecting to Wonderware Historian means defining how Alpana will find the data : what is the server address and what is the login. See the following chapters for detailed information.
About Alpana
About Alpana
Let your Data turn into Insights and put the power into your hands to take Data driven decisions ! Alpana Platform provides real-time access to your data and lets users analyze complex information through graphical representations that are easy to understand. Alpana…
Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer is used to create the content of Alpana (Widgets, Dashboards, Data Sources). Drag and drop widgets into the interface and manipulate your data right away. The desktop application allows you full autonomy. Once the Dashboard ready, share with your…
Alpana Runtime
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » Alpana Runtime
Introduction The Alpana Runtime connection allows to connect to Runtime Connections you created in Alpana Server, see Runtime Connections. This allows you query this data in a Data Source, and then display it in Widgets like any other data. Pre-requisite : login In…
Alpana Server
Alpana Server
Alpana Server is a website application that allows to make use of the content created with Alpana Designer : display and interact with visualizations, export, notify, socialize. Securely share your Dashboards and Widgets to any modern web browser. Dashboards can be…
How to get Alpana Mobile
Alpana Mobile » Installation » How to get Alpana Mobile
You can download Alpana mobile through the usual providers: Google Play Store for Android devices App Store for Apple devices Alpana Mobile is part of the Alpana software solution and as such is free to download.
Publish a Widget to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Export / Import Widgets » Publish a Widget to Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Widget to Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to create Widgets. In the top bar, click Publish : In the “Publish” dialog, fill in details and…
Publishing a Dashboard to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Create and Export / Import Dashboards » Publishing a Dashboard to Alpana Server
“Publishing” means pushing the Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server to make it available to other users. *In order to Publish a Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server tenant, and have…
Installing Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer » Installation » Installing Alpana Designer
Download installer See here to download the installer Run installer Double-click the installer to start installation : On the welcome screen, click Next to continue : Accept EULA Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next to continue : …
Upgrading Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer » Installation » Upgrading Alpana Designer
Upgrading Alpana Designer is straightforward : Un-install any previous version of Alpana Designer. Run the new installer
Uninstalling Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer » Installation » Uninstalling Alpana Designer
To uninstall Alpana Designer, use Windows Control Panel > Uninstall a Program and select Uninstall.
Alpana data model
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Alpana data model
Alpana Designer allows to access your data by providing a variety of Connection types. Once the appropriate credentials are validated, you will be able to navigate the data structure and retrieve the raw data. Now, in order to feed your Dashboard with data, you will…
About Alpana server
Alpana Server » About Alpana server
Alpana Server is a web server that allows to share and manage your Alpana content (Dashboards, Widgets, Data Sources). After creating content in Alpana Designer, you simply push it to Alpana Server. This is called Publishing. Securely share your Dashboards and Widgets…
Alpana OMI App
Alpana OMI App
The Alpana OMI App allows to display any visuals published on Alpana Server Usage is very simple : Import the App Add the App to a Layout Configure the App
Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Export / Import Data Sources » Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to create Data Sources. In the top bar, click Publish : In the “Publish” dialog, fill in…
Alpana Update File Dependency
Alpana Update File Dependency
Alpana dashboards rely on dependencies when they use an external file. Sometimes, you need to update one such dependency. For example : when you need to update the content of an Excel file on a published dashboard without having to re-publish the dashboard. You have…
Components and Architecture of Alpana
About Alpana » Components and Architecture of Alpana
Installable components Alpana Platform is composed of : Alpana Designer : the development tool for creating Data Sources, Widgets, Dashboards Alpana Server : the website deployed for sharing content Alpana Mobile : the mobile app used for viewing on mobile…
Import a Widget from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Export / Import Widgets » Import a Widget from Alpana Server
*In order to Import a published Widget from Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to access the Widget. From the Dashboard activity Click on the “Import Widget” button in the…
Importing a Dashboard from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Create and Export / Import Dashboards » Importing a Dashboard from Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server tenant, and have the necessary permissions to access the Dashboard. Click the top toolbar Open Dashboard button : In the Import…
Import a Data Source from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Export / Import Data Sources » Import a Data Source from Alpana Server
*In order to Import a published Data Source from Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to access the Data Source. Click on the “Import” button in the Data Sources list : …
Link To URL
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Interactions » Link To URL
Introduction Most Widgets can be configured as a link to a URL : when the user clicks on the Widget, the URL is opened. It is possible to configure the URL to be generated dynamically : when the user clicks on different parts of the Widget, different URLs are…
Going to Query Configuration
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Creating Queries to Wonderware Historian » Configuring the Historian Query » Going to Query Configuration
To set all the main Wonderware Historian query parameters, click on the Query Tab shown below Note that the list of currently selected tags appear at the top of the panel.
Going to Query Configuration
Alpana Designer » Aveva Insight » Querying Insight » Configuring the query » Going to Query Configuration
To set all the main Insight query parameters, click on the Query Tab shown below Note that the list of currently selected tags appear at the top of the panel.
Authentication to the API
Alpana Server » API » Authentication to the API
Getting code snippets for authentication Getting an authentication token Authentification to the API is documented in each Tenant under the menu API > Authentication Perform the documented query with a valid username/password combination in order to get an…
Adding to a Layout
Alpana OMI App » Adding to a Layout
To add the Alpana app to a layout in OMI, simply browse the Toolbox to find the AlpanaApp object : Then drag the WidgetViewerContainer and drop on the desired layout :
Creating Queries to Wonderware Historian
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Creating Queries to Wonderware Historian
Once the Connection to Wonderware Historian is created, you can re-use it to make several different queries. Select the desired Historian Connection, and click on Add Historian Table : This will pop-up the configure Historian Query dialog. When the query…
Binding to Real-Time Data
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Widget Data Binding » Binding to Real-Time Data
Introduction Instead of binding Widget data to a Alpana Data Source, you can configure it to accept Real-Time Data. Instead, it lets you create a Widget with no Data Source, and then you can push data directly into the Widget, using the Alpana web API. The general…
Login to Aveva Cloud Operations
Alpana Designer » Aveva Insight » Connecting to Insight » Login to Aveva Cloud Operations
Connection Parameters To login to Aveva Cloud Operations, there are two main modes : Basic Auth, or “Basic Authentication” : using login credentials to access Historian Data REST API. Bearer Token or “API Key Authentication” : using…
Browsing Data Sources to Edit
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Creating and Managing Data Sources » Browsing Data Sources to Edit
To browse Data Sources, open the Data Sources list in the top bar, and select by name : All the actions to actually edit the Data Source are explained in the following chapters of this Course.
URL Parameters to receive values
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » URL Parameters to receive values
The default value of any Parameter can be set from a URL Parameter. This means that a particular set of filters can be used when opening the dashboard if the correct URL Parameters are configured. *This can be used to receive context from other tools that will simply…
Dynamic calls to Custom Queries
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » Parameter usage » Dynamic calls to Custom Queries
Parameters can be used inside Custom Queries : when the Parameter changes, the Custom Query is called again with the new values. For more information, see in chapter Custom Query Tables.
Login to a Wonderware Historian server
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Connecting to Wonderware Historian » Login to a Wonderware Historian server
Connection Parameters To login to a Wonderware Historian server, fill-in the following fields : If in the current session you have already connected to a Historian server, you can select it in the combobox below to auto-fill the Host Input. !Important : Because…
Export a Widget to a file
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Export / Import Widgets » Export a Widget to a file
How to Export to a file In the top bar, click the Export as Template icon : Select a file name and save locally.
How to Use a Custom CSS
Alpana Server » Administration » Theme and Appearance » How to Use a Custom CSS
Applying a Custom CSS To apply your Custom CSS theme to Alpana Server please follow the below steps: Prepare the Theme First, you need to go to the Visual Settings Page by clicking on Administration (Step 1 on screenshot), then click to Visual Settings (Step 2 on…
Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
About Alpana » Upgrading » Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server version number starting with v2 Dashboards migration Notice of incompatibility Due to internal changes for supporting new features, two component from…
Export a Data Source to a file
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Export / Import Data Sources » Export a Data Source to a file
How to Export to a file In the top bar, click the Export as Template icon : Select a file name and save locally.
Include Parameter value in a Link to URL
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » Parameter usage » Include Parameter value in a Link to URL
Links To URL can use Parameter values as part of the URL : this allows to include the value of the Parameter inside the URL. For more information, see in chapter Link to URL.
Dynamic calls to Stored Procedures or Table-Valued Functions
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » Parameter usage » Dynamic calls to Stored Procedures or Table-Valued Functions
Parameters can be used as arguments to Stored Procedures or Table-Valued Functions : when the Parameter changes, the Stored Procedure or Table-Valued Function is called again with the new values as arguments. For more information, see in chapter Stored…
Learning Pre-Requisites
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Introduction » Learning Pre-Requisites
To create Data Sources, you will need to connect to your data first. Please see the corresponding chapter : Connecting to Data. More generally, it is also important to understand the Alpana data model.
What are Data Sources
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Introduction » What are Data Sources
In Alpana, data preparation happens in Data Sources. Each Data Source prepares a query to the original data to be presented inside Widgets. Data is fetched through the Alpana Connections, see Course Connecting to Data. Each Widget displays data from a single Data…
Configuring a Widget
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget
The main Widget configuration activities in Alpana Designer include : binding data : what to display graphical properties : how to display it interactions : how visualizations interact with each other *A Dashboard can contain up to 50 widgets. *To create…
Fetching Data
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Fetching Data
Introduction A Data Source can fetch data from Connections by selecting the corresponding object in the Connection schema : a data Table a data View a Stored Procedure a Table-Valued Function an Alpana Custom Query Table (see next Chapter Custom Query…
Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Alpana Server » Installation » Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Ports Reaching Alpana Server Alpana Server is composed of 2 websites that must both be reachable by the web browser on the client machines : the_Back-End Site_ and the Front-End Site The ports number are defined during installation. Allowing Alpana Server to get…
Jobs
Alpana Update File Dependency » Jobs
The application will run Jobs that update the file dependencies of Dashboards, based on conditions. To access the Jobs configuration, click the tab Configuration and log in if necessary :
v3.2.3
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.2.3
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.2.2.10 and v3.2.3.3 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.2.2 to v1.0.3.1 Alpana Real Time Data has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to v1.0.3.1 Main Features Alpana v3.2.3 is mostly a bugfix release…
Widget Auto-refresh
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Dashboard-level Settings » Widget Auto-refresh
What is Auto-Refresh At runtime, when the Dashboard loads in the browser, data is fetched from the data sources and Widgets are drawn. After this, if the user doesn’t interact with the Dashboard, no new data is fetched and the data displayed can become…
Architecture
Alpana Server » About Alpana server » Architecture
This chapters explains the components of Alpana Server. Alpana Server is a website that deploys on Microsoft IIS and stores data to databases in Microsoft SQL Server. Websites Alpana Server runs two websites on Microsoft IIS : the Back-End Site the Front-End…
Update Mode
Alpana Update File Dependency » Jobs » Configuring a Job » Update Mode
Selecting the update Mode means choosing when you want the update to happen. *If you are updating a file data dependency (Excel, CSV), then since Alpana v3.2 you no longer need to configure a Buffer refresh on the Dashboard Connection. By default, each update will…
2020 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.2.3.3 and 2020 R1 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to 1.1.0.2 Alpana Real Time Data has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to 1.1.0.2 Introduction Version 2020 R1 is the first big release of the…
Getting Started
About Alpana » Getting Started
Getting started with Alpana is easy, and the summary below should help you follow the steps. Getting Alpana Contact your official Distributor to get a license. If you don’t know who is your official Distributor, get in touch with us at information@code192.com…
Installing
Alpana Server » Installation » Installing
Important !Before installing, make sure you meet the Pre-Requisites. *Alpana Server will create folders and SQL databases. Download installer See here to download the installer. Running the Alpana Server installer Login with administrator rights to the machine…
General upgrade procedure for v3
About Alpana » Upgrading » General upgrade procedure for v3
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server v3.0 or newer. Upgrading from older versions requires manual steps detailed elsewhere. Some v3 upgrades may still require specific attention or manual steps.…
Accessing behind a router
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Accessing behind a router
Scenario In this scenario, Alpana Server is installed in the local network on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.1, and you wish to reach it from a public network through a router with external IP address 88.88.88.88. Configuring *Note : for this configuration…
Runtime Connections
Alpana Server » Runtime Connections
(new in Alpana 2020 R1) Alpana Runtime Connections are tables of data hosted within Alpana Server. Dashboards can connect to this data to display it inside widgets (see Alpana Runtime Connection from the Designer). Dashboards can present data input forms to allow…
Content : Data Preparation Activities
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Introduction » Content : Data Preparation Activities
The main data preparation activities in Alpana Designer include : Fetch : select an object (table, view, stored procedure, …) from which to get data Merge : join tables from one or more Connections Filter : remove data based on multiple criteria Calculate :…
Input Grid
Alpana Designer » Widget Properties Reference » Input Grid
The Alpana Runtime Connection Input Grid widget allows to configure an input form for an existing Runtime Connection and include it inside a Dashboard. *This widget is a bit special : it allows to input data. it is not bound to a Data Source it is not displayed…
v3.2.1
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.2.1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.1.2.1 and v3.2.1.5 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.0.4 to v1.0.2.1 New Pre-Requisites IIS Express is no longer necessary as a pre-requisite of Alpana Designer. It may be uninstalled…
2020 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R1 and 2020 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.0.25 to 3.3.1.17 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 is a minor release…
Stories
Alpana Server » Stories
Alpana Stories are a collection of item displayed in a slideshow. You can include in a story multiple Dashboards and images to create a page where all items will cycle automatically. It can be used for entrance site screen to show revelant informations to visitors…
Dashboards
Alpana Server » Dashboards
Dashboards are the core concept of Alpana. They are created using Alpana Designer, and are composed of Widgets that are laid out on a single scrollable page. “Publishing a Dashboard” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on…
Buffer database setup
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » The data Buffer » Buffer database setup
In Alpana v3.0.0, the Buffer database is setup automatically : for the Alpana Server : this setting applies to published Dashboards. A Microsoft SQL database is created by Alpana Server to host the buffer tables. for each Alpana Designer installation : this setting…
2020 R2 Patch 1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2 Patch 1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R2 and 2020 R2 Patch 1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.17 to 3.3.1.20 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 Patch 1 is…
Importing in WSP 2020
Alpana OMI App » Importing » Importing in WSP 2020
This page details importing the Alpana app for InTouch OMI 2020. For WSP 2020, the Alpana app is provided as an ArchestrA object .aaPKG. Adding the New App To import the Alpana app in ArchestrA : Start the ArchestrA IDE and connect to the galaxy. Import the…
v3.2.2
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.2.2
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.2.1.5 and v3.2.2.10 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.2.1 to v1.0.2.2 Alpana Real Time Data has been upgraded from v1.0.2.0 to v1.0.2.1 Alpana OMI App v1.1 is now available upon request. Main…
Parameter Based Settings
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Creating Queries to Wonderware Historian » Configuring the Historian Query » Time Settings » Parameter Based Settings
What are Parameter-Based Time Settings With Parameter-Based Time Settings, the start date and end date of the Historian query are contained in a Alpana Parameter. This means that the values can be changed at runtime using User interaction (filters, URL…
Transforming Data
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data
This Chapter is a reference on how to create and configure a Data Source to prepare data for your Widgets and Dashboard. To understand the Alpana Data Model, see the corresponding chapter in this documentation. Since Alpana Designer v3.0, all data preparation is made…
Pre-Requisistes
Alpana Update File Dependency » Installation » Pre-Requisistes
This section explains the system requirements to run Alpana Update File Dependency. Software Requirements The following minimum software requirements are necessary to run Alpana Update File Dependency : .NET Framework 4.8 can be found here then download the…
Parameter Based Settings
Alpana Designer » Aveva Insight » Querying Insight » Configuring the query » Time Settings » Parameter Based Settings
What are Parameter-Based Time Settings With Parameter-Based Time Settings, the start date and end date of the Insight query are contained in a Alpana Parameter. This means that the values can be changed at runtime using User interaction (filters, URL…
Creating / Editing Stories
Alpana Server » Stories » Creating / Editing Stories
In order to show Stories, you will have to create or modify them. Creating New Story using the Add new story button will open the creation popup. The popup contains : Name : The name that will be displayed in the Stories list. Theme : What theme will be…
Backup
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Backup
Introduction Two elements of Alpana Server must be backed up : the Alpana Server database, named AlpanaDb by default the dashboards folder located in the installation folder, by default C:\inetpub\alpana3\, inside \app\App_Data\Published\ Backup *To perform a…
Managing / Publishing Widgets
Alpana Server » Widgets » Managing / Publishing Widgets
Publishing from Alpana Server Widgets can be published from Alpana Designer. Alternately, you can publish a widget@.alpw@ file directly to the Server. Click the Add widget button : This opens the Upload New dialog : Click the Select File button to browse your…
Users, Roles and Permissions
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions
Access to Alpana Server is secured through user accounts. Users login to Alpana Server and can access content according to their permissions. Administrators can manage users permissions by using Roles. This section details the management of Users, Roles and…
Migration
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Migration
Purpose Case 1 : Development → Staging → Production You have several environments for your development cycle. When development has been tested on one environment, you want to migrate the content (dashboards, users, etc) towards the Production environment. Case 2…
Refreshing Dashboards
Alpana Server » Dashboards » Viewing Dashboards » Refreshing Dashboards
When a Dashboard page is loaded, each Widget makes a query to its Data Source as described in Alpana data model Then, each time an interaction changes the query, a new query is make for the Widgets that need it. For example : using filters or drill-down. If you want…
2021 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R2
Release notes of items completed between 2021 R1 and 2021 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.4.0.3 to 3.4.1.19 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.1.2 Introduction Version 2021R2 is a minor release and…
Data Sources
Alpana Server » Data Sources
Data Sources are basic bricks of construction for Dashboards.. They are created using Alpana Designer. “Publishing a Data Source” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on the platform. Publishing Data Sources can be useful…
Tooltip configuration
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Tooltip configuration
Most widgets have tooltip, it helps getting more information from the data without overloading the view. You can bind data to your widget and define what datas will be visible in the tooltip. Some tooltip information are specific to some widgets (i.e : KPI in Gauge or…
Installation Troubleshooting
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Installation Troubleshooting
installation logs After Alpana installation, you will be prompted with a windows that ask you if you want to save installation log file : *If you get any trouble during the installation, the support will need the installation log file. Get the Alpana Server…
Viewing Stories
Alpana Server » Stories » Viewing Stories
Once the Stories is opened, you will get the list of created Stories. You can Manage your Stories or launch them. In the action menu, you will manage the selected story : Launch : To start viewing the story Update : To edit the story Get Link : To get the URL…
Troubleshooting
Alpana OMI App » Troubleshooting
Migrating Updating Alpana may cause visual change in Alpana dashboard embeded inside OMI View. If you encounter some visual trouble, you will have to: Close all OMI Clients connected to the view app Undeploy OMI View App Object Deploy OMI View App Object Restart…
Configuring
Alpana OMI App » Configuring
To open the Configuration window for the Alpana app, simply click the ellipsis in the Properties of the element : This opens the Configuration window with 3 tabs corresponding to the 3 steps to configure the app : Alpana Connection : Connect to Alpana…
2021 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R1
Release notes of items completed between 2020 R2 Patch 1 and 2021 R1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.20 to 3.4.0.3 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.2.0.1 Introduction Version 2021R1 is a major release…
Widgets
Alpana Server » Widgets
Widgets are basic bricks of construction for Dashboards.. They are created using Alpana Designer. “Publishing a Widget” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on the platform. Publishing Widgets can be useful for several…
Linking / Embedding Dashboards
Alpana Server » Dashboards » Linking / Embedding Dashboards
Get link / embed When opening a Dashboard from its URL, or when embedding it into another tool, you can pass options to control how the Dashboard is displayed. From the Dashboard’s action menu, select Get link / embed to open the corresponding dialog : This…
Linking / Embedding Widgets
Alpana Server » Widgets » Linking / Embedding Widgets
Get link / embed When opening a Widget from its URL, or when embedding it into another tool, you can pass options to control how the Widget is displayed. From the Widget’s action menu, select Get link / embed to open the corresponding dialog : This dialog…
Upgrading from an older v1 version
About Alpana » Upgrading » Upgrading from an older v1 version
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server version number starting with v1 Notice of incompatibility After v1 (Alpana v1.1.1.5 and earlier), major changes were made in the core of Alpana. Due to those…
Visualizing Parameter binding
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » Managing Parameters » Visualizing Parameter binding
See the references to a Parameter There are many ways to use a Parameter (see the following chapters). To see a summary of all p laces where a Parameter is used, click on the Parameter name under the “Parameters Bindings” list : The list at the bottom…
Configuring interactions
Alpana OMI App » Configuring » Configuring interactions
What are bindings In addition to just displaying a Widget or Dashboard, you can also let your InTouch application interact with it. Bindings allow you to define a relationship between a Alpana Parameter and a ArchestrA Attribute. To select configure interactions,…
Email (SMTP)
Alpana Server » Administration » Host-level Settings » Email (SMTP)
Alpana can send e-mails to users, and requires to configure the e-mail sending for the following usage : user activation recovering forgotten passwords sending exports through Schedules receiving notifications To manage e-mail settings, go to the Host, in…
Importing
Alpana OMI App » Importing
To import the Alpana app for OMi, the procedure is different depending on your WSP version : Importing in WSP 2017 U3 Importing in WSP 2020
The data Buffer
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » The data Buffer
Introduction : What is the Buffer ? The primary source for data in Alpana is a database (SQL Server, Oracle). When a Dashboard requires data from a Data Source that is based only on database Connections, the query is composed by Alpana and executed directly on the…
CSV
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » CSV
Formats Although “CSV” means “Comma-Separated Values”, Alpana supports other separators than comma : Comma : “ , “ Semicolon : “ ; “ Space : “ “ Tab : “ “ *The maximum file…
Importing in WSP 2017 U3
Alpana OMI App » Importing » Importing in WSP 2017 U3
This page details importing the Alpana app for InTouch OMI 2017 Update 3. Upgrading !Important Notes – Please read carefully! If you already have the Alpana App installed, please follow the below instructions to upgrade. Backup the App Back up your current…