2.3 Introduction to the User Interface

In the Sentinel Control Center user interface, you can perform the activities through the following components:

Sentinel Control Center provides you the “dockable” framework, which allows you to move the toolbars, tabs or frames from their default location to user-specific locations for ease of use.

Figure 2-1 Sentinel Control Center

2.3.1 Menu Bar

The menu bar has the menus required to navigate, perform activities, and change the appearance of the Sentinel Control Center.

Figure 2-2 Menu Bar

Figure 2-3 Menu Bar

The File, Options, Event Source Management, Windows, and Help menus are always available. The availability of other menus depends on your location in the console and the permissions you have.

2.3.2 Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to perform tab-specific functions. There are four system-wide toolbar buttons that are always displayed: View Sentinel Help, Cascade All Display Windows, Tile All Display Windows, and Save User Preferences. The availability of other toolbar buttons depends on your location in the console and the permissions you have.

System-Wide Toolbar

The system-wide toolbar buttons are:

Figure 2-4 Toolbar Buttons

Figure 2-5 Additional Toolbar Buttons

Tab-Specific Toolbar Buttons

Tab-specific toolbar buttons allows you to perform the functions related to each tab.

Table 2-1 Tab-Specific Toolbar Buttons

Toolbar

View

Active Views

Correlation

Incidents

iTRAC

Analysis

Admin

For more information on tab-specific toolbar buttons, see the sections on each of the tabs listed in Section 2.3.3, Tabs.

2.3.3 Tabs

Depending on your access permissions, Sentinel Control Center displays the following tabs.

2.3.4 Frames

Sentinel provides a dockable framework that allows you to drag frames on the screen to place them in your preferred locations. The following buttons allow you to drag and/ hide frames.

  • Toggle Floating

  • Toggle Auto-hide

Figure 2-6 Navigator Frame

To drag a frame to any location:

  1. Click the Toggle Floating icon on the frame or hold the frame and drag it to the desired location.

To hide a frame:

  1. Click the Toggle Auto-hide icon.

NOTE:You can undo dragging or reset the framework to the default position by using the toolbar buttons.

2.3.5 Using the Sentinel Control Center to Navigate

To navigate by using the toolbar:

  1. Click the tab you need to use.

  2. Click toolbar buttons to perform the actions.

To navigate by using the menu bar:

  1. Click the tab menu in the menu bar.

  2. Select an action you need to perform.

NOTE:This procedure is generic for all the tabs in the Sentinel Control Center. Navigation procedures for tabs are discussed in the relevant sections.

2.3.6 Changing the Appearance of the Sentinel Control Center

You can change the Sentinel Control Center’s look by:

Setting the Tab Position

  1. Click Options > Tab Placement.

  2. Select either Top or Bottom.

Cascading Windows

  1. Click Windows > Cascade All. All open windows in the right panel cascade.

Tiling Windows

  1. Click Windows > Tile All.

  2. Select from the following options:

    • Tile Best Fit

    • Tile Vertical

    • Tile Horizontal

Minimizing Windows

  1. Click Windows > Minimize All. All open windows in the right panel minimize.

Restoring Windows to Original Size

  1. Click Windows > Restore All. All open windows in the right panel are restored to their original size.

NOTE:Use the Minimize and Restore options provided on the top right corner of the tab to minimize individual tabs.

Closing all Open Windows

  1. Click Windows > Close All.

2.3.7 Saving User Preferences

If the user has permissions to save the workspace, they can save the following preferences:

  • Permanent windows that are not dependent on data that was available at the time of their original creation.

  • Active Views

  • Summary displays

  • Window positions

  • Window sizes, including the application window

  • Tab positions

  • Navigator docked or floating and showing or hidden

The following preferences are not saved when the user logs out:

  • Snapshots

  • Historical event queries

  • Secondary windows opened from one of the primary windows in the Admin Navigator

  • Column widths in Active Views

To save your preferences:

  1. Click File > Save Preferences or click

2.3.8 Changing Password

  1. Click Options > Change Password.

  2. Provide the old password.

  3. Provide the new password and confirm it.

  4. Click OK.

For more information on password security, see the Sentinel Rapid Deployment Reference Guide.

2.3.9 Configuring the Attachment Viewer

  1. On the Tools menu, click Attachment Viewer Configuration or alternatively click the Configure Attachment Viewers button. The Attachment Viewer Configuration window displays.

  2. Click Add. The Attachment Identification window displays.

    Specify the extension type (such as .doc, .xls, .txt, .html and so on) and click Browse or type in the application program to launch the file type (such as notepad.exe for Notepad).

  3. Click OK.