Working Inside the Applets
RADIUSdesk comprises of a interconnected set of applets to manage your WiFi system. Once you know your way in one applet it will be easy to get to know the next as features are similar across the applets.
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Applet Windows and Panels
Items lists
When clicking on a homepage icon or Menu item the Applets open with a window listing the existing items. For instance if you click on Permanent Users, a list of existing Permanent Users appear with a set of Tools to work with.
Normally you would select the item you want to work with in the list and then click an action e.g. Edit or Delete in the Toolbar. Most tools open a panel to take you through the steps of an action.
General Tools
In the Toolbar you may find:
- The Action Tool set
- The Document Tool set
- The Extra actions Tool set
Reload- Reloads the lists after making changes.
Add- Opens a New… panel to add an item.
Delete- Deletes the selected item.
Edit- Opens a panel to Edit the selected item.
Note- Adds a note to the selected item.
PDF- Generates a pdf of the Vouchers (only in the Vouchers applet).
CSV-Generates a CSV file of the current list.
Change Password- Changes the password of the selected item.
Test Radius- Tests if the selected item exists on the server back-end.
Graph- Shows a data usage graph of the selected item.
There are many more tools to be found in RADIUSdesk. These descriptions are just to get you started!
Filtering and Sorting
You can filter on various columns on the lists to refine your searches.
- Hover over the heading of a column. A small down arrow will appear on the side of the column.
- Click on the small down arrow to bring up a menu.
- Click on Filter.
- Type your search into the field available. The filtered list updates as you type.
To Sort the column:
- Click on the heading of a column.
- Cick on either Sort Ascending or Sort Descending
- Not all columns can be sorted.
- Sorting can only be done on one column at a time.
Show / hide columns
You can select which columns to show or hide.
- Hover over the heading of a column. A small down arrow will appear on the side of the column.
- Click on the small down arrow to bring up a menu.
- Click on Columns
- Select / deselect the columns that you want to show or hide.
This will be remembered the next time you open the applet.
When a filter is applied to a column, the column heading is underlined and Italic
Scroll Down
Sometimes a panel opens with a Scroll Bar on the right. This means that there is something more to see and you should SCROLL DOWN to not miss a feature! See Generate PDF as an example:
