Management Center shell
The Management Center shell consists of the user interface elements that are common for the overall Management Center interface. These elements are not specific to any individual Management Center tool.
The Management Center shell includes the Management Center logon screen, banner, tabs and work area, and the status area.
Logon dialog
Before you can use Management Center or any specific Management Center tool, you must log on to Management Center. The following image shows the default Management Center logon dialog.
Banner
- Management Center Tools menu
- Click the Management Center Tools menu button to display the menu
options: You can use this menu to complete any of the following tasks:
- Open a Management Center tool. A site administrator can view and open all Management Center tools in this menu. A business user, however, can view and open only the tools that they are granted access to use.
- Access WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Use WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to manage store
tasks that are not managed with Management Center.
For example, use WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to manage order or shipping information.
The option to open WebSphere Commerce Accelerator from Management Center does not display by default, you must enable the option to display in the menu by configuring your Management Center preferences. For more information, see Changing your preferences.
Note: Since, you can use WebSphere Commerce Accelerator with only Microsoft Internet Explorer, the option to open WebSphere Commerce Accelerator from Management Center displays only when you are using Internet Explorer. - Access getting started information about Management Center. The getting started information provides you with short movies that you can watch to understand how to use aspects of Management Center.
- Set user preferences for Management Center. You can set the default store that you want to work with, the user interface language, the locale for number formatting, configure help options. The Management Center preferences are global to Management Center, and these preferences are used as the defaults each time that a business user logs on to Management Center.
- User ID area
- The user ID area identifies the business user that is logged in to the current Management Center session. The text "Welcome user_ID" displays in the banner.
- Logout link
- Use this link to properly exit your current Management Center session. Do not simply close the browser window. If you close your browser without properly logging off, any unsaved work is lost.
- Branding logo
- The branding logo is typically your company logo image, for branding purposes. By default, the logo is the IBM logo. Replace the default image with the logo that you want to use for your own company.