Imagine Communications v1 Nexio Ingest Suite Operations Guide
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Operations Guide
Nexio® Ingest Suite
v1
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Nexio® Ingest Suite v1 Operations Guide
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Contents
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Overview
Overview
About Nexio® Ingest
Nexio® Ingest Suite is a front-end application for the technical users which provides extensive functions for management and monitoring of all ingest jobs. It also supports scheduled and ad hoc jobs on different channels and tape outgest (layback to tape).
Nexio® Ingest Suite allows management and monitoring of all media ingest jobs from one central location. It allows the combination of legacy ingest functions such as baseband ingest. Its user interface works to facilitate rapid operations and seamless integration with a facility’s Nexio® server environment.
It allows scheduling jobs as well as performing ad hoc recordings. All work can be performed on a perchannel basis. Features include playout control of Nexio for review purposes.
Key Features
Multiple ingest sources including feeds or tapes.
Baseband Ingest
Scheduled and crash record
Format Independent: works with SD or HD in all frame rates
Router control for different systems
Scalability to add line ingest channels
Video server control available for Nexio
Note: This document refers to Nexio Ingest Suite Version1.2. Nexio Ingest Suite functions as a management console. The real processes (recording, upload, etc.) are executed by different backend modules which will be required as part of the system.
Document Roadmap
This table describes all of the documents written in support of the Nexio® Ingest Suite software.
Document Audience Contents
Nexio® Ingest Suite Installation Guide Installation
Professionals
How to install the Nexio® Ingest Suite software
Nexio® Ingest Suite User Guide End Users and
Administrators
How to use and administer the Nexio®
Ingest Suite software to manage baseband and file based ingest operations.
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Common Display Components
The following components are common to all views.
Menu Options
File menu
Overview
Options menu
Help menu
Message Bar
The message bar appears at the top of each application view.
Error messages appear in red.
Warning messages appear in yellow.
Informational messages appear in white.
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View Selection
Overview
View selection options appear at the bottom of each application view. It provides an operator with a quick way to switch between the different views.
Timeline Display Overview
Line ingest “Jobs” are planned and monitored in the Timeline View. The Timeline View is where all recording channels are displayed in an over/under timeline. The visible time range is five hours, and the horizontal scroll function enables display of earlier/later times. The yellow cursor (slider) indicates the current time.
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Figure 1: Timeline View.
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Figure 2: Timeline View with Playout selected.
Tabular Job Display
Clicking on the “Grid” icon toggles between a tabular display and the Timeline view of the Jobs. Set the filter options to narrow down the search results. The colors of the Jobs correspond to those in the
Timeline view. This table view displays the Jobs matching the filter criteria; one per row. It is possible to manage the properties of the Jobs in the same manner as the Timeline Jobs display.
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Color Display
The time position and the colors of the individual records in the timeline view give the user a quick overview of past, current and planned recording processes for each channel. Colors also indicate errors, making it easy to keep a quick overview of the current Jobs.
Color
White
Gray
Yellow
Green
RED
BLUE
Status
INSERTED
The Job has been inserted into the database, but is still being processed by the
EncodingUnit.
ACTIVATED
The EncodingUnit has scheduled the Job for recording
ACTIVE
When a Job reaches the top position of the queue and is started, the system sets its state to "in progress", which means that the Job is in recording. At the same time, the percentage-wise progress is updated in the relevant column of the search results.
DONE
Recording completed successfully
DONE WITH WARNINGS/ ERRORS
An error occurred during the recording
The currently selected/marked Job
Tool Bar
: Click to refresh the screen display.
: Click to return to display timeline to the current time.
/ : Toggle on/off the display of machine controls along the bottom of the screen.
/ : Use the Grid icon to toggle between a tabular display and the Timeline view of the Jobs.
: Scroll back in time ( ), Select from a calendar display ( ),
Scroll forward in time ( ).
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: Check ( ) to enable auto refresh of the screen. When enabled the current time bar is always centered and synced.
: Use this control to zoom in/out the display.
Source Switch
filter and then click OK.
: Click to launch the Source Switch dialog. Select a source, specify a
Right Click context menu
Refresh: Click to refresh a selected job.
Start Now: Click to start a selected job.
Stop: Click to stop a selected job.
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Delete: Click to delete a selected job.
Overview
Create Job: A job can only be created in the future. Click the Now(F5) button on the toolbar to reset the view to the current time. Click to launch the create job dialog. (Title field allows a maximum of
32 characters.)
VTR Ingest: Checking the box expands to show VTR Ingest controls of centrally managed VTR resources (handled through backend services).
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Create Port Reserve/Release: Launches the dialog to set Port Reserve/Release.
MediaCenter…: Switch to MediaCenter view.
Playout: Select and from the expanded menu select the Playback port to use. This corresponds to a
Nexio server decoder for baseband review purposes (cue, play, pause, stop etc.).
Properties: Select a job and then click Properties to launch. This is a populated version of the dialog displayed under “Create Job”.
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Device/Machine controls
Device/Machine Controls are used to control selected source and destination devices during the ingest process. Optionally, a review/review device can be controlled using the playout control on the Timeline view of the application.
Standard Machine Control Operation Buttons
Use these buttons to Play, Cue, Eject, Rew, Record, and FFwd material on a device. These button commands work exactly as they do on a tape machine.
Control Description
Play material on device.
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Control
Overview
Description
Eject material on device.
Rewind material on device.
Record
Fast Forward material on device.
Stop playout (Toggles to this button when job is playing.)
Pause playout
Cue material on device.
Set playback Speed.
Clicking the button displays a slider. Drag right to increase speed.
Drag left to decrease speed.
Cue To Timecode: Displays a dialog where the operator can enter a desired time code value to cue to.
Set the value then click OK. The SOM time display changes to the cue value. The Duration time display changes adjusts to show remaining time.
Select the Jog button/
Shuttle
button to enable right or left scrolling of the Jog / Shuttle wheel to control speed and direction, and issue
Jog commands/
Shuttle
commands.
Device selection
SOM and Duration settings.
The Left time display shows SOM (or Cue time). The left time display shows remaining time (Duration).
Mark In/Mark Out slider handles.
Change the Mark-In and Mark-Out values of a playlist item by dragging the In Marker and Out Marker slider handles on the left or right.
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Control
Overview
Description
The position arrow indicates the clip playout position.
The position arrow can also be manually dragged left or right to set the clip playout position.
MediaCenter Display Overview
The Media Center view provides comprehensive functions for managing, previewing and editing material already stored within Nexio Ingest Suite. You can also easily drag and drop material to the
Outgest display.
The MediaCenter view displays all the functions for the administration of media data, among the most important are:
Search for objects according to specific search criteria (e.g. video and audio data, media requests)
Display of objects with different display options (e.g. simple list, details, etc.)
Display and edit metadata
Initiated and monitor processes, e.g. Transfer, Metadata synchronization etc.
Quick access to media objects through virtual folders and directories.
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Figure 3: MediaCenter View
Message Bar
The message bar appears at the top of each application view.
Error messages appear in red.
Warning messages appear in yellow.
Informational messages appear in white.
Toolbar
The following icons comprise the MediaCenter toolbar.
Show my processes. Clicking the icon toggles to the Processes screen.
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Show Assets. Clicking the icon toggles back to the Assets screen.
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: User identifier
Workspaces. Select to show a list of available workspaces.
About. Show the About information screen. From this display application details can be reviewed and a report file can be exported of the details.
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Settings. Displays the Settings dialog.
: Logout. Click this button to log out of the session.
Workfolders pane
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Search Pane: Overall Search tab
Overview
Search Pane: Detailed Search tab
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Search Results pane
Overview
The search results pane shows clips that match the specified search criteria. The operator can choose to view details on a clip and/or drag the clip to the Timeline or Outgest view for record back to tape using a locally controlled VTR resource. Playout resources are shown on the timeline view of the application and objects can be dragged to this screen via the shortcuts at the bottom of the application.
: Click to Refresh the display.
: Toggle show/hide of metadata information.
Show:
Hide:
: Toggle show/hide of about information.
Show:
Hide:
: Resulst shows the serach results count.
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Right Click Context menu
Overview
Metadata: Details tab
This tab shows metadata for the clip selected in the Search Results pane.
Click the Edit button at the bottom of the pane to enable editing. Scrolling over the fields highlights editable fields.
Click the Refresh button at the bottom of the pane to refresh the display and update the fields.
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: Open the options menu.
Overview
: Click to Refresh the display.
Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
Metadata: Essences tab
This tab shows essences for the clip selected in the Search Results pane. The entry can be expanded to show details. Click the Edit button at the bottom of the pane to enable editing. Scrolling over the fields highlights editable fields.
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: Open the options menu.
Overview
: Click to Refresh the display.
Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
Metadata: Processes tab
This tab shows processing history for the clip selected in the Search Results pane. Details can be viewed for a specific process by right clicking on the process and selecting “Show Process Details.”
: Open the options menu.
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: Click to Refresh the display.
: View Logfile. Click to display a logfile.
: Change processes. Click to launch the Change Process(es) dialog.
: Hide Details. Toggle show/hide of details entries.
Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
Workflow-Tree tab
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Process Details tab
Overview
Outgest Display Overview
The Outgest view provides the ability to play out material to tape. Material can be added to the outgest with drag and drop from the MediaCenter view.
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Figure 4: Outgest View 2
Toolbar
: Reload last clip.
Machine Control Actions
Add Tapes
: specify…..
: Single
: Click to add All tapes.
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Tape
: Remove all Tapes
Preview Button: This action Cues Clip.
Setup button
Overview
Right Click menu: The Delete Entry option is available.
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Archiving
: Start Archiving
: Reset Archiving
Standard Machine Control Operation Buttons
Standard Machine Control Operation Buttons
Use these buttons to Play, Cue, Eject, Rew, Record, and FFwd material on a device. These button commands work exactly as they do on a tape machine.
Control Description
Play material on device.
Eject material on device.
Rewind material on device.
Record
Fast Forward material on device.
Stop playout (Toggles to this button when job is playing.)
Pause playout
Cue material on device.
Set playback Speed.
Clicking the button displays a slider. Drag right to increase speed.
Drag left to decrease speed.
Cue To Timecode: Displays a dialog where the operator can enter a desired time code value to cue to.
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Control Description
Overview
Set the value then click OK. The SOM time display changes to the cue value. The Duration time display changes adjusts to show remaining time.
Select the Jog button/
Shuttle
button to enable right or left scrolling of the Jog / Shuttle wheel to control speed and direction, and issue
Jog commands/
Shuttle
commands.
Device selection
SOM and Duration settings.
The Left time display shows SOM (or Cue time). The left time display shows remaining time (Duration).
Mark In/Mark Out slider handles.
Change the Mark-In and Mark-Out values of a playlist item by dragging the In Marker and Out Marker slider handles on the left or right.
The position arrow indicates the clip playout position.
The position arrow can also be manually dragged left or right to set the clip playout position.
Periodic Display
The Periodic view is used for managing periodically recurring recordings. Periodically Recurring recordings are entered once, and the associated Jobs and Recording tasks are automatically generated.
Thus, the technical information is also entered only once. All necessary data is stored in the database and are loaded and used for each subsequent recording task.
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Figure 5: Periodically recurring recordings
Toolbar
: Click to Refresh the display.
: Use this control to zoom in/out the display.
: Use the dropdown to select the encoding unit/port.
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Right Click menu
Create Job: Launch the Create Job dialog. Used to create and setup parameters of a new job.
Edit: Launch the Edit Job dialog. Used to edit parameters of an existing job.
Delete: Delete a selected job.
Overview
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Operations
General Operations
Managing the Workspace
Use the following procedures to manage workspaces.
Setting the Workspace
To maximize the display of any one column the operator can use the “Retract column” arrow located in the upper right corner of each column.
Retract column. (Use this icon button to expand viewable real estate for a given columns (i.e. show 1, 2, or all 3 columns.)
One column
Two columns
Three columns (default view)
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Open a Workspace
1.
From the menu bar select File >Open Workspace. A navigation dialog is opened.
2.
Navigate to and select the desired workspace, then click OK.
Save a Workspace
1.
From the menu bar select File >Save Workspace. A navigation dialog is opened.
2.
Navigate to the desired location
3.
Specify a file name for the workspace and then click OK.
Manage Playlists
Use the following procedures to manage playlists.
Load a Playlist
1.
From the menu bar select File >Open Playlists and State. A navigation dialog is opened.
2.
Navigate to and select the desired Playlist(s), then click OK.
Save a Playlist
1.
From the menu bar select File >Save Playlists and State. A navigation dialog is opened.
2.
Navigate to the desired location.
3.
Specify a file name for the playlist and then click OK.
Activate Fail-Safe Mode
Use the following procedures to activate Main and/or Backup Fail-Safe Modes.
Activate Fail-Safe Main Mode
1.
From the menu bar select File >Enter Fail-Safe Main Mode. The Activate Fail-Safe Main Mode dialog is displayed.
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Select the synchronize option.
If using shared state file, specify the path to the Shared File.
If using network connection, specify up to three Backup Hosts and their individual Port.
3.
When finished click OK.
Activate Fail-Safe Backup Mode
1.
From the menu bar select File >Enter Fail-Safe Backup Mode. The Activate Fail-Safe Backup Mode dialog is displayed
2.
Select the synchronize option.
If using shared state file, specify the path to the Shared File.
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If using network connection, specify the Port to use and use the dropdown to select a Sync
Mode.
3.
When finished click OK.
Reset all View Options
From the menu bar select Options menu > Rest All Views
Managing the Workfolders pane
A workfolder tree is displayed in the left pane of the MediaClient view. The operator can select different workfolders to use when performing searches.
To view available actions click .
To display actions as a toolbar on the pane select “Show as Toolbar”.
To remove the toolbar click “Remove Toolbar”. The display reverts to its original view.
To designate a workfolder for a search operation, select a folder, and then select “Copy to Search”.
The folder is added to the Overall Search Term parameters.
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Customer and Product Support
From the menu bar select Help > About… The About screen is displayed. If reporting an issue, have the details provided on this screen ready to present to a customer support representative.
From the menu bar select Help > Customer Support. Launches a dialog listing customer support contact information and links.
Product About Details
The operator can view Product About Details. They can also choose to generate and export a report of the details.
1.
From the menu bar select Help > About.
2.
On the About screen click the Details button. The display toggles to a details view.
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Click Create Report
4.
On the Save As screen browse to a location, specify the file name (or accept the default), and click save.
Provide the report file to customer support if/when reporting an issue.
5.
(Option) To return to the About screen click Info.
6.
(Option) To close the About display press Close.
Exit the Application
From the menu bar select File > Exit
From the upper right corner of the screen click ‘X’.
Error Monitoring
An operator can use the following procedures to monitor and report application errors.
Perform a Dump
1.
From the menu bar select Help > Dump current state. This opens the Nexio Ingest Suite Control
Center dialog.
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Enter a problem description
3.
When finished click OK.
4.
The system prompts for the location to save the log file.
5.
Send the log file to customer support.
Configure Logging options
From the menu bar select Help > Configure Logging.
Reference Note: For more information see section Configuration > Configure Logging .
Review System Messages
1.
The message bar appears at the top of each application screen.
2.
Click the “Open in separate window” ( ) icon located on the right side of the message bar.
3.
All available message(s) are displayed in a separate window.
Error messages appear in red.
Warning messages appear in yellow.
Informational messages appear in white.
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To View the Processes Logfile
1.
Launch the Media Client Display.
2.
Perform a search for target content.
3.
Select the Processes tab.
4.
From the Processes toolbar click the View Logfile icon ( ).
Search Operations
The Search section of the MediaCenter view offers basic search modes for searching media. The options allow searching for objects according to specific search criteria (e.g. video and audio data, media requests).
The functionality Overall Search allows searching media objects without defining any additional search criteria.
The functionality Detailed Search allows searching media objects along with defining additional search criteria.
Once found, the Media Center view provides comprehensive functions for managing, previewing and editing search result material stored within Nexio Ingest Suite. An operator can also easily drag and drop search results to the Outgest display.
Optionally, a review/review device can be controlled using the playout control. Playout resources are shown on the timeline view of the application and objects can be dragged to this screen via the shortcuts at the bottom of the application.
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Figure 6: Search Section – Different Search Modes
To Perform a Search Operation
Use the following procedure to perform a Search operation.
1.
In the Search section click the 'Overall Search' tab or the Detailed Search tab.
2.
Enter a search term.
3.
(Option) If applicable, specify the target workfolder (e.g. Nexio).
4.
As applicable, specify the Overall Search Term.
Note: By default, the object type is set to 'Media'. Leave the search term field empty to search for all objects of one object type.
Overall Search tab:
Detailed Search tab. If using Detailed Search, specify other metadata types as listed.
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Select the metadata by which the result list should be sorted from the list box 'Sort by'.
6.
Select the sorting direction from the list box 'Direction'. Options are: Ascending or Descending.
7.
If applicable, activate the checkbox 'Search my items only' in order to limit the search to items created by the user. This is useful if you want to search for EDLs that have been created.
8.
Click the button 'Search'.
9.
The media objects that are managed by Nexio Ingest with matching metadata and object type will be displayed in the result section.
The matching parts are displayed in red fonts.
Refresh an entry
1.
Right-Click on an entry and from the context menu select ‘Refresh’.
Delete an entry
1.
Right-Click on an entry and from the context menu select ‘Delete’.
2.
The system prompts for confirmation. Click Yes on the prompt to delete.
Send items to Transfer engine
1.
Search your media object(s).
2.
Select a media object from the result list.
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Right-Click on an entry and from the context menu select ‘Send to…’. This opens the transfer dialog.
Workflow Dialog:
4.
Select the transfer to be performed.
Some transfers require the definition/selection of additional parameters. In this case, the corresponding fields will be displayed below the transfer list.
Example: Send to Playout:
5.
Enter a title for the transfer.
6.
Optional: Select the date and the time the transfer process should take place.
7.
Optional: Select a priority for the transfer.
8.
Some Transfers require input of additional metadata like destinations. If so, these additional fields will be displayed in the section below “Please enter the required values:”
9.
Select the transfer to be executed by clicking it.
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The 'Start' button is activated as soon as all mandatory fields have been set. If the 'Start' button is not active, check to ensure all necessary fields are set.
10.
Click the button start to initiate the transfer.
11.
The system prompts with an Information dialog that the process has been initialized. Click OK to confirm.
Print a Search Result Item
1.
Search your media object(s).
2.
Select a media object from the result list.
3.
Right-Click on an entry and from the context menu select Print. The Print dialog is displayed.
4.
Specify the printer and printer options as required.
5.
When finished click Print.
Manage Metadata
After using the Search functions to find content, the Media Center view provides comprehensive functions for managing and editing search result material stored within Nexio Ingest.
Metadata for an event selected in the search results pane can be:
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Viewed in the search result pane.
Viewed and edited in the Details tab and the Essences tab.
Operations
View Metadata Summary
The search results pane shows clips that match the specified search criteria. The operator can choose to view a detail summary of a clip’s metadata while in the Search Results pane .
: Toggle show/hide of about information.
: Toggle show/hide of metadata information.
Metadata: Details tab
In the Media Center view this tab shows metadata for the clip selected in the Search Results pane.
Menu and Toolbar Options
1.
: Open the options menu.
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Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
3.
: Click to Refresh the display.
To Refresh the Essences tab display
From the Details toolbar click the Refresh icon ( ).
To Edit Details Metadata
1.
Select an event in the Search results pane.
Operations
2.
Select the Details tab.
3.
(Option) Click the Refresh button at the bottom of the pane to refresh the display and update the fields.
4.
Click the Edit button at the bottom of the pane to enable editing.
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Edit field parameters as required. Scrolling over the fields highlights editable fields.
6.
When finished click OK.
Metadata: Essences tab
In the Media Center view this tab shows essences for the clip selected in the Search Results pane.
Menu and Toolbar Options
1.
: Open the options menu.
2.
Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
3.
: Click to Refresh the display.
To Refresh the Essences tab display
From the Essences toolbar click the Refresh icon ( ).
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To Edit Essences Metadata
1.
Select an event in the Search results pane.
2.
Select the Essences tab.
Operations
3.
Click editing.
to expand the details and then click the Edit button at the bottom of the pane to enable
4.
Edit field parameters as required. Scrolling over the fields highlights editable fields.
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When finished click OK.
Process Monitoring
After using the Search functions to find content, the Media Center view provides comprehensive functions for monitoring processes for all clips or for a clip selected from the search result pane.
Monitoring a Clip’s Processes
In the Media Center view this tab shows the process history/status for the clip selected in the Search
Results pane.
1.
Select an event in the Search results pane.
2.
Select the Processes tab. The process history/status for the clips is displayed.
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Menu and Toolbar Options
1.
: Open the options menu.
2.
Show as Toolbar: Toggles on/off the menu options as a toolbar on the pane.
3.
: Click to Refresh the display.
4.
: View Logfile. Click to display a logfile.
5.
: Change processes. Click to launch the Change Process(es) dialog.
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: Hide Details. Toggle show/hide of details entries.
To Refresh the Processes tab display
From the Processes toolbar click the Refresh icon ( ).
Operations
To show/Hide Details on the Processes tab display
From the Processes toolbar click the Hide Details icon ( ) to toggle show/hide of details entries.
To View the Processes Logfile
1.
Launch the Media Client Display
2.
Perform a search for target content
3.
Select the Processes tab
4.
From the Processes toolbar click the View Logfile icon ( ).
Monitoring all Processes
The Media Center view can be toggled between the asset view and the processes view. The processes view allows an operator to quickly view the status of all processes.
1.
From the toolbar select the ‘Show my processes’ icon (
Processes view into. In this view the operator can:
). This toggles the Media Center into
Review all processes and/or review processes by hour bocks.
Review the details for a selected process.
Review a transfer tree structure of a selected process.
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To toggle back to Show Assets. From the toolbar select the ‘Show Assets’ icon (
). This toggles the Media Center back to the standard Assets view.
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To Review a Specific Process
The Process tab shows processing history for the clip selected in the Search Results pane. From here an operator can choose to view details on a specific process.
1.
Right click on a target process and from the context menus select “Show Process Details
2.
Workflow Tree tab: This table provides a workflow view of the process. The associated icons indicate the status of each process.
Status Icons
• Activated ( )
•
Canceled ( )
•
Done ( )
•
Failed ( )
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Process Details: This table provides details on the selected process.
Operations
To Reactivate or Stop a Process
1.
Select a workflow entry from the Process tab.
2.
Select Workflow-Tree tab.
3.
Select a process.
4.
Click to Reactivate/Restart a stopped process
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Click to Cancel a running process.
Operations
Line Ingest Operations
Line ingest jobs (Ingest and encoding of video) are planned, controlled, monitored in the Timeline View.
The Timeline view provides the Operator with an overview of all Jobs (recording tasks) on the timeline.
On this view metadata can be stored and updated.
Nexio Ingest Suite imports the relevant Job data from the Mediabase and triggers the recording channel on the video server before the video must be encoded.
The encoding module uses real-time timecode for the recording, and therefore broken time codes can be avoided.
Figure 7: Timeline View
Creating a Recording Job
Recording tasks can be created manually by a designated Operator. Recordings can either be inserted into the Timeline or started immediately as so-called Ad-hoc Recordings (Crash Recordings).
In either case, technical and descriptive metadata is automatically created, and this can be modified in the Job’s “Properties” dialog.
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Figure 8: Metadata
Manual Recording / Creating New Jobs
Use the following procedure to create a new recording.
1.
To gauge the current time click the Now(F5) button on the toolbar to reset the view to the current time.
2.
From the right click context menu, select “Create Job”.
3.
Populate the following aparameters as required.
Use drag and drop motions to adjust the time, duration, and channel for the Job, even during the recording (Shift-Drag & Drop).
Title: Specify the Job title for the record job. (Title field allows a maximum of 32 characters.)
Start:
• Start Date: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a date for the scheduled record job to begin.
• Start time: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a time for the scheduled record job.
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End:
•
End Date: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a date for the scheduled record job to begin.
•
End Time: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select an end time for the scheduled record job.
Encoding Unit: Click the dropdown button to select the encoding unit.
Router: Click the dropdown button to select the router source.
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Metadata: Populate the configure metadata parameters as required (e.g. Agency, Description, and UserFields 1-4.)
Group: From the dropdown select from a list of available groups to give oject access rights.
VTR Ingest: Enable (check) if performing a VTR ingest. Expanding the parameter displays the
VTR machine controls. For details see section, VTR Ingest Operations .
4.
When finished click OK. This confirms and stores the new Job.
5.
To view and modify the metadata for the Job, double-click or select “Properties” from the context menu.
Alternative methods for creating a new Job
Additional options for creating a new Job include:
Action
Double-click in the
Timeline
Description
Double-clicking in the timeline will open the Properties dialog for a new
Job
Copy per
Drag&Drop
Right-click in the
Timeline
To copy a Job hold the "Ctrl" key pressed and drag the Job to be copied to the desired position in the timeline.
Right-click in the timeline to display and select the “Create Job” option
Note
Start = Point of time selected
End = Start time plus standard job length
Channel = Timeline selected
Start time depends on when/where the
Job is pasted into the timeline
See above
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To Edit an Existing Job
1.
Select an existing job.
2.
From the right click context menu select Properties. This opens the job properties dialog.
Operations
3.
Edit parameters as required
4.
When finished click OK.
Create Port Reserve/Release
1.
From the right click context menu select Create Port Reserve/Release. This launches the setup dialog.
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Populate the following aparameters as required.
Operations
Use drag and drop motions to adjust the time, duration, and channel for the Job, even during the recording (Shift-Drag & Drop).
Start:
• Start Date: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a date for the scheduled record job to begin.
•
Start time: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a time for the scheduled record job.
End:
•
End Date: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a date for the scheduled record job to begin.
•
End Time: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select an end time for the scheduled record job.
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Encoding Unit: Click the dropdown button to select the encoding unit.
Operations
Title: Specify the Job title for the record job.
3.
When finished click OK.
When created a special screen image is displayed. Right clicking on the image provides a context menu for action on this.
A warning message is displayed if a job collision occurs. In this scenario the Port
Reserve/Release cannot be created.
Crash Recording (Ad-hoc recording)
Use the following procedure to start a recording immediately.
1.
Press the Shift key.
2.
Click on the name of the Encoding Unit (green buttons) on which the Job should be executed. A new recording is started on the corresponding device.
The default duration can be adjusted with the Crash Record Job Length parameter within the
Configuration menu. This duration is utilized, provided that the recording channel is available for this timespan. Otherwise, the maximum length up to 1 minute before the start of the next job is used. The other Job parameters can be adjusted later, once the recording has been started.
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Use drag and drop motions to adjust the time, duration, and channel for the Job, even during the recording (Shift-Drag & Drop).
Figure 9: Crash Recording with Click-Shift
Delete a Job
Jobs can be deleted either by right-clicking and selecting the Delete action from the context menu, or clicking on a Job and pressing the Delete key.
1.
Right click on a job
2.
From the context menu select Delete.
3.
The system prompts for confirmation. Click Yes to confirm and delete the selected job.
Starting and Stopping a Recording
Recordings will begin at their scheduled time.
To begin recording on a scheduled Job, right-click and select the “Start Now” action, or press
Control+J.
To end a Job, select “Stop” from the right click context menu.
To end a Job, select “Stop” from the right click context menu.
To refresh, select “Refresh” from the right click context menu.
Playout
The Playout function is available to play out clips from the HiRes video server after recording. Items can be dragged from the Media Centre view (search results) to one of the available ports assigned on the
Playout toggle window.
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To Load a Clip
1.
Select the created job.
Operations
2.
From the right click menu select Playout and from the expanded menu select the Recorder to use.
Playout is executed on the ports configured specifically for this purpose.
(Drag&Drop Option) To play the clip, drag and drop it from the Timeline to the desired playout channel. The clip is automatically loaded and is ready for playout.
Note: The clip must reside on the same storage to which the playout port is connected (i.e. The selected job must have a clip on the corresponding video server.).
To view the clip during playout, an appropriate video monitor must be connected to the playout port of the Nexio server.
Figure 10: Nexio Ingest Suite with Playout Control for 2 Channels
3.
Once a clip has been loaded for playout, the following machine control functions are available:
Play/Pause
Stop
Time-marker slider
Timecode display counter
Time remaining counter
Eject (unload) clip
Automatic unload when new clips are loaded
As with the recording operations, Nexio Ingest Suite does not communicate directly with the video server, but rather serves as the control interface for the playout channel associated with the instance of
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Assign a Recording Device
You must assign a device to a port in Ingest Suite before a clip can be cued to the port. To display the configured ports, click the down-arrow in the player control. A yellow exclamation mark indicates a selection is used on another port.
If no physical port is assigned to a player, it appears showing
Inactive
.
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Operations
Nexio Ingest Suite supports custom keyboard shortcuts. Check the
Nexio Ingest Suite Installation and
Setup Guide
for configuration.
Note. Players can be controlled from the keyboard using short cuts that are set up in the Control Center configuration editor. First select the channel to control. This is assigned by default to the number keys, press 1 for Player 1, 2 for Player 2 and so on. The player under control should display blue. When this happens, the keyboard keys can be used to control the player. To deselect all players, press 0. This will avoid operational errors when keyboard control is not required.
Router Control
Router control is accomplished with the back-end modules, which communicates with the Router via an
RS-422 interface.
1.
To select a recording source, click on the desired encoding unit ( button) to open the source selection dialog.
Example: source, specify a filter and then click OK.
Click to launch the Source Switch dialog. Select a
2.
Select the desired router/source, and confirm with the “OK“ button.
Figure 11: Source Switch dialog
3.
In the “Filter” field, you can enter search strings to limit the number of displayed sources.
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Figure 12: Source Switch dialog with filter.
4.
The filtering criteria is stored.
Managing Periodically Recurring Recordings
Periodically Recurring recordings are entered once, and the associated Jobs and Recording tasks are automatically generated. Thus, the technical information is also entered only once. All necessary data is stored in the database and are loaded and used for each subsequent recording task.
Figure 13: Periodically recurring recordings
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To Create a Job
Operations
1.
From the Toolbar select an Encoding unit. Use the dropdown to select the encoding unit/port.
2.
Right click on the display and from the context menu select ‘Create Job’.
3.
The Create Job dialog is launched. Use this dialog to create and setup parameters of a new job.
4.
Populate the following aparameters as required:
Title: Specify the Job title for the record job. (Title field allows a maximum of 32 characters.)
Starts: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a time for the scheduled record job.
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Ends: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a time for the scheduled record job.
Week days: Select the day(s) of the week on which the job is to run.
Start Date: Click the dropdown button to open the calendar and select a date for the scheduled record job to begin.
Router: Click the dropdown button to select the router source.
Metadata: Populate the following parameters as required: Agency, Description, and UserFields
1-4.
Group: From the dropdown select from a list of available groups to give oject access rights.
5.
When finished click OK.
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To Edit the Parameters of an Existing Job
Operations
1.
Right click on a scheduled job and from the context menu select Edit: Launch the Edit Job dialog.
2.
On the Edit Job dialog edit the parameters as required.
3.
When finished click OK.
To Delete a Job
1.
Right click on a scheduled job.
2.
From the context menu select Delete.
3.
The system prompts for confirmation of the action. Click Yes to delete the selected job.
VTR Ingest Operations
In addition to simple and easy Line Ingest, Nexio Ingest Suite also provides for control of connected VTRs for frame accurate recording via a serial RS-422 interface.
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Figure 14: VTR Ingest in Properties dialog
Create a VTR Ingest task
Creating VTR Ingest tasks takes place in the Timeline view as an Option in the Properties dialog.
1.
Within the Timeline view’s context menu (right mouse-click) you can find the “New Job” function to create recording tasks.
2.
In the lower portion of the dialog box, select “VTR Ingest”. The display expands to show the VTR
Machine Control.
3.
Select whether the timecode selected/logged should be IN or OUT values.
4.
Specify parameters as required.
5.
When finished click “OK” to initiate the recording.
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Tape Outgest Operations
Operations
The Outgest view provides the possibility to play out material to tape. You can place material into the
Outgest view by drag and drop from the MediaCenter view.
Figure 15: Outgest View
Outgest to tape
Select material for playout via drag and drop from the MediaCenter. (i.e. from the search results window after performing a search.)
(Optional) Select the entire contents of the MediaCenter “Bin”, and a new playout task is automatically created.
To Add Tapes
Adding tapes is done from the Add Tapes grouping.
1.
: specify minutes.
2.
Select the tapes to add:
: Click to add a single tape.
: Click to add All tapes.
The tape(s) is added.
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(Option) : Click to remove all tapes.
Managing Tape Operations
From the options provided for an added tape an operator can perform the following actions:
Modify clip length: Use the dropwon for the Length parameter to select a diffent length.
Cue a Tape: Click the Preview button: This action Cues Clip.
Reload last clip: On the Toolbar click
Configure Archive Playout options.
1.
Click the Setup button.
2.
On the Archive Playout Options dialog specify parameters for Pre Clip, Mid Clip, and Post Clip processing
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Pre Clip: This clip will be played out before all clips in the list for each tape. It is a constant clip that can contain a counter or logo etc. While the first clip of the list still appears at the tapes start timecode, this clip will be recorded before. (if Start-TC is 10:00:00:00 and the length of Pre-
Clip is 5 sec, then the recording starts at 09:59:55:00).
• Duration in Frames: The duration of the clip in frames. Note that the physical clip can be longer.
•
Clip Name: If a Clipname is given here make sure that this clip will never be deleted otherwise the archive process will fail.
Mid Clip: This clip will be played out between all clips in the list. It is a constant clip that usually contains black.
• Duration in Frames: The duration of the clip in frames. Note that the physical clip can be longer.
• Clip Name: If a Clipname is given here make sure that this clip will never be deleted otherwise the archive process will fail.
• Round to Seconds: Enable (check)/Disable (uncheck) rounding to the nearest second.
Post Clip: This clip will be played out after all clips in the list for each tape.
•
Duration in Frames: The duration of the clip in frames. Note that the physical clip can be longer.
•
Clip Name: If a Clipname is given here make sure that this clip will never be deleted otherwise the archive process will fail.
3.
When finished click OK.
Remove a tape: Right Click on the tape entry and from the menu select Delete Entry.
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Archiving Actions
: Click to Start Archive operations.
: Click to Reset operations.
Using Machine Controls
Standard Machine Control Operation Buttons
Use these buttons to Play, Cue, Eject, Rew, Record, and FFwd material on a device. These button commands work exactly as they do on a tape machine.
Control Description
Play material on device.
Eject material on device.
Rewind material on device.
Record
Fast Forward material on device.
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Operations
Description
Stop playout (Toggles to this button when job is playing.)
Pause playout
Cue material on device.
Set playback Speed.
Clicking the button displays a slider. Drag right to increase speed.
Drag left to decrease speed.
Cue To Timecode: Displays a dialog where the operator can enter a desired time code value to cue to.
Set the value then click OK. The SOM time display changes to the cue value. The Duration time display changes adjusts to show remaining time.
Select the Jog button/
Shuttle
button to enable right or left scrolling of the Jog / Shuttle wheel to control speed and direction, and issue
Jog commands/
Shuttle
commands.
Device selection
SOM and Duration settings.
The Left time display shows SOM (or Cue time). The left time display shows remaining time (Duration).
Mark In/Mark Out slider handles.
Change the Mark-In and Mark-Out values of a playlist item by dragging the In Marker and Out Marker slider handles on the left or right.
The position arrow indicates the clip playout position.
The position arrow can also be manually dragged left or right to set the clip playout position.
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Configuration
Configure MediaCenter Settings
Configure the following settings from the MediaCenter view.
Launch the Settings dialog
1.
On the MediaCenter toolbar click the Settings icon ( ). The Settings dialog is displayed.
Configure User defined workspaces
1.
Select User defined workspaces.
Configuration
2.
Set up a new workspace: i.
Select My workspaces. ii.
Enter a new workspace name. iii.
Click Save.
3.
Set up a standard workspace: i.
Select Standard workspaces. ii.
Enter a new workspace name.
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Select a radio button for: Standard for all users or Group restricted. iv.
If Standard is selected, click Save.
Configuration v.
If Group restricted is selected, the Groups option is enabled. o
Click on the Groups button and on the Group Assignment dialog select (check the desired groups and then click OK. o
On the Settings dialog click Save.
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Configure Keyboard actions
1.
Select Keyboard.
Configuration
2.
Set up keyboard actions for standard keyboard commands: i.
Select Standard Commands. ii.
From the Key dropdown select a key. iii.
(Option) Select (check) Shift and/ or Ctrl iv.
When finished click Save.
3.
Set up processes: i.
Select Processes.
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From the Key dropdown select a key. iii.
(Option) Select (check) Shift and/ or Ctrl iv.
When finished click Save.
4.
Set up keyboard actions for workfolders: i.
Select Workfolders.
Configuration ii.
From the Key dropdown select a key. iii.
(Option) Select (check) Shift and/ or Ctrl iv.
When finished click Save.
5.
Set up keyboard actions for results: i.
Select Results.
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From the Key dropdown select a key. iii.
(Option) Select (check) Shift and/ or Ctrl iv.
When finished click Save.
Configure User Sequences
1.
Select User Configuration.
2.
From the dropdown select a fontsize to use.
3.
From the dropdown select a default sequence.
4.
When finished click Save
Configure Logging
Use the following procedure to configure Logging options. These should be preset. Do not change these settings without supervision and direction form a qualified Imagine Communications Engineer and/or support representative.
1.
From the menu bar select Help > Configure Logging
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The Actions pane shows all loggers and their log level.
3.
(Option) Set logging for an individual Logger. a.
Select the Log Level entry for a target logger. b.
From the dropdown select the desired log level. Options are: Fatal, Alert, Error, Warn, Info,
Debug, Trace, Verbose, and All.
4.
Setting Options:
Set all Loggers to Level: Use the drop down to set the log levels for all loggers. Options are:
Fatal, Alert, Error, Warn, Info, Debug, Trace, Verbose, and All.
Reset to default levels: Click to return all settings to default.
5.
When finished click OK.
About Control Center Configuration
The configuration of Nexio Ingest Suite is managed through the user interface.
To open the configuration dialog, go to Options -> Configuration.
Reference Note: For details on this configuration see Nexio Ingest Installation and configuration Guide.
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System Manager
System Manager
Introduction
The web-based SystemManager client application is used for system and process monitoring of Nexio
Ingest Suite.
SystemManager provides the following functions:
Process Monitoring: View of completed, in-progress, and scheduled processes with details for processes and sub processes.
Module Monitor: View of which computer has which modules installed and their status (Running,
Stopped, Deactivated) and the option to restart modules.
Configuration of User Roles
Logfiles access
Figure 16: System Manager
System Manager Basics
System Manager – Functional Areas
System Manager consists of different functional areas for which additional details are provided in the following sections in this document:
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Workfolder: Virtual directories/folders for faster and easier searches
Search: Search masks to filter for specific processes
Module Monitor: Module status view
Process overview
Process details
Workflow View: View of the details of the workflows‘ subprocesses
System Manager
SystemManager – Basic Setup
Error! Reference source not found. shows the standard configuration of the application. This can be adapted to custom requirements so that the layout of the functional areas best serve the needs of your users. This customization will be determined during the specification of your project’s requirements.
Search Results
Workfolder
Workflow
Steps
Process Details
Figure 17: Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager – Standard Configuration
Background Information
Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager is a web application based on Microsoft Silverlight technology.
Microsoft offers a Silverlight plugin for your web browsers with allows for “rich internet applications”.
This will provide for more comfortable and extensive functionality than what is possible with standard
HTML pages. The different functional areas are referred to as “Silverparts”.
Process Monitoring: Search and Search Results
Search
Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager offers two different searching options:
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Option1: Use the search mask. In this mask the user can select different criteria in order to filter the results depending on the process type, customer-specific metadata or process status.
Option 2: Apply and use preconfigured searches. These will be displayed as Workfolders.
Workfolder
Search Mask
Figure 18: Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager Search Mask
Search for: Metadata, creation time, execution time, source, Target, special types derived from modules, specific workflows, Job state (e.g. In Process, Done, Error), Priorities
Query Command Window: Displays the search query as SQL for improved visibility/understanding for database admins
Searches can be stored and reloaded later
The search results are displayed in the process monitoring.
Search Results
The search results are displayed in table
The columns of this table are configured by arvato Systems in order to show the most important information on the first glance
The details include e.g. the status of the process
In the workflow tree, the individual processes are shown. Processes can be restarted using the Start-
Icon shown behind the process depending on the process status (e.g. in case of errors processes can be restarted).
The user can open the log file for selected workflows. In order to view the log files, the additional application Log4View must be installed
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Process View Structure
System Manager
Search Results
Workfolder
Process Details
Workflow Steps
Figure 19: Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager Process View
Process Monitoring
The Process Overview provides a tabular presentation of the processes. With a glance, the user sees the process types, status, and additional details and the table rows can be manually sorted and/or rearranged.
Process Details
In the Process Overview you can select single processes, and then view additional information in the
Process Detail view.
Workflow
The Workflow view shows the different sub-processes of a workflow and their status. For each
Workflow you can view the properties, and you can also jump to a specific process to view its details as well.
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Module Monitor
System Manager
Figure 20: Nexio Ingest Suite System Manager Module Monitoring
Provides system monitoring
Presents all the modules installed and supported by the system
For each module the following information is displayed: Status, Installation status, Instance number,
Module version, Configuration, Host, Last error message, Intended purpose
Health: Which condition is the module currently in.
For each single module, its status (running or not) can be displayed. Additionally, it can be displayed whether single processes within the module are executed correctly .
Different actions can be carried out for or with the modules, and these are found in the results table or can be called up through a right-click. Among these:
Update the display of, Start, or Stop the module
Forced Stop (the module should not try to gracefully end the current process, rather terminate immediately)
View logfiles by module types.
Install a new version of a module by selecting the option Install
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Figure 21: Nexio Ingest Suite System Manager Module Actions
In the Installation dialogue all available module versions are displayed. Please note: In order to install a new version of a module, the module setup must be available in the system setup directory, which is provided by the arvato Systems Project Manager
Figure 22: Nexio Ingest Suite System Manager Module Installation
Log file access
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Logfile View
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Each Nexio Ingest Suite “Worker” and Service stores daily logs on the computer on which the module is running. The logfiles provides details on the execution of tasks with details on the processes and error messages for administrators and developers.
The detail level of the log files is configurable, and the “log level” is tied to each process. This provides the capability to filter and store information suited for different usages.
The log files are collected daily through Nexio Ingest Suite scripts and added to a central Zip archive.
The Nexio Ingest Suite System Manager allows for the opening of log files of the different modules through the use of Log4View.
Log4View provides the user with filter and search functions to drill into different log levels and thus present the information into a reduced, more readable format.
Log File View in Log4View
All log files can be viewed for all processes.
Log File View for a Specific Process
It is also possible to view the log files for specific processes.
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User Group and Rights Administration
Restrictions to access to functionality is implemented with a Rights concept for User Groups. For example, the starting and stopping of modules can be limited to specific groups of users.
Click on the key icon in the upper right area to manage users and groups.
The roles of the groups must be specified and entered by arvato Systems and are read from the database
Different settings can be customer-specific, and can be viewed by clicking on the wrench in the upper right area
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Figure 23: Rights Management in Nexio Ingest Suite SystemManager
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