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5 The web console user interface
The web console user interface consists of the header on top, the menu bar at the left-hand side and the relevant view in the center:
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Header
In the header, the following buttons are available.
Note: Hover over the button with your mouse pointer to display a tooltip with the button name or further information.
Button Name
Filter
Reset
Home
Help
Logout
Description
Opens the filter function. With the filter function you can restrict the number of items shown in lists. Different filters are available depending on the view you open the filter function from. Available filters are: device filter, device group filter,
software filter and task filter. For further information, see
Filters
(section 5.3).
Note: This button is only shown, if a view can be filtered.
This button is displayed after you have set a filter. It resets an active filter.
Opens the homepage with the Dashboard view.
Opens a link to the Sophos Mobile Control documentation web page. On this page, all manuals for Sophos Mobile Control are available.
Logs off the currently logged in user.
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Menu bar
The menu bar on the left-hand side of the user interface shows all available Sophos Mobile
Control modules (for example Inventory) and their functions (for example Devices under
Inventory). Use the menu bar to navigate between modules and functions. Click a module to open a view showing the module functions with a short description. Click a function to open it directly.
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View
Administrator guide
The view of the web console changes depending on the module and function you are working with. When you log in to the web console, the Dashboard view for the customer you have
logged in to is displayed. For further information, see
Using the Dashboard
(section 6).
Note: The functions, modules and buttons available on the web console user interface depend on the role of the logged in user, see
User roles
(section 2.2). For super administrators, the web
console shows a specific view for the super administrator customer. For further information, see the Sophos Mobile Control super administrator guide. Super administrators are not supported for
Sophos Mobile Control as a Service.
5.1 Tables
The web console user interface is for the most part based on tables with items you can carry out administrative tasks on. To make these tables easier to use, all items shown are by default grouped
into 20 items per page. You can change this setting according to your requirements, see
Configure personal settings
(section 9).
You can browse the table pages with the controls shown below the table. In many tables you can sort items. Fields that can be used for sorting show small arrows. Click the arrows to sort the items according to the selected field.
In most tables you can carry out actions regarding the listed items by using the action icons shown next to them. The icons shown depend on the selected table and, in some cases, also on the status of the relevant item.
The action icons trigger the following actions:
Icon Description
Show details of this item.
Edit this item.
Delete this item.
This icon is shown for software packages. Click it to download the software package from the web console, see
Download uploaded software packages
(section 16.2.1).
5.2 Buttons
Throughout the web console a number of common function buttons are used. Hover over the button with your mouse pointer to display a tooltip with the button name or further information.
In this administrator guide, the button names shown in the tooltips are used. For an illustrated
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list of all function buttons with their button names, see
Appendix: Common web console buttons
(section 27).
5.3 Filters
By using filters you can restrict the number of items shown in lists according to defined criteria.
To open a filter, click the Filter button in the web console header. The web console offers four different filters:
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Device filter, see
Use the device filter
(section 21.2.1).
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Device group filter, see
Use the device group filter
(section 21.2.2).
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Software filter, see
Use the software filter
(section 16.6)
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Task filter, see
Use the task filter
(section 22.3).
The filter is not only valid for the function currently displayed, but for all functions where items of this type are listed.
Note: Remember to reset filters manually when they are no longer needed. Otherwise lists or reports may not include the results you expect.
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