...
To open Asta 7 go to the web address provided by your system administrator or use our demo to explore the system at the address demo2.stiftelsen-asta.no/gui. You can log in using your credentials.
...
Main Menu
The logo, clicking this will focus the Home tab
.png?version=2&modificationDate=1615554109376&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Search icon, clicking this will open the Search tab, has a context menu with the option to open another search tab
.png?version=2&modificationDate=1615554263813&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Folder icon, clicking this will show/hide the Project and Content tree
.png?version=3&modificationDate=1615555215301&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Menu icon, clicking this will show a submenu containing links to the Admin client and the User Guide
.png?version=2&modificationDate=1615554475564&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Gear icon, clicking this will open the Preference tab
.png?version=3&modificationDate=1615555313813&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Logout icon, clicking this will log out and take you to the login page
Home
Tabs that were open in the last session are reopened when a user logs in to Asta 7. This is how you can continue working where you left off. If no tabs were open or this is your first time logging in, you will be taken to Home. This tab will always be available and is accessible by pressing the Asta symbol in the menu on the left or by pressing the first tab.
...
Once logged in, you can see the main menu on the left. The Asta symbol takes you to the Home tab, the magnifying glass picks up the Search tab and the folder symbol takes you to the project and content tree.
The tree on the left shows all the initialized projects in the system as roots. Pressing the name of an a project opens the Project Landing tab with information about the project. Click the arrow to the left of the project name to see the underlying archive units.
...
You can search for the archives or top-level archive units in the tree. Type you your query in the search box on top of the tree and press Return/Enter or click the search icon button. It will search within all the projects and show the matched archive units. The search uses the fields choosen chosen in Title Field preference. You can clear the query and press Return/Enter or click the search icon button again to clear the search.
...
Open project and archive units
When you have found an a project or archive unit in the tree that you want to open, you can click on it to open. In the case of project the Project Landing tab and in the case of archive units the Content Detail tab opens in the current tab. It is possible to select Open in new tab from the context menu to keep the tabs already open.
...
You can pin projects that we work with frequently so that you can find them easily. Pinned projects will appear on top of the tree with a bold title. Select Pin archive from the context menu for pinning.
...
Pinned projects will have the option to upnip uppin them.
...
Edit project and archive units
You can select the Edit option from the context menu to ope open the Edit Dialog for a project or the Content Edit tab for an archive unit.
...
Project Landing tab
On the landing page for an a project, you get a quick overview of the project. Currently, the following information are is available
A short description of the project
Statistics on how many registrations you have per entity type
List of the digital files with the option to
DownloadorDeletethem. It is also possible toUploadnew files from hereList of change logs changelogs if enabled
In the longer term, the page will display the desired information about the project for necessary reporting.
...
Admin users will get the button to export a project. Clicking the button will open a dialog where you can choose the things you want to export. The following thing things are available for exportingexport
System table, an XML file containing the project metadata
Content, XML files containing all the archive units
Template, a an XML file containing the template and entities
Preferences, JSON files containing the preferences
...
Enter the query text in the search box and press Return/Enter or click the search icon button. The search result comes directly below the search field and you can now tap on a match to open it in the Content Detail tab.
You will also get some filtering option options on the left side of the search result. Currently is is possible to filter using projects and entities.
...