Search, Help, Options and Domain Menus
On the Broadsign Control Administrator interface, Broadsign provides access to help, a search function, access to domain properties, and application options.
With them, you can search through your domain, switch users, change the interface language and consult our online documentation, among other things.
Following are some characteristics of the user menu and control panel:
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Minimize – If you minimize the ribbons, Broadsign Control Administrator will also minimize the search, help and menu icons. See Ribbons - Overview.
- Fixed – The search, help and menu icons appear at all times, no matter which ribbon you select.
- Reducing Application Window Size – When you reduce the size of the entire application window, a horizontal scroll bar appears in the ribbons.
As your network grows and several users import information, you will need to find resources within your network.
You can access search by clicking the magnifying glass icon at the top-right of Broadsign Control Administrator.
Broadsign has two search modes: Basic and Advanced.
Basic Search
If you click on the search icon, the basic search interface will appear in the work area.
You can search for any resource in your domain by name, IP address, MAC address, etc.
Advanced Search
If you do not know the exact word or words of the item you are looking for, we recommend using advanced search. Click the Advanced Search button, then you can select many resources in the Find in drop-down menu.
Resource | Description |
All Resources |
Searches all the resources available in your domain by using one of the following options:
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Account | Searches for account names. |
Ad Copy |
Searches ad copies by using one of the following options:
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Campaign |
Searches campaigns by using one of the following options:
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Category | Searches for category names. |
Client Registration |
Searches for client registrations by using one of the following options:
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Configuration | Searches for configuration names. |
Contact | Searches for contact names. |
Criteria | Searches for criteria names. |
Customer | Searches for customer names. |
Day Part | Searches for day part names. |
Display Type | Searches for display type names. |
Display Unit |
Searches for display units. |
Domain | Searches for domain names. |
Domain Upgrade | Searches for domain upgrade names. |
Edge Server |
Searches for edge servers by using one of the following options:
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Event |
Searches events by using one of the following options:
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Folder | Searches for folder names. |
Frame | Searches for frame names. |
Group | Searches for group names. |
Group Template | Searches for group template names. |
Loop Policy | Searches for loop policy names. |
Master Channel | Searches for master channel names. |
Media Package | Searches for media package names. |
Media Product Package | Searches for media product package names. |
Order | Searches for order names. |
Player |
Searches for players by using one of the following options:
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Privilege | Searches for privilege names. |
Upgrade | Searches for upgrade names. |
Upgrade Channel | Searches for upgrade channel names. |
User |
Searches for users by using one of the following options:
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Changes you make to these options will impact the application or installation. In other words, these changes impact your local installation of Broadsign Control Administrator. Any user that logs in to your application will experience these changes.
- Log Out – Logs the current user out of their session. The application will revert to the log in dialogue box.
- Switch User – If your application or installation has (or will have) more than one user, you can quickly switch from one to the other. For more information, see Single Sign-On.
- Change Language – If you have installed a language pack, you can quickly switch from one language to another. For more information, see Domain Properties.
- Change Options – Opens the Options dialogue box. See Options.
- Close All – Closes all user sessions, and the application. Unlike the "log out" option, by "closing all" you will need to start the application again to log back in.
Changes you make to these options will impact the application or installation. In other words, these changes impact your local installation of Broadsign Control Administrator. Any user that logs in to your application will experience these changes.
You can access the domain menu by clicking the small "hamburger" icon, at the top right of the Broadsign Control Administrator interface.
The following menu appears:
- Edit Domain – You can configure many domain-level properties. Unlike application-level options, which only impact your installation, domain properties impact your entire network. For more information, see Domain Properties.
- Contact Book – Contains the names and details of any contacts you create in your domain. See Contacts.
- Show Transfers – Opens the Transfer Manager, allowing you to monitor larger content uploads, e.g., several large videos. To enable it, see The Defaults Tab.
- Restore Default Views – Restores the default views as configured when you first logged on Broadsign Control Administrator, after installation.
- Hide Inactive Resources – If you set a resource from "Active" to "Inactive", it remains in your cache. However, the default setting in Broadsign Control Administrator is to hide these resources. You can, if you want, deselect this property so that all resources — both active and inactive — appear in Broadsign Control Administrator.
- Record Requests to file – Records all requests — from the moment you enable the feature — in a file on your system. Provides developers using Broadsign Control API with a tool to study the operation types used for various requests. See Recording Requests to File (REST) and Recording Requests to File (SOAP).
- Stop Recording Requests to file – Stops the recording of requests. See Recording Requests to File (REST) and Recording Requests to File (SOAP).
- Look for Update – Broadsign diligently updates its software to introduce new features, and enhance its performance. Clicking on this property will check Broadsign Server for any updates to Broadsign Control Administrator that you are missing. For more information, see Update your Version of Broadsign Control Administrator.
- About – Provides the version number of your installation of Broadsign Control Administrator, your Primary and Secondary MAC addresses, along with copyright and licensing information.