Understanding the Topbar Settings Menu

The Settings menu is located on right side of the Topbar.

Topbar Settings Menu

This menu lists the:

Current user information;
About option that displays a dialog with the status and the versions of application components;
Application Preferences that displays a dialog with application-wide variables defined by a name, the component that it applies to and a value. New settings to be consumed by Angular components can be added. For more details, please refer to Section Setting Application Preferences in Part Customizing;
Application Configuration options, such as:
- Permissions, which allows a permission administrator to view and modify application permissions, as described in Chapters Understanding Operations and Understanding the Permission Management View,
- API Keys Management, which redirects toward the related view, as described in Section Understanding the API Keys Management View,
- Reset from File, which allows using a .json file as application configuration, exportable via Export to File from the same menu, while preserving existing scenario data, as described in Section Importing an Application Configuration File,
  
  Note:
  Note that, as this is an advanced functionality, users should consider backing up your application prior to using it. For more details, please refer to Section Backing Up and Restoring the Application.
- Reset Default Configuration, which allows using the embedded application configuration file if present, as described in Section Resetting the Application Configuration to Default,
- Export to File to download the current configuration to a .json file, which can then be imported using Reset from File from the same menu.
- Excel Template to download an Excel file of the application data structure emptied of scenario data, as described in Section Managing the Application Data.
Workspaces options, such as:
- Create New Workspace dialog to quickly create a new workspace.
- Manage Workspaces option that displays the Workspaces view. For more details, please refer to Section Understanding the Workspaces View.
Views and Dashboards options, such as:
- Create New View dialog to quickly create a new custom view.
- Create New Dashboard dialog to quickly create a new dashboard.
- Configure option that displays the Views and Dashboards Management view. For more details, please refer to Section Understanding the Views and Dashboards Management View.
Log out option to close the current user session.