Running the Administrator

When the SmartBatch product is initially installed, the Windows user (also called account) that is logged in at that time is added to the SmartBatch Administrator role.  For more information about SmartBatch security see Managing Users and Service Environment and Security.

 

Themes

The SmartBatch Administrator supports a variety of themes.  This makes it easy for you to customize the look of the Administrator to suit your preference.  To change themes logon to the Administrator, select the View menu tab, select the Theme you would like to use from the drop down list.

Connecting to the Executive Server

When the SmartBatch Administrator is started, the flash window is displayed followed by the connect window shown below.  The logged on user must be in one of the defined SmartBatch roles to be granted access to the Administrator.  The following picture shows the Operation Properties window and its tab options. You can click on "hot spot" areas in the picture below to get detailed information about buttons, controls and fields.

   
  

Computer

Executive Server

Enter the name of the computer where the Executive Server is installed.

 

Connect button

Causes the Administrator to attempt to connect to the Executive Server. If the user is authorized, the Administrator main window is displayed. Otherwise, an error message is displayed indicating that the user is not authorized or other potential error that might occur attempting to connect.

 

Cancel button

Closes the window without saving changes.

 

Help button

Closes the window without saving changes.

 

Register button

You must register SmartBatch in order to use it. If you are evaluating the product, you must enter the Support ID and Password sent to you from the download email or you can obtain this value from support@onlinetoolworks.com. If you have purchased SmartBatch, you can enter the Support ID and Password provided to you.