Project Manager

The Project Manager provides the tools you need to browse or search for a particular project or analysis folio in a Synthesis repository. Depending on the application, the Project Manager consists of either one or two pages:

In all Synthesis applications, the project list displays all the projects in the current database. (For Xfmea, RCM++, RBI and MPC, this is the only page available in the Project Manager).
In Weibull++, ALTA, BlockSim, RENO, RGA, Lambda Predict and DOE++, the Current Project page of the Project Manager displays all the analysis folios, reports and other items in the current project that apply to the software you are using.

There may be up to four nodes in the project list, indicating the sharing status of the projects: Private and Public projects, Locked projects and Checked Out projects.

Each node may be further broken down by project category and/or by project owner. This ensures that projects will be organized in a logical, manageable way within the project list.

Opening a Project

To open an existing project, double-click the project name or select the project and choose Project > Management > Open Project.

Note: Remember that each project may contain items from any Synthesis application but you will only see the items that are relevant for the application you are currently working with (e.g., Weibull++ analysis folios are visible only when the project is opened in Weibull++). Common items, such as project attachments, are visible from all applications.

Filtering the List of Projects

The Filter area at the top of the project list allows you to refine which projects are displayed in the list. This feature might be particularly useful for an enterprise database that may be used to store analysis projects for the entire organization in a single centralized location. In such cases, the number of projects displayed in the project list could become overwhelming and these filters provide the ability to display only those projects that are of interest to you at any given time.

Use the drop-down list to select which filter will be applied. The Default filter option always shows all projects in the database. Other filters can be created and managed by each individual user. In other words, the filters that you have defined will be saved in the database and associated with your user account. When you use this account to log into the database from any computer, your filters will be available to you. However, they will not be visible to other users.

Click the Create new filter icon to create a new filter or click the Edit current filter icon to edit the filter that is currently selected. Both commands open the Filter Properties window so you can view or modify the filter criteria.

To delete a filter, select it from the list and then click the Delete current filter icon . Remember that this will completely remove the filter from the database and this cannot be undone. If you want to keep the filter for future use and simply stop using it right now, choose a different filter from the drop-down list.

Searching for a Particular Project

You can also search for projects by entering text in the Find field. The project list updates dynamically to show only the projects with names that contain the text that you have entered. As an example, the following picture shows a quick way to find all of the projects for a particular product line by using the project names instead of predefined categories or other filter criteria.