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Tutorials and Screencasts

Tutorials and Screencasts

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There are no screencasts anymore. They were filmed with very old versions of mDIS which are no longer relevant.

Tutorials

Developer Tutorials

Screencasts

(All videos removed intentionally)

Log in

(Video: "Logging In" - removed, UI has changed)

The user goes to a webpage that is available on the public internet or on a private network. The user enters their username and password and logs in.

Data Entry

What You Find on the Dashboard

View Data

How to work with input forms:

  • Use the filter function to view datasets. Filter_and_record_list_VP8

  • Export some datasets, e.g., for printing. Export_data_sets__VP8

Add/Edit Record, Duplicate

  • Only Operators or Admins can do this.

    • How to edit a record: Edit_a_data_set_VP8
    • Create a new record.

  • Add a core - ...to be continued.

  • Add a section - ...to be continued.

  • Switch back and forth between core and section.

  • Duplicate a record - Duplicate_a_record_VP8

  • Add a value to a value list - Add_a_value_to_the_value_list_VP8

Create Parent-Child Relationships

  • e.g., add a core section to a selected core run.

Delete Items

  • Delete Records
  • Delete Forms
  • Delete Forms and related tables
  • Cascading Deletes (of Forms and Tables)

TODO: Successful Actions performed by Users

  • Refine documents, update links
  • Create more screencasts/videos

Unsuccessful Scenarios

Scenarios showing users having trouble, encountering error messages.

Getting exact diagnostics might be a power-user task. (Fixing is a DIS dev/admin task.)

  • Virtualization Problems (BIOS Settings, enable CPU Virtualization Support)
  • Guest VM boot-up problems
  • Internet network problems
  • Host/Guest interaction problems (networking, shared folders, web server, Host firewall)
  • Insufficient permissions (User Rights, e.g., Viewer tries to edit data, make API requests)
  • Database-asserted Constraint Violations (Primary-Foreign key, Cascading Deletes, Column constraints/defaults/unique constraints/NOT NULLS, row duplications)
  • Rename Operations (of columns, of tables)
  • Client-Side-asserted Input Validators (numeric/string data types, datetime issues, depth semantics...)
  • Form/Tableset generation (= code generation issues, DB/File access permissions)
  • Code editing issues (custom form field validators).
  • ...