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Insights Hub and Industrial IoT

Insights Hub drives smart manufacturing through the industrial Internet of Things. Gain actionable insights with asset and operational data and improve your processes.

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OS Bar¶

Introduction¶

The OS Bar connects all Insights Hub and Industrial IoT applications on a UI level. It shows Insights Hub and Industrial IoT specific information and content, as well as application specific details. It also provides centralized functionalities to navigate back to the Launchpad or logging out, making it mandatory for every application to integrate the OS Bar.

The following image shows an example integration of the OS Bar:

OS Bar

Test the look and feel on the exemplary demonstration of the OS Bar.

Getting the OS Bar¶

The OS Bar is not available as a library. Its source is available at:

  • Region Europe 1: https://static.eu1.mindsphere.io/osbar/v4/js/main.min.js

It must be loaded by every app when being started. For instructions refer to the Getting Started.

Features¶

Environment menu¶

A click on the environment name in the OS Bar opens a menu, which displays information about the current environment, such as:

  • Environment name
  • Environment type
  • Environment location
  • Associated environments within your Insights Hub Account
  • Environment-specific legal links

The following image shows an example of this drop-down menu:

OS Bar Downtime Notification

To individualize the company logo, company name and environment specific links for the OS Bar, please refer to the chapter Customize the OS Bar with "Provider" in the Settings documentation.

Notification Center¶

Insights Hub and Industrial IoT Push Notifications will be shown for each user with the bell icon, which also shows the number of unread notifications. A click on it opens the list of unread notifications with detailed information, such as:

  • Expected maintenance and downtimes
  • Newly deployed applications in your environment

Information menu¶

A click on the information icon in the OS Bar opens a menu, which displays links related to Insights Hub, such as:

  • Online Community
  • Support Center
  • Corporate Information
  • Acceptable Use Policy

Furthermore, app developers can define additional information for their app. The app information and app operator-specific links are shown in the information menu, below the Insights Hub related links.

The following image shows an example of this drop-down menu:

OS Bar App Level Drop-down

User menu¶

A click on the user icon in the OS Bar opens a menu, which contains:

  • The currently logged in user
  • A link to the user preferences
  • The logout functionality

The following image shows an example of this drop-down menu: OS Bar User Drop-Down

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