The MarketWide Main Window consists of four main components: The Menu and Toolbar, Current Task Panes, Tasks and Queries List, and the Status Bar. This area covers the basic essentials of MarketWide and gives an understanding of how these functions operate. 

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The MarketWide Main Window

Multiple Connections

If you have work in more than one MarketWide realm it can be tedious to do work in one and then log out and change over to another realm. MarketWide resolves this by providing the capability to be logged into two realms simultaneously.

After logging into both realms, you can simply switch between the realms by switching tabs. The main window will change to reflect the new realm and whatever permissions you have in it. Through this, you can have modules from both realms open at once. For example, a TouchPoint can run from the first realm while simultaneously running an Analyzer from the second. When you want to log out of one of the realms, simply click the 'x' on the tab next to the realm name.

Active Applications

Active Applications are open modules of MarketWide programs, such as TouchPoint, SendEx, SQLManager, QueryBuilder, or Analyzer, or the results of a completed task. You cannot exit MarketWide if you have any active applications.

The Active Applications Dialog 

The Active Applications dialog allows you to view any MarketWide applications that are currently running. From Active Applications, you can shut down an application or switch to another Active application.

You can access the Active Applications dialog using the Tools > Active Applications menu option in the main window or by clicking on the Active Applications link on the status bar at the bottom right of the main window.

Applications listed in the Active Applications dialog are posted in reverse order from the order in which they were opened; i.e., the most recently opened applications are on top.

Active Applications contains the following options:

• • Information – Displays any active applications.
  • Shut Down – Exits the highlighted program without saving changes.
  • Switch To – Changes view from one active application to another.
  • Close – Closes the Active Applications dialog.
  • Help – Displays information about the Active Applications dialog.

The MarketWide Active Queries List

Active queries return results without using an application module. They are a single instance of a report and therefore are deleted after viewing unless the criteria or results are saved. You can view queries in the main pane of the MarketWide main window. Active queries are displayed in this pane while running or when their results are open. When you close a query's results window, the active query automatically disappears.

The MarketWide Catalog

MarketWide uses a catalog to preserve information about databases, tables, and the field names each server requires. This catalog is stored on the MarketWide Host and is accessed every time MarketWide is launched.

The System Administrator can also change the catalog through the MarketWide Administration Utility. When an Administrator changes the catalog, all users receive an alert. When you see this alert, close all MarketWide applications and click the Refresh Catalog icon on the toolbar or select File > Refresh Catalog.

Adding and Removing Programs

The programs that appear on the programs toolbar of the MarketWide main window are maintained using the MarketWide Add/Remove Programs dialog. If you wish to run a program, it must first be configured in this dialog.

By default, the both the Analyzer and the TouchPoint programs are configured during MarketWide installation and appear automatically on the toolbar. Additional programs can also be added to the toolbar as well. The default programs included on the toolbar will vary with your MarketWide administrative privileges.

If you are the MarketWide administrator, you can make external programs available within MarketWide by placing shortcuts on the toolbar. For example, if you frequently save report output as an Excel spreadsheet, you may wish to add a button to the toolbar that opens Excel from within MarketWide.

The Add/Remove Programs dialog offers the following options:

• • Program Name – Displays the name of all the programs that are available to you. Programs are split into two types: standard programs such as Open report or Cancel Task, and applications such as SQLManager and Analyzer.
  • Program Title – Enables you to enter a program description. This description appears in a tool tip caption when the cursor is held over the program button.
  • Add – Adds the program name and program title information.
  • Insert Separator – Inserts a separator above the highlighted program.
  • Remove – Removes the highlighted program from the Programs area.
  • Move up – Moves the highlighted program up one space.
  • Move down – Moves the highlighted program down one space.

The MarketWide Options Dialog Box 

The Options dialog, accessed by clicking Tools > Options, allows you to set system settings, view the location of temporary files, and perform cleanups.

The Main Window Tab 

In the General portion of the options window, you can arrange system settings so that certain operations and functions take effect when you log on to MarketWide.

The MarketWide Menu and Toolbar

The toolbar provides quick access to commonly used commands in the MarketWide main window. Click the icon once to carry out the action represented by that icon.

Please note that depending on how administrative privileges are set up, some icons may not be visible to you.