Using Desktop PowerView

The Desktop PowerView page is configured by a Matrix Business Administrator to provide users direct access to items that are important to their daily use of the applications. It can display information from different locations in an application--or from multiple applications--in a single page.

Because it is configurable, each installation's Desktop PowerView is likely to be different. In general, the PowerView contains a number of tabbed sections that reflect pages that can be found throughout the MatrixOne applications. For example, if you use Engineering Central and Team Central, your Desktop PowerView page could contain tabs for My Tasks, Meetings, Workspaces, Parts, and ECOs.

Each tabbed section functions as its own page and can contain a toolbar and Actions menu. In many cases, the tabs shown on the PowerView page correspond to category list items and show the same information as when you click a category. In some cases, to conserve space, the PowerView tab contains a subset of the information accessed from the category list.

You can set up your Home preference to display PowerView whenever you click the Home icon on the global toolbar, or you can access the Desktop PowerView any time from the Tools menu.

To access the Desktop PowerView page

1. From the global toolbar, click Tools>PowerView

Or

If your Home page is configured to display PowerView, click Home from the global toolbar. For details, see Choosing Your Home Page.

2. Work with PowerView by clicking any tab. For help on the tabbed section, click on the toolbar for the tabbed section or see the appropriate user guide.
3. To log out of the MatrixOne applications, click Logout from the PowerView page Actions menu.