Getting Started with UserTracking

You can launch the UserTracking application from the CWSI main window or as a standalone application on your workstation.

Starting from the CWSI Main Window

UserTracking is installed as a part of the CWSI suite of network management applications, so you can start UserTracking from the CWSI main window:

Select Tools>UserTracking, or click on the UserTracking icon.

The UserTracking main window opens, as described in "UserTracking Main Window."

Starting as a Standalone Application

You can launch UserTracking as a standalone application on your workstation even if CWSI is not running.

To launch UserTracking as a standalone application, do one of the following:

• From the Windows NT Start menu, select Programs>CWSI 2.1>Start UserTracking.

• From an MS-DOS command line, or from the Windows NT Run dialog, enter the following command:

install_dir\usertracking [-user username] [-aniname aniname]

install_dir is the directory where UserTracking is installed. username and aniname are optional.

If you do not specify your user ID and server name from the command line, you are prompted for this information when you log in (see "Logging In").

Logging In

If you launch UserTracking from the CWSI main window, you are automatically logged in to the network with your CWSI user identification. If you launch UserTracking as a standalone application without entering your login information, you must provide your login information for network access.

To log in to the network, follow these steps:

Step 1 Start the UserTracking application.

The Login window opens.

Step 2 Enter your username.

The username must be known to ANI and would typically be the same as for CWSI.

Step 3 Enter the name of the ANI server to use.

The default server name is AniServer.

Step 4 Click Login.

This establishes interaction with the ANI server.

When you have logged in, the UserTracking main window opens (see "UserTracking Main Window").

UserTracking Main Window

Figure 2-1: UserTracking Main Window

The UserTracking main window (Figure 2-1) contains the following components:

• Query Selector Items. You use this area to specify criteria for database queries. See "Constructing a Query" in Chapter 3, "Accessing End-User Node Information."

• Screen Layouts. You use this area to select a layout for displaying your query in the screen table and to customize your own layouts. See "Customizing the Display" in Chapter 4, "Customizing and Saving Screen Display Tables."

• Save button. Click Save to write any changes you make in the table to the CWSI database. Saving to the CWSI database does not automatically update the VMPS server; see "Downloading UserTracking and VMPS Information" in Chapter 5, "Updating Network Information and Scheduling Discoveries."

• Screen display table. This table displays the results of your queries with information about workstations and other end nodes on the network. For a description of these entries, see Table 3-1 in Chapter 3, "Accessing End-User Node Information."

• Session information.The number of entries currently in the screen table is displayed at the bottom left of the window. Your login status is displayed at the bottom right of the window.

Closing the Application

To close the UserTracking application and log off:

Select File>Exit.