Difference between revisions of "Portal:IMSMA NG Administration"

Introduction

This is the administration portal for IMSMA^NG, mainly aimed towards administrators of the system rather than the end-users of IMSMA^NG. If you can't find what you want here you might want to try looking in the Using IMSMA^NG. There is also another Portal, Technical Notes which contains pages of a more technical FAQ characteristic.

Installation and uninstallation of 6.0

Upgrading to V6.0 from earlier versions consists of several activities and should be planned together with your GICHD IM advisor.

Install IMSMA^NG Version 6.0 Guide provides instructions on how to install IMSMA^NG version 6.0 for the first time.
Install IMSMA^NG Version 6.0 Patch Guide provides instructions on how to apply a patch to an existing IMSMA^NG version 6.0.
Uninstall IMSMANG and related applications

Information Management

This section describes the process for understanding and documenting the important pieces of an information model for implementing in IMSMANG. This section covers the pieces in detail and provides guidance and suggestions to information managers for making key decisions when establishing IMSMANG as their information management system.

Understanding Mine Action Information Management

Managing Information Using IMSMANG

Understanding IMSMA Information Model

Understanding IMSMA Workflows and Business Rules

Understanding Configuration Options

Steps for Understanding and Documenting an Information Model

Customisation

• Documenting Customisations and Work Flows - All customisations and the work flows should be documented
• Defining Roles, Permissions and Users - Control permissions for functions through the management of users and roles
• Language and Translations - See how you can use different languages
• Data Inventory Manager - lists all IMSMA items' attributes and allows you to manage custom defined fields (CDFs) and customise value options
• Standardising Auxiliary Data - Auxiliary data is Assistance, Cause, Needs and Ordnance classifications and Country Structure, Organisations and Places
• Design Data Entry Forms - Customise Data Entry Form templates to the information need of the Mine Action Programme
• Configuring the Items ID Generator - Creating serial ID number to be used in Data Entry Templates
• Designing Summary Templates - Customise Summary templates to display the information that is relevant to the Mine Action Programme
• Standardising Data Analysis and Information Reporting - Robust reporting and analysis component that supports various reporting options
• Designing iReports - How make new iReport templates and change existing iReport templates
• Building Searches - Robust data search mechanism that provides an easy-to-use interface for building and running searches
• Setting-up Maps and Coordinate Systems - Visualise mine action information on an integrated map and configure which coordinate systems to use

Manage Information

• Information Exchange - Read more about Information exchange
• Backup and Restore - Read more about the different options and methods for Backup and Restore
• Importing and Exporting - Import and Export for administrators