Viewing and Browsing in IMSMANG

The IMSMA Navigation Window immediately displays at the launch of the system.

The IMSMA Navigation Window has three panes: the Country Structure Pane, the Map Pane and the Items Pane. The contents of the Item and the Map pane is controlled by the Country Structure pane. Users can browse the data by clicking in the Item pane or the Map pane.

The Items pane displays approved information. Each item has its own Summary Window that can be opened to browse for linked information and details. Throughout IMSMA^NG, functions and features display in smaller windows over the IMSMA Navigation window.

Interacting with Panes

Selecting the Country Structure node of your choice

Displaying items on the map

In order to see the items on the map, you must first enable the map themes. See Enable a Map Theme. Then select items in the Item Pane, and click on the Show All or Show Selected icons.

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	Items with a grey background in the items pane do not have geographic coordinates and they cannot be displayed on the map. 500px

Identifying an item from the map

Click the Select icon on the navigation bar.
Drag the cursor around the icon or icons that you want to select.

The corresponding item records will be highlighted in the items panel.

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Viewing Additional Data on the Map

Using the map tools

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	Using the map tools activates the map status bar in the bottom of the IMSMA Navigation window. File:Map status bar.png

Displaying items by subcategories

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Displaying auxiliary data

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Displaying labels

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Browsing the Items Pane

Viewing Linked Items of the Selected Item

	Summary windows can be customised and may present different tabs and summary headings. Contact your local administrator if you cannot find the links table.

	Links reflect the reconciliation steps performed before the approval of the selected item. For more details on reconciling and approving data, see Reconciling and Approving Data in IMSMANG.