General

The user interface of speedyPDM is divided into the following areas

speedy-Explorer

• Title bar
• Ribbon (Ribbon)
• Address bar (breadcrumb navigation)
• Navigation/structure (tree control)
• Document list
• Document properties
• Preview
• Status bar

The title bar corresponds to the Windows standard. Here you can close speedyPDM with a mouse click, resize the window or hide it completely. The programme name and the currently logged in user are also displayed.

The speedyPDM commands can be called up in the ribbon bar. The ribbon bar is divided into tabs by topic.

The defined vaults and subfolders are displayed in the Structure window, as well as a collection folder for search results. By clicking on an entry in the structure, the document list is filled with the corresponding documents. If you select a document by clicking on it, the general document properties and a file preview are displayed in the properties window.

The status bar shows the user who is currently logged in. By clicking on the user name, you can log in under a different user name. In the right-hand area, the status bar shows the number of objects currently displayed in the document list. If the number exceeds the maximum permitted quantity (see also [explorer.documentlist.itemsperpage]), the objects are listed page by page. You can scroll through the pages using the page switch. By clicking on the star symbol, the listing switches between page and complete listing.
In the case of speedy2GO, for example, an additional symbol shows the current online status.

“Mouse click” or “Click” etc. always refers to clicking with the left mouse button. Clicking with the right or centre mouse button is explicitly mentioned in each case.

In speedyPDM, all frequently used commands can be selected via the context menu of the right mouse button. Context menu means that the menu is dependent on the object selected with the right mouse button. Depending on which object is clicked with the right mouse button, a menu with commands belonging to this object appears.

Commands can also be called up via the menu bar and the toolbar. In both variants, the command is selected with the left mouse button.

Important commands can also be called up using the keyboard. The following shortcuts are defined in speedyPDM:

Login

When starting speedyPDM for the first time, the user must log in to the system and enter the password specified by the administrator.

If you tick the checkbox “Save password” checkbox checkbox, the password is saved with your Windows user profile so that it does not have to be re-entered each time the programme is started. The next time you call up the programme, the login window is no longer displayed and the programme is started automatically.

Ribbon view “ Change password

Change password

After calling up the command, a dialogue box appears for entering the old and new passwords:

Only alphanumeric characters (letters, numbers) are permitted, no special characters. The minimum length must correspond to the length defined under [session.password.length].

Ribbon view ” User change

This functionality is particularly interesting for administrators who use several user IDs with different authorisations for test purposes. As the speedyPDM user under which the current Windows user was last logged in is always automatically logged in due to the saved login, a user change within speedyPDM is only possible via this login.

Please note that user-specific settings such as project visibility are not updated, only the authorisation check changes.

Ribbon: speedyPDM > User options
Ribbon: View > Options

Opens the dialogue for editing the user options.

Settings can be labelled as user-specific by the administrator. These can be changed in the user options.

In the extended dialogue for messages, references to documents appear as blue text with the document number in square brackets (e.g. [202301-B00-001]).
A simple click on the document number opens the properties of the document in read-only mode.
Holding down the [Shift] key opens the document properties for editing.
Holding down the [Ctrl] key closes the message if it is a general error message and the document is displayed in the search results.

Ribbon → speedyPDM → Messages

Some warnings, error messages or user queries contain the option “Do not ask this question again” or “Do not report this note again”. If this option is selected, the corresponding message will no longer appear in future.

With the command “Messages” command in the ribbon to reactivate these deactivated messages. A dialogue window opens with a list of all suppressed messages. Select the messages that are to be displayed again and confirm the process with “OK”.

The next time the respective situation occurs, the messages will be displayed as usual.

Ribbon → Refresh
Keyboard shortcut → [F5]

With the command “Refresh” command command completely reloads the speedy Explorer interface. All window areas are updated and the current vault database is read in again. Changes to documents made by other users become visible and the view corresponds to the current data status.

Ribbon → speedyPDM → Exit
Title bar → X (Close)
Key combination → [Alt] + [F4]

If speedy Explorer is the last application to be closed on the workstation, the system checks whether there are still documents in the status “in progress” status. Depending on the system configuration, the following behaviour may occur:

• No check and no automatic check-in, the function is deactivated.
• A user query lists all documents that are still checked out and offers the option of checking them in manually.
• All checked-out documents are automatically checked in by the system on exit without any further enquiry.

The behaviour is controlled by the following configuration parameters:

[document.workspace.autocheckin]

👉 Further details on the configuration parameter can be found at: [document.workspace.autocheckin]

The Explorer can be called with the following parameters: