Working with DW Spectrum > DW Spectrum User Interface Overview > Working with Resource Tree and Renaming Resources

Resource Tree is a convenient tool to display, search and manage available resources within the application. The format of Resource Tree depends on the current user's permission level.

Resource Tree is displayed on the left Panel and may contain different elements depending on a user level (see "Introducing User Roles"). For Administrators, Resource Tree is displayed as follows:

•Servers (admin only) – a list of servers registered in the system. Server IP addresses are also displayed (if the corresponding setting is enabled).

Note: Media Server can have several network interfaces, so different IP addresses may be displayed.

•Cameras. Cameras are displayed under Servers (admin only) and Layouts. If a camera appears on more than one layout, the camera will be listed multiple times in Resource Tree.

The following indicators are displayed on the left:

– a camera is in recording mode

– recording is set up for the camera, but not recording at the moment.

Additionally Cameras' IP addresses are displayed (if the setting is enabled, see below).

If Camera is experiencing network issues over the past minute, is displayed. See "Camera Disconnection/Malfunction" for details.

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•Recorders (admin only). Displayed under Servers (admin only) and contains several channels (represented as Cameras).

•Users (Administrator can view several users in Resource Tree).

•Layouts. Contains resources (cameras and local files). Owned by users and displayed under each user.

•Local Files. Contains the following:

•Video files

•Images

•Exported Video Files (see “Exporting”)

•Exported Multi-Video Files and their contents: Cameras, or Local Files (see “Exporting the Layout in Multi-Video Format"

•Screen Recordings (see “Screen Recording”)

•Screenshots (see “Taking a Screenshot”).

When hovering over Camera with a mouse cursor, a thumbnail of a frame taken from the Camera will appear:

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Items that are currently placed on Scene are highlighted in bold in Resource Tree. A selected (focused) Item it has the“>” mark in both Server and Layout sections.

To enable/disable displaying IP addresses in Resource Tree:

1. Open Main Menu and go to System Settings

2. Select/clear the flag in Show IP in Tree option (Look and Feel section).

Viewer's Resource Tree is shown as the following (see picture at the right-hand side):

If Client is not connected to Enterprise Controller, only Local File names are visible.

The following actions can be performed in Resource Tree:

•Expanding/collapsing a tree node (+/- on keypad)

•Scrolling (if the tree contains multiple elements)

•Multi-Selection. Shift to select multiple items and hold Ctrl to select/deselect items individually.

•Drag and drop. An efficient way to organize and configure resources in the tree. The following chapters will further explain the drag and drop capabilities.

•Search.

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Almost any resource (except Local Files) can be renamed by Administrator in Resource Tree. To rename a resource, simply select it and:

•Left-Click on it again (like Windows Explorer).

•Right-Click for Context Menu and choose Rename (or press F2):

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