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Introduction
This is the default Liquit Workspace starting point, here you will find all applications, files and other IT-resources made available to you. In the workspace you are able to do a number of things:
- Start and manage your applications.
- Add your own personal apps.
- Filter through your apps based on easy to access filter, tags and teams.
- Share personal apps, websites and other resources with co-workers.
- Define which applications should be started automatically
- View reviews on applications and websites by your co-workers
- Report potential issues with an application or website directly to your IT-Department.
The toolbar
On the toolbar a few options are made available to you, these make it easy to organize the workspace. The options available to you are the following:
Icon | Description |
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Toggles the side menu, when you select this button when the sidemenu is hidden it will show the side menu and vice versa |
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Toggles the applications sort order, either it selects your own selected order or it orders the applications on alphabetic order. |
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Refreshes the workspace and makes sure you are shown the latest applications. |
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The searchbar allows you to easily search your Workspace Applications, Contacts and Catalog applications. |
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Changes the size of the icons, when selecting the minus button the view will zoom out, when selecting the plus button. |
The context menu
Right clicking an icon will make several options available to you, they are listed below:
Icon | Name | Description |
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Favorite | Adds the application to your favorite applications. |
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Autolaunch | Enables Autolaunch on the application. |
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Rename | Enables you to change the display name to a preferred display name. |
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Information | Displays information collected about the application, please refer to the information screen section in this document. |
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Remove | Allows you to remove the application, a managed app will be moved back to the catalog, where a personal app will be permanently deleted. |
Information screen
The information screen allows you to display revies made by coworkers in the past. Add your own reviews, rate applications and view the general information on the application.
Adding a personal application
To add your own local application you can do one of the following things:
Drag and drop the application into your workspace. Alternatively you can click on the “+” button, in both scenario’s the following popup will be shown:
You can add your own (local) applications, files or websites to your Workspace. By Clicking the "+" button you will get the pop-up shown below. You can add the following types:
- Url, this indicates you will be adding a hyperlink pointing to a website, for example: www.liquit.com.
- Local, this indicates you will be adding a local application, for example Microsoft Word.
Both application types have several settings, please refer to the following list to find more about them:
URL
Name | Description | Tab |
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Name | The friendly name for the application. | General |
Icon | Allows you to upload your own custom icon. | General |
URL | The URL for the website. | General |
Browser | Select the browser you want to use to open this website with.
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Advanced |
Local
Name | Description | Tab |
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Name | The friendly name for the application. | General |
Icon | You can upload an icon. | General |
Use local file icon | If you select this option the icon will be extracted from the application you are adding | General |
Icon | Allows you to upload your own custom icon. | General |
Path | The path for the local application or file. | General |
Window | Defines how the application should be started.
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Directory | Defines the startup directory. | Advanced |
Arguments | Defines the startup arguments for the specified application. | Advanced |
Filters
By default a number of filters are made available to you, these are easy to use selections to find applications. The following filters are available:
Name | Description |
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All | When you select this filter all applications will be shown. |
New apps | When selecting this only all applications you have not yet started will be shown. |
Favorite apps | When selecting this filter only applications you have favorited will be shown. |
Personal apps | When selecting this filter only personal applications will be shown. |
Autolaunch apps | When selecting this filter only applications you have enabled autolaunch on will be shown. |
Local apps | When selecting this filter only local applications will be shown. |
Web apps | When selecting this filter only applications pointing to a web address will be shown. |
Tags
When you system administrator prepares your workspace they can add tags to applications to make them easily manageable. When selecting a tag in the sidemenu only applciations assigned to that tag will be shown.
Teams
Teams can be added to easily share applications with coworkers, the teams that are available already can be used to filter on icons belonging to a team. You can also add your own team. By choosing the "Add Team" button.
Name | Description | Tab |
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Name | A friendly name for the team. | Details |
Description | A description for the team | Details |
Icon | Allows you to upload a custom icon for the team. | Details |
Permissions | The permission tab allows you to search for coworkers and add them to your team. When you select the ‘…’ button you will be presented by an advanced search box. Allowing for more control in selecting your coworkers. | Permissions |