MashZone NextGen Hub Features
To open MashZone NextGen Hub click your user name in the program bar by which you are currently logged in to MashZone NextGen and select MashZone NextGen Hub in the drop-down menu.
Important: Some MashZone NextGen Hub features discussed in this topic may not be visible to you, based on your MashZone NextGen permissions.
The MashZone NextGen Main Menu includes:
Note: Users can also find and work with published mobile apps using
MashZone NextGen Mobile, a 'mobile edition' of the
AppDepot for mobile phones or mobile tablets. See
Working in
MashZone NextGen
Mobile
Apps for videos and more information.
Open the artifacts you want to work with.
Tools to create, register or edit dashboards, mashables, mashups or apps:
Dashboards and data feeds DASHBOARDS >
Create dashboards: an easy, graphic way to create, manage and view your dashboards. See
Dashboards and data feeds for details.
DATA SOURCES > Create data feed: an easy, graphic way to create and manage your data feeds. See
Dashboards and data feeds for details.
Mashboard and Mashapps DASHBOARDS > Mashboard: to create
workspaces, the dashboards that group apps and wire them to work together. Workspaces are also a type of app. See
Create Workspace Apps with
Mashboard for more information.
DATA SOURCES > Wires: to create mashups visually, using simple drag-and-drop blocks and wiring them together. See
Mashups in
MashZone NextGen
Wires for more information.
DATA SOURCES > Mashup Editor: to create or edit mashups or macros using the
Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (
EMML). .
DATA SOURCES >
Connect: to register mashables that can connect to information sources. See
Apps DASHBOARDS > App Editor: to develop custom apps. for more information.
Each artifact that is created or registered has an
artifact page where you work with that artifact. You open
Artifacts and Artifact Pages from search results, from your favorites list or other links and work with them or create basic apps from them.
Admin Console: to manage and configure
MashZone NextGen.
API Console: a utility for
MashZone NextGen developers or administrators to view and test
MashZone NextGen platform APIs.
Artifacts and Artifact Pages
Each mashable, mashup and app in MashZone NextGen has an artifact page that gives you access to run, edit, manage, publish, take snapshots and otherwise work with that artifact.
The tabs, menus and toolbars in artifact pages include:
Latest tab: to preview or work with curren data for a mashable or mashup.
Run toolbar: to run a mashable or mashup to preview results. For apps, preview is automatic. You can also:
Choose the current view to display results.
Take a snapshot of current data.
Schedule snapshots.
Collaboration toolbar: to rate, share or comment on an artifact. You can also use this toolbar to mark an artifact as a favorite.
Show menu: to view, and in some cases update general information, dependencies or technical details for the artifact. For more information, see:
Create: to:
Create a new mashup based on this mashable or mashup.
Edit: to edit mashups or apps in
Wires, the
App Maker wizard or
Mashboard. Developers can also edit the mashup or app code using the
Mashup Editor or
App Editor.
View menu: to add views, set the current view as the default, edit the current view or delete the current view.
Manage menu: for owners and
MashZone NextGen administrators to manage the artifact including granting run permissions to other users, changing the status of the artifact or deleting it. See these topics for more information:
The Home Page
In addition to the main menu, the Home page has short-cuts to your favorites, notifications that have been sent to you and recent activity by other users in MashZone NextGen Hub.