MashZone NextGen Hub Features

You start working in MashZone NextGen Hub from the Home page using the main menu to find and open dashboards, mashables, mashups or apps or to open tools to create or register various artifacts.

Important:

Some MashZone NextGen Hub features discussed in this topic may not be visible to you, based on your MashZone NextGen permissions.

Home: to return to The Home Page for MashZone NextGen Hub.

AppDepot: to find and work with published apps for desktop browsers. See Working in the MashZone NextGen Enterprise AppDepot for videos and links to more information.

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.

Search: to find and open the artifacts you want to work with. See Find and Open Mashables, Mashups and Apps in MashZone NextGen Hub for more information.

You can also use this page to select multiple artifacts and apply updates in bulk. See Update Mashables, Mashups or Apps in Bulk.

Tools to create, register or edit dashboards, mashables, mashups or apps:

Visualize > Mashboard: to create workspaces that group apps and can also wire apps to work together. Workspaces are also a type of app. See Create Workspace Apps with Mashboard for more information.

Visualize > App Editor: to develop custom apps. See Create Custom Apps from the Base App Package for more information.

Mashups > Wires: to create mashups visually, using simple drag-and-drop blocks and wiring them together. See Mashups in MashZone NextGen Wires for more information.

Mashups > Mashup Editor: to create or edit mashups or macros using the Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (EMML).

Connect: to register mashables that can connect to information sources.

Dashboard: to create dashboards visually. Dashboards are interactive applications that collects data from different data sources, combines it, and visualizes it. See Dashboards.

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.

Your Account: to log out or use other utilities for your profile in MashZone NextGen. See Your MashZone NextGen Hub Profile for more information.

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:

For more information, see Run and Preview Mashable/Mashup Data, Take, View or Delete Snapshots or 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.

For more information, see Common Tasks for Mashables, Mashups and Apps.

Show menu: to view, and in some cases update general information, dependencies or technical details for the artifact. For more information, see:

Common Tasks for Mashables, Mashups and Apps for basic task such as viewing or editing general information or viewing dependencies.

Create a new mashup based on this mashable or mashup.

Create a Basic App based on this mashable or mashup using the App Maker wizard.

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.

For more information, see Add Views to Mashables and Mashups and Manage Views.

Publish menu: to publish apps to other destinations such as the AppDepot or SharePoint. See Publishing, Managing, Sharing and Using Apps for more information.

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:

Snapshots tab: where you can find and manage snapshots for mashables or mashups. See Take, View or Delete Snapshots for more information.

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.