Ribbon

CustomTools Administration Tool has an user interface called Ribbon which is based on the tabs and groups instead of the menu bar.

• Tabs are designed to be task-oriented.
• Groups within each tab break a task into subtabs.
• Commands buttons in each group carry out a command.

General tab:

The General tab contains commands e.g. for basic monitoring of CustomTools via Windows Event Viewer.

	Command name	Command description	Ribbon group
	Refresh	Refreshes the Database View of Administration Tool.	View
	View	Shows the CustomTools application level event log with help of Windows Event Viewer.	Event Log
	Send Email	Opens your default Email client program. You can send an email to CustomTools support team. The email address of the CustomTools support appears automatically into the To box.	Event Log
	Export	Exports your current CustomTools event log into your desired location.	Event Log

Database tab:

The Database tab contains commands to administrate your CustomTools databases.

	Command name	Command description	Ribbon group
	Properties	Shows the properties of your current Database server. You can also change the database server by using this feature.	Server
	Register Database	Registers the desired CustomTools database which is located in the registered database server.	Server
	Create Database	Opens the database wizard for creating a new CustomTools database into the current database server.	Server
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	Set As Active	Sets the selected CustomTools database as active. CustomTools uses the active database.	Database Settings
	Login	Login to the selected database.	Database Settings
	Logout	Logs you out from the database where you are currently logged on.	Database Settings
	Database Options	Opens the CustomOptions dialog box with the Database Options tab.	Database Settings
	Unregister	Unregisters the selected database. Unregistering does not delete the database from the server.	Database Settings
	Delete	Deletes the selected database from the database server.	Database Settings
	Upgrade	Opens the CustomTools Database Upgrade Wizard. In case you have just installed the latest CustomTools service pack, you are not allowed to login to your database until it has been upgraded to the latest version. To solve that issue, use the Database Upgrade Wizard to upgrade your database.	Database Settings
	Add Features	Add special features to CustomTools. The special features could be like Excel reporting feature that generates an Excel report from the model structure wiht help of the CustomTools Export feature.	Database Settings
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	Create Profile	Create a new profile to the CustomTools database using a Profile Creation Wizard.	Profile Settings
	Import Profile	Import CustomProfile that has been exported earlier from the CustomTools database.	Profile Settings
	Copy As New	Copies the selected CustomTools profile into the same database as a new profile.	Profile Settings
	Export Profile	Export the selected profile to elsewhere. All the existing profiles should be exported as backups when planning to create a new database.	Profile Settings
	Delete Profile	Removes the selected profile from the CustomTools database.	Profile Settings
	Rename Profile	Change name of the selected CustomTools profile.	Profile Settings
	Permissions	Manage the user rights of the selected CustomTools profile.	Profile Settings
	Profile Options	Opens the CustomOptions dialog box with the Profile Options tab.	Profile Settings

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