Main Window Tour¶
The MetaMiner Client (MMC) main window has a menu bar, a row of tabs (one per work area) and a status bar; this page explains each part for a Power BI installation.
Image of the MMC main window with the menu bar, the tab row (Power BI Explorer active), the filter pane on the left and the status bar at the bottom, each area numbered
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Title bar¶
The title shows the product name, your license edition and, when fewer than 365 days of license remain, the days left. By default it also shows the MetaMiner Server (MMS) you are connected to.
Menu bar¶
| Menu | Item | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| File | Connection Manager... | Ctrl+M | Connect, change server or change loaded environments. See Connect to a Server. |
| File | Forget Credentials... | Ctrl+K | Removes the MetaMiner user name and password saved on this computer |
| File | Change MetaMiner Password... | Change your MetaMiner password (not for LDAP or Active Directory users) | |
| File | Open MetaMiner Log | Opens the client log file | |
| File | Open MetaMiner Log Folder | Ctrl+L | Opens the client log folder |
| File | Preferences... | Ctrl+P | See Preferences and Shortcuts |
| File | Launch Power BI Usage... | Opens the Power BI usage dashboards in your browser. See Usage Dashboards. | |
| File | Launch MetaQuery Web... | Opens Meta Query on the web. See Meta Query on the Web. | |
| File | Launch Pulse... | Opens the Monitor web app. See Monitor. | |
| File | Choose Language... | English or French; restart the client to apply | |
| File | Quit | Ctrl+Q | Closes the client |
| Find | Quick Search Control | Ctrl+F | Moves the cursor to the quick search box of the current tab |
| View | Filter Pane | Ctrl+E | Shows or hides the filter pane of the current tab |
| View | Reset All Filters | Ctrl+R | Clears every filter of the current tab |
| Help | Context Help | F1 | Opens the help page for the current tab |
| Help | Compare Editions | Shows what each license edition includes | |
| Help | About MetaMiner | Version, licensee and days remaining |
A web app launcher is disabled when you are not connected. It reports This web app is turned off on this MetaMiner Server when the administrator has not enabled the app, and You do not have access to this web app. when your role lacks the permission for it: client access in a Power BI environment for Power BI Usage, and Tab: Meta Query for MetaQuery Web.
The File menu also lists BusinessObjects logon items and a BO Console launcher, and the Find menu lists Find Objects by ID... and Find Objects by CUID.... These work only with SAP BusinessObjects environments. In the Power BI Explorer, use quick search instead.
Tabs¶
Each tab is one work area. Tabs appear after you connect, in this order, when their conditions are met.
| Tab | Shown when | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Alerts | License edition includes alerting, and you hold Tab: Alerts in every loaded environment | Not covered on this site |
| Meta Query | License edition includes Meta Query, and you hold Tab: Meta Query in every loaded environment | Meta Query |
| Power BI Explorer | Power BI is enabled on the MMS and a Power BI environment is loaded | Power BI Explorer |
| Power BI Backup | Same as Power BI Explorer | The Power BI Backup Tab |
| Entra Users/Groups | Same as Power BI Explorer, and you hold Tenant Admin in at least one loaded Power BI environment | Entra Users and Groups |
When you load only Power BI environments, the client opens on the Power BI Explorer. Otherwise it returns to the tab you used last.
How permissions decide tab visibility¶
Permissions are granted per environment in the MetaMiner Administrator (MMA). See Permissions Reference.
- When the MMS does not use MetaMiner user security, every permission is granted.
- Tab: Meta Query and Tab: Alerts apply to every environment type. They must be granted on every environment you load.
- Tenant Admin needs to be granted on only one loaded Power BI environment for the Entra Users/Groups tab to show.
Tip
If a tab disappears after you enable one more environment in the Connection Manager, your role lacks that tab's permission on the new environment.
Closable tabs¶
Some actions open extra tabs with a close button: Open in New Tab, Explore Security, View Impacted Objects... (the Power BI IA tab) and Meta Query Show as Tree. These tabs work on a copy of the data at the time you opened them. Close them when you are done.
Status bar¶
| Element | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Connection icon | Green when connected; red when disconnected. Double-click to open the Connection Manager. |
| Live issues indicator | Issues the MMS is currently tracking in its own logs. Click for details. See Analyze Logs. |
| Loaded at, refresh button | When the data was loaded. Click the button or press F5 to reload. See Refresh and Background Tasks. |
| Row count, selection count | Visible rows of the current tab (collapsed and filtered-out rows are not counted) and selected rows |
| Status text | Progress messages, for example while the MMS is loading an environment |
| Task History | Jobs you sent to the background. See Refresh and Background Tasks. |
| Help, clock, memory | Link to help, current time, and client memory use in MB when Show Memory Bar is on |
TODO: confirm the customer-facing name of the live issues indicator and whether it is shown to all users
Source to check: product owner; the status bar indicator opens a "Live issues" panel with Issues and Freshness tabs.