The Home page is the first page that you see when you sign in to the Ardia Platform. The Home page serves as an application dashboard. It displays the application cards that you have permission to access. The application cards are categorized into three areas: Core Applications, Utilities, and External Software.

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You can pin your frequently used applications to the left pane for quick access from any Ardia page.

 

At the top of every Ardia Platform page, you can access the header bar. From the header bar, you can:

  • View notifications
  • Manage your Ardia account
  • Access the Help documentation and the Software License Agreement
  • Sign out of the Ardia Platform
  • Return to the Home page

The following figure shows the Ardia Home page.

The following table describes the icons on the Home page.

Icons

Description

Opens the Ardia Home page.

Opens a menu with the following options:

  • Help: Opens the Ardia Platform Help documentation.
  • About Ardia: Opens the About Ardia Platform page, which includes the Software Information table and the Software License Agreement.

Opens the Notifications pane.

Opens a pane with the following links:

  • User Settings
  • Sign Out

Here, you can also switch user roles if you have multiple roles.

Indicates desktop software that is connected to the Ardia Platform and can be launched from the Ardia Platform.

NOTE: The Xcalibur software, BioPharma Finder software, Proteome Discoverer software, and Compound Discoverer software can also connect to the Ardia Platform but do not have launchers.