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In some cases, further panels can appear beside the main table. This is the case for restriction
filters, for example, where there are three side-by-side panels that are programmed in a progressive
order from left to right.
Tabs that do not apply to a selected item appear greyed out and behind the active tabs.
You can select fields that are not read-only and enter new data either from your keyboard or by
using the drop-down box that appears when a field is selected. Data entered in these fields take
immediate effect, unless otherwise noted on the panel or in pop-up confirmation dialog boxes.
Refer to “Element Manager data features” on page 52 for details about navigating and changing
information.

Effective use of Element Manager

This section describes how Element Manager interacts with data to help the BCM50 administrator
better understand how to interact with the Element Manager.
The view users see depends on the group to which they belong. They may not be able to see all
Element Manager trees or panels. Users assigned to the nnadmin group will have administrator
privileges and can view all panels and trees available through Element Manager. See the Chapter
4, “BCM50 Security Policies and Accounts and Privileges,” on page 75 for more information on
grouping users and assigning privileges.
The BCM50 retrieves task bullet data in real time and in sequential order. Once you select a task
bullet, Element Manager searches for the data to populate the panels and any associated detail sub-
panels or tables for the task. The first search must complete before Element Manager can start the
search for the data required for the second selected task. The first task data request is not cancelled
by the second task data request. You should only select a second task after the first task request is
completed.
Although there is some data caching done, larger tables take longer to load, as do panels with more
information in them.
Field data is committed by using add or modify buttons in panels that contain the buttons. For
panels without a Commit button use the tab or space keys to leave the field after the data has been
filled in to commit the data.
Administrators have the ability to lock out other users for a maximum of 240 minutes from
Element Manager by using the Enable Exclusive Access function in the Administrator Access >
Accounts and Privileges > Current Account tab. This ensures that there are no other users
creating changes at the same time as the administrator. See Chapter 4, “BCM50 Security Policies
and Accounts and Privileges,” on page 75 for more information on how to use Enable Exclusive
Access.

Element Manager data features

The Element Manager arranges repetitive information, such as lines programming, device record
(DN record) programming, and system speed dials into tables of information. You can manipulate
these tables in terms of data display and filtering, sorting and copying information between cells.