The Q-Launcher is the central launch platform for starting the Q-DAS browser-based applications. This document shows you how to set up and handle the Q-Launcher application.
Table of Contents
This document is intended to explain the basic setup of the Q-DAS Web App, the individual products and the general handling. The installation of the Web is described in a separate document.
The terminology of the WEB elements can be seen below:
Supported Internet browsers
Currently, the Q-DAS Web Apps functions are available for the following Internet browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium based)
View after opening
After opening the Q-DAS web app, the user login window appears.
Username and password must always be entered. Login without password is not possible.
Saving the Q-DAS user and the corresponding password is not possible on the part of the Q-DAS Web App. However, the user and the corresponding password can be saved in the used browser.
Users are created by means of user management in the Windows application supplied. From version 14.0.1.x and higher, user management can also be done directly in the Q-DAS Web App.
View after loading the Q-DAS Web App:
Application bar
Within the web application a product is installed, with which only one surface exists. The web products are made available via this.
On the application bar you can see the purchased Q-DAS Web Apps.
Q-DAS Web App products that have not been purchased are displayed greyed out:
Quick access
Since version 14.0.4.1 the new option called Quick Access was introduced. It is a configurable “dashboard” that helps the users to use shortcuts. By default, one link is already in place. This link will take the user to Q-DAS online help website.
Quick Access can be configured via button in the upper right corner.
The text can be added using the button “Insert text”. The field can be changed in size by the user and put anywhere in the table.
Configuration for the text can be changed in the right-side panel.
The link can be added by using a button “Insert widget”.
The position of a link can be defined using the grip. Drag and drop the object to the desired place in the grid.
The definition of the link can be done in right side panel.
Three types of links can be used:
When the configuration is ready, it can be saved using the button in the upper right corner.
Confirmation will appear in the screen.
To go back to the Quick Access from any other location in the application can be done using the button in the upper middle are.
Launch of Q-DAS Web products
Starting one of the products via the application bar opens a corresponding session. The green bar in front of the product in the application bar indicates that it is active and therefore blocks a license. The indication of the started session can be also seen in the lower bar.
For qs-STAT and solara.MP: If one of the products is started, another session can be started via the " + " in the table bar. With each additional session opened, another license is used.
If another session is opened, each individual session can be worked with differently.
However, further tabs are only possible in qs-STAT and solara.MP. RTM and PLV have a fixed defined view per user, therefore no further tabs are needed.
Contents of the tabs
When the menu button next to the session indication is clicked, a selection of options appears.
Fullscreen
The current window expands across the entire screen.
The menu button in the upper right corner can be used to restore the original view by selecting "Maximize".
Windows
Selecting the "Window" function enables dynamic design of the view.
The menu button in the upper right corner of the single window of the session can be used to restore the original view by selecting "Maximize".
Close
The current session will be closed.
The "Close" selection applies only to the current session, all other functions apply to all sessions.
User selection
The creation of users as well as their administration can also be performed in the Windows application. On the server on which the web was made available, the respective Windows applications can be started for all products. If there is no license for the Windows applications, each product can be started as a demo version (one license DEMO in concurrent operation).
Creating users / user groups in the Windows application is described in a separate FAQ. Password entry cannot be removed for the web application.
In Q-DAS Web, various options are not available: For example:
- Using the Windows login
- Log in without password
Session procedure
The web products qs-STAT as well as solara.MP have a defined end of a session of 20 minutes in case of inactivity. 5 minutes before the session expires, the following note appears:
If the session has expired, the following note appears:
The session can be restored by clicking on “Yes” button.
As soon as a session has expired, and you are in the different area of the software, the corresponding tile in application bar starts blinking.
The session can be restored by clicking on the flashing tile and restore the session by clicking on “Yes”.
Short links
Short links allow the user to directly open certain products, certain data pools and views. The short links themselves are created in the corresponding applications or directly here in the settings and are available to the user.
The possibilities of shortlinks are constantly being developed.
Create / edit / delete shortlinks manually
Shortlinks can be created via the "Plus" icon.
The following information can be stored. The options shown are application dependent.
An existing shortlink can be edited via "Pen" button.
An existing shortlink can be deleted by editing and choosing the option delete.
Name
The name of the displayed shortlink can be stored here.
Product selection
After clicking on "Application" the corresponding application can be defined (the other options under will be filled automatically).
Available Options
The following options are available for the different products:
Mark as start application
When this option is set, this application is automatically started after logging into the web.
Start in full screen mode
This starts the corresponding application directly in full screen mode.
Module
In qs-STAT, you can choose here between the modules Sample analysis / Process analysis at program start.
Filter
In qs-STAT and solara.MP it is possible to choose between a stored filter and a line selection.
Save a shortlink
After clicking OK and saving successfully, a confirmation will appear.
General option to save a shortlink
Whenever this icon is displayed in dialogs, it can be saved as a Short Link:
After choosing the option and entering a name, it can be saved.
Confirmation message will appear.
Opening the shortlink
Opening a short link starts the product. The corresponding license is then also blocked. If the product saved in the short link has not yet been started, it will be started automatically.
If the product is already open, but no data is loaded yet, the query appears whether the already opened application should be used.
If the product is already open and data is loaded, a query appears asking whether a new session should be started. This would block another license.
Short links from part selection
When the part selection is visible, parts can be marked and, if necessary, only desired characteristics per part can be selected.
Calling this short link directly loads the selected data pool.
Short Link from filter
As soon as entries have been made in the filter, it can be saved as a short link.
Calling this short link loads the "Read from database" dialog with this filtering.
With a click on "Filter" the saved filter condition can be viewed.
Short Link from Preselection
Preselections are saved to the user in the Windows application as selections.
After choosing a selection, the shortlink can be saved:
Calling this short link directly loads the selected data pool.
Short Link from line selection
Directly after opening the line selection, a short link can also be saved here.
Currently, the short link only starts the line selection directly. No definition is saved.
Explorer
The explorer displays the reports that have been created and made available for all users or the individual user. (Analysis & Report Tool)
- "All reports" displays all the reports that are made available to all users.
- "My reports" displays the reports that are explicitly made available to a logged in user.
- "Last updated" displays the reports that were last edited.
Once a report is selected and highlighted, the associated preview appears in the right pane.
Clicking on "Load" opens the corresponding report as a PDF file in a new browser tab in the stored default browser. Deleting reports is not possible.
Settings
The following options are available for selection via the "Settings" dialog. The selection depends on the user group rights. Central configuration options are reserved exclusively for the ConfigurationUser.
General configurations
A general configuration can be made on a global level.
Global settings
Global settings such as the language can be made.
Language
The language to be used can be selected. The selected language applies to all started web products in this browser. To accept the language, the dialog must be exited with OK after the selection. After restarting the web application, the default language is always used.
Application specific configurations
The configuration in this section can be done only by ConfiguratioUser.
The K-fields to be displayed in the various dialogs and graphics can be selected for each product in the K-field selection. The desired K-fields can be added/removed via drag and drop.
Plant Viewer 
The stored K-fields are displayed within the "Additional information" dialog called by clicking on the measurement.
qs-STAT
The field configuration can be done separately for Process Capability Analysis and Sample analysis modules.
“Read from database: Field selection” applies to the displayed K-fields under Filter in the Read from database dialog.
The setting under "Additional information" applies to the displayed K-fields in the corresponding window, for example, as soon as you have clicked on a measured value within the value chart.
Real Time Monitoring
“Read from database: Field selection” applies to the displayed K-fields under Filter in the Read from database dialog.
The setting under "Additional information" applies to the displayed K-fields in the corresponding window, for example, as soon as you have clicked on a measured value within the value chart.
“Number of measured values” defines how many measured values (last X measured values) should be displayed.
If the option "Last 24h" is not set, the last 23 measured values are generally displayed. (Time/date of the measured values does not matter).
If the option "Last 24h" is set, only the measured values (in the example below - 3) from the period of the last 24h are displayed. If there are no or only a few measured values from the last 24 hours, it may happen that fewer measured values than specified or no measured values at all are displayed.
solara.MP
“Read from database: Field selection” applies to the displayed K-fields under Filter in the Read from database dialog.
The setting under "Additional information" applies to the displayed K-fields in the corresponding window, for example, as soon as you have clicked on a measured value within the value chart.
Database Selection
The default connection to the database can be set. Only databases that has defined connection in the desktop application can be selected under this setting.
User administration
The user management in Q-DAS Web follows the same rules as the user management within the desktop application. The individual authorization levels are explained in the user management FAQ. A special case for the Q-DAS Web applications is the option which user group is allowed to start which of the web applications.
Users and user groups
Using the available options, new users can be created / edited. User rights can be assigned and the available web application can be specified.
Via + new users / user groups can be created.
Drop down list can be used to define the number of users / user groups displayed per page.
The search field can be used to search for users / user groups.
- Create/edit user information
After adding a new user via +, the corresponding user information (name/password/user group etc.) can be created. To edit already existing user information, a click on the user is sufficient to enter the edit mode.
Under “Configurations” the user can be assigned to a plant on the basis of Plant Manager via option “Oraganizational unit”. The reason for that could be that only specific data from specific plant should be available to this user.
Under “Delete configuration” the user specific configuration can be deleted. With one click of the button, all user settings from corresponding module will be deleted. After deletion, the confirmation message appears.
- Store user group information
After adding a new user group via +, the name of the user group can be definned. In addition, you can define which web applications should be available to the respective user group and, individual user rights can be granted/not granted to the user group. To edit already existing user group information, a click on the user group is sufficient to enter the edit mode.
- Delete users/user groups
You can delete a user or a user group by clicking on the user / user group using the corresponding button.
User
User group
- Copy user groups
To copy the user group with all its rights, select a group and use a button in upper right corner.
Settings
Some additional configurations can be done under settings.
Password guidelines
Global defaults regarding passwords (max. number of repetitions / password length etc.) and settings for logging can be defined here.
Plant Manager
A tree structure must be created in the Plant Manager. A structure reflects the company structure where the lowest level contains machine nodes. The machine nodes are used to save the measurement results. They are identified by the machine number in the measurement (K0010). In addition, the results are summed up in their parent nodes.
If a Q-DAS data database has been newly set up as of version 14.0.1.1, the first nodes of the structure already exist as examples: Company / Plant / Department / Workshop / Line / Operation.
At the schematic structure below is explained the operation of the PLV aggregation of the upload, with which the aggregated information of the various views of the PLV is stored.
Given is a department in which there are two lines, each with two operations, each with two machines:
- Plant
- Department 01
- Workshop 01
- Line 01
- Operation 01
- Machine 01
- Machine02
- Operation 02
- Machine 03
- Machine 04
- Operation 01
- Line 02
- Operation 04
- Machine 05
- Machine06
- Operation 05
- Machine 07
- Machine 08
- Operation 04
- Line 01
- Workshop 01
- Department 01
Data of these machines are uploaded (machine in K0010 in the additional data level). The upload determines which of the measurements had individual value alarms (or warnings) and these are then added up. The summation is done for the entire line up to the plant to which these machines belong. This data aggregation is done for the time unit set in the upload.
Example:
Machine 1: 6 measurements good 1 measurement bad
Machine 2: 4 measurements good 0 measurement bad
Machine 3: 8 measurements good 2 measurement bad
Machine 4: 12 Measurements good 3 measurement bad
Machine 5: 3 measurements good 1 measurement bad
Machine 6: 6 measurements good 1 measurement bad
Machine 7: 6 measurements good 2 measurement bad
Machine 8: 6 measurements good 3 measurement bad
The result of such a compression would be this summation, starting at the machines and summarized upwards. Green numbers are measurements without alarm, red numbers are measurements with alarm.
- Plant +51 +14 (total department)
- Department 01 +51 +14 (total workshop)
- Workshop 01 +51 +14 (sum line 01 + line 02)
- Line 01 +30 +6 (sum operation 01 + operation 02)
- Operation 01 +10 +1 (sum Machine 1 + Machine 2)
- Machine 01 +6 +1
- Machine02 +4 +0
- Operation 02 +20 +5 (sum Machine 3 + Machine 4)
- Machine 03 +8 +2
- Machine 04 +12 +3
- Operation 01 +10 +1 (sum Machine 1 + Machine 2)
- Line 02 +21 +8 (sum operation 03 + operation 04)
- Operation 03 +9 +3 (sum Machine 5 + Machine 6)
- Machine 05 +3 +1
- Machine06 +6 +2
- Operation 04 +12 +5 (sum Machine 7 + Machine 8)
- Machine 07 +6 +2
- Machine 08 +6 +3
- Operation 03 +9 +3 (sum Machine 5 + Machine 6)
- Line 01 +30 +6 (sum operation 01 + operation 02)
- Workshop 01 +51 +14 (sum line 01 + line 02)
- Department 01 +51 +14 (total workshop)
Creating the structure in the Plant Manager
In order to create the desired company structure, at each level there is a possibility to change the element or add new elements:
Edit element
Depending on the element type (here as e.g. the Plant) more or less information can be added:
- Add new elements
Standing on a layer, the option shown can be used to add elements on the same layer or for the layer below.
Using the line as an example:
If a new line is added standing on the line, it will be created parallel to the existing line below:
If an operation is selected, the operation will be created under the selected line:
- Assign machines
Under the Work cycle / operation, an existing machine (based on the stored catalog from the database) can be selected.
The data summarizations required for the PLV are carried out via the structure created with this.
In the machine view of the PLV per machine, the number of bad measurements of the current time unit can be seen.
At the higher levels the summary representation:
A detailed description of the levels can be found in the FAQ for the PLV web application.
Preparatory work
On the server on which the web was made available, the Windows applications can be started for all products. (If there is no activation for the Windows applications, each product can be started as a demo version - one license DEMO in concurrent mode).
In these Windows products, the necessary setups for using the Q-DAS Web Apps must be performed.
Catalogue adjustment
To customize the catalogues, one of the products (usually qs-STAT) must be started on the Windows server.
The "Catalogue data from database" setting must be used. Using catalogue data from file (*. dfd) is generally not possible.
Via "Edit catalogues" the catalogue entries available for selection in Q-DAS Web must be added/edited.
Detailed description can be found here:
https://documentation-be.hexagon.com/bundle/q-das/page/LD/FAQ_Catalog.pdf
The machine k-field (K0010) must be written later by all writing system (to the DFQ files for upload).
For measuring devices certified according to AQDEF (version 4 and higher), the created catalogue can be provided via the catalogue export:
https://documentation-be.hexagon.com/bundle/q-das/page/LD/FAQ_Catalogue-export.pdf
Required database adjustments
The Q-DAS data database must be at least version 14.0.4.1.
It is mandatory that older databases receive an update.
The description of the data base update can be found on our help section:
https://documentation-be.hexagon.com/bundle/q-das/page/LD/Q-DAS_V13_FAQ_SQL_Database_Update.pdf
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