The New AUXINFO

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The New AUXINFOMany features are completely different from the previous version. There are areas where a Right Click on the mouse is required as opposed to the customary left click. The next slides attempt to bring you up to speed on the differences you will see in this new version and how to navigate and obtain the desired results.

The URL is the same: www.auxinfo.uscg.gov

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A Different Opening Screen

Click on “Continue” ---

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--- brings a familiar screen where AUXDATA or AUXMIS cubes can be selected

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Clicking on AUXDATA brings the individual Cubes

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Clicking on Member Activities cube brings a screen with a completely new look

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The left side of the screen, the “Dimension Viewer.” is where you “drill down,” “nest,”

and “filter.”

Left click on any “+” takes you down a level

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Drilling down to a member is simple, just keep clicking on the “+” until the member is found

Right click on the member name, then left click on “Filter,” and ----

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---the “Report Section” shows that member’s activity.

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Continued left click on the “+” will take you to an individual facility

You can drill down on any of the items shown below by the same process. Left click on the “+” by “All Facilities” takes you down one level.

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Right click on the “MEASURES” and the pop up offers six available actions. Left click on “Nest Columns” and you get ---

Right click on any item below brings a pop up that allows additional capabilities.

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--- a breakdown of the measures

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There is the capability to replace columns or rows with one of the items listed below

As an example, right click on “All Years” and on the resulting pop up, left click on “Replace Columns”

Then....

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....this Report display is replaced by .......

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....this display showing the Mission Hours by Calendar Year.

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There is the capability to show the details of each Auxiliary mission (30, 31 and 32 etc.) Right click on the small rectangle at the top of the column. Then....

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....left click on “Expand” and the presentation changes to display all individual missions as shown below

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Instead of “Expand,” click on “Down a Level” and the below is replaced

with this,,,,,,

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....listing of the individual missions.

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Right click on a column or row displays this pop up providing for additional functions. Left click on “Hide Selection” causes the highlighted column or row to be “hidden.”

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Left click on “Hide/Show” displays the Hide/Show screen which allows selection of several columns to be “hidden.”

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Left click on “Insert Calculations” displays the Calculations screen where a variety of calculations can be performed on selected numbers

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Available calculations. Selecting an operation displays the requirements for that calculation

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Selecting “Add” and “Multiply” results in the below to select where the action is to be performed. If two or three categories are to be selected, hold down the CTRL key while clicking on the desired categories.

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Selecting “Subtract,” “Divide,” “Percent” and “Exponentiate” results in the below to select where the action is to be performed.

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Selecting “Percent of Base,” “Cumulative Percent” and “Accumulative” results in the below for selecting where the action is to be performed.

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An example of using the Calculation feature.

After obtaining a list of all members with Lead hours in MT and PE, right click on the MT column.

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On the pop up, left click on “Insert Calculation” In the Calculations screen, use the default “Add.”

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In the “Includes categories” window, scroll down to “MT” (which is highlighted) and continue scrolling to “UPE.” Pressing the “CTRL” button, click on “UPE,” then click on “OK.”

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A new column is added to the display showing the total of MT plus PE hours.

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This new column can be sorted to show the totals in descending or ascending order. Right click on the column heading, and ignore the pop up shown. Left click on the arrows at the top of the column.

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Left click on “Sort Descending” and that column....

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....column is now sorted in descending order of total Instructor MT plus PE hours .

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Click on “Explain” brings up this screen showing the status of the selected column or row.

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A new look to the bottom menu bar

While many icons are the same, new actions, and using left and right click are

required to get the desired results

Display Options

Show Hide

Swap Axis

Suppress Zeros

Prepare Bookmark

File

Return to Source

Find

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Swap Axis

Suppress Zeros

File

The action or “Swap Axis” and “Suppress Zeros” are the same as before. Left click on either icon brings the same results.

The file function is different. Clicking onthe “File” icon brings this pop up where export to PDF or CSV is selected. “Reset” takes you back to original cube

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Prepare Bookmark

This feature works as before. Clicking on this icon will cause the screen to repaint.

Then, don’t forget to click on “Favorites” on the browser top menu bar and then click on “Add to Favorites” on the drop down menu.

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CAUTION!

All Bookmarks prepared under the former version will no longer work.

All new bookmarks must be prepared that will work with this new version.

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Clicking on the “Find” icon bring the Find screen where a search can be made for some desired text.

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Below “Search String”, you’ll notice a drop-down box that contains the options for searching for a phrase that “Contains”, “Begins With”, or “Ends With” a word of your choice.

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Find…(cont.)Find…(cont.)Your options are limited searching to the

Report and the Cube.

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If you choose “Report”, your search options are “Rows and Columns”, “Rows”, or “Columns”.

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If you choose “Cube”, notice your search options are identical to the folder names listed in the Dimension Viewer.

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Once you have made your choices, click “Find.” Clicking “Close” will abort the Find function.

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The “Display Options” icon. Clicking on it brings the “Display Options” pop up. Here the number or rows or columns to be displayed is selected.

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Clicking on “All” will allow all rows or columns to be displayed.

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The “Show Hide” icon. Clicking on it will bring up the “Hide/Show” pop up where selected columns or,

rows can be hidden from view or shown. To use this feature, the columns or rows must be selected and moved to the right window.

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To display only MT and PE activities, click in the small rectangle above the column. This highlights the column in yellow. Then ….

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...click on the Show Hide icon to bring up the Hide/Show pop up.

Listed in the Visible Categories window are all rows currently visible. To display only the MT and PE missions, Click “Select All” and the right facing arrow

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In the right window, scroll down and click on MT then click the left facing arrow. Scroll down and click on UPE then click the left facing arrow and both MT and UPE are moved to the left window,

To complete the action, click “OK”

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Only the MT and UPE Activities are now shown

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At the far right of the bottom menu bar there is this Icon

Mouse over text says: “Return to Source.”

Clicking on it will return you from the current Cube to the Cube Selection Screen where another cube may be selected.

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A New look to the Dimension LineA New look to the Dimension LineThere are 7 Arrows to help you maneuver.

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Pressing this button changes the display from showing both the Report area and the Dimension Viewer to....

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...to the Report area only. Note, the arrow now faces the opposite direction.

Clicking on it again restores the Dimension Viewer.

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If there are more “Dimensions” to be displayed clicking on a “darken” arrow will cause the “Dimension Line” to move.

These are available

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Pressing the darken arrows will result in moving the displayed dimensions either one position

Or all positions

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The buttons to the far right of the Dimension line deal with changing views of the report and the Dimension line itself.

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When you have drilled down to a specific unit or member, clicking this button returns you the the US Coast Guard level.

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This button allows you to expand the “Dimension Line” to display all Dimensions that have been selected.

Clicking on it will cause the display to change from the single line to.......

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...a multiple line display of all Dimensions.

At the same time the arrow has change from this..

...to this. Clicking now will return the single line display.

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LT Peter Trebbe, G-OCX ptrebbe@comdt.uscg.mil

1-800-842-8740 x 76044

CAPT Bob Platt, USCG (Ret) bplatt@juno.com

703-971-5255

Harry Schoepe, BC-ISL@cgaux.org

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