17. My Profile, About, Roadmap, Contact and Help

On the upper right side of the XDMoD page, there are a series of five buttons that allow you to set your profile, get more information about XDMoD, view the XDMoD Roadmap, contact the XDMoD developers and seek help.

Fig. 17.1 My Profile, About, Roadmap, Contact and Help functional button

17.1. My Profile Button

My profile allows you to view and update general settings pertaining to your account. To access your profile, click on the My Profile button located in the upper right section of the portal.

The first section in the My Profile window contains User Information such as: First Name, Last Name, and Email Address. All of the aforementioned fields must be specified in order to update your profile.

The last section in My Profile allows you to optionally update your account password. In order to update your password, click the Update radio button and specify the new password twice into the fields that follow.

Fig. 17.2 Password change window

Also in the My Profile window is a tab that allows you to create an API Token to use with the Data Analytics Framework (Fig. 17.4).

17.2. About Button

Fig. 17.5 About Button

Clicking the about button will display a page of information about XDMoD.

17.3. Contact Button

Fig. 17.6 Contact Us Button

Selecting the contact button will bring up a window that allows you to send a message to the XDMoD team. You must fill in your name, email address, and message.

Fig. 17.7 Contact window

17.4. Help Menu

Clicking on the Help menu will provide you with the following options: User Manual, FAQ, and View XDMoD User Tour (Fig. 17.8). Clicking on User Manual will direct the user to the XDMoD User Manual (the document you are viewing at this very moment). If help is available for the section of XDMoD you are currently visiting, the User Manual will automatically navigate to the respective section when it loads. Clicking on FAQ will take you to a page containing Frequently Asked Questions. Clicking on View XDMoD User Tour will bring you to the user tour of common UI elements. Go to our YouTube Channel to find more help on navigating the XDMoD interface.

17.5. Roadmap

Clicking on the RoadMap button brings up a screen which displays an information page giving details on how to navigate to the XDMoD development roadmap (Fig. 17.9). Click on any feature in this page and you will be taken off of the XDMoD site to the Trello.com site where you will be able to view and interact with the XDMoD roadmap (Fig. 17.10). To return to XDMoD, simply close the browser tab/window. If you simply want to view the Roadmap you can select the various Trello cards shown in Fig. 17.10 for further details about each roadmap task. You can also “vote” for a feature in the roadmap that you would particularly like to use. To do this Sign Up or Log In to Trello (upper right corner Fig. 17.10). Then clicking on any roadmap feature such as X-Y plot capacity, will give you access to the Vote box, as shown in Fig. 17.11.

Fig. 17.9 Roadmap information page

Fig. 17.10 XDMoD Roadmap on Trello.com

Fig. 17.11 Voting for a feature in the XDMoD Roadmap on Trello.com