Glossary of Terms

Click on the term to read more about it within the Help section listed to the right.

Help - Clicking on this icon in the top button bar will display the Installation Help Guide in a second browser window. Clicking on this link in the Status bar will display the context-sensitive Help section in a second browser window. More information: Installation Help Guide Table of Contents

License Manager - The interface where your Tracker license keys are stored. More information: Entering License Information

Login to UMS - The operation used to access UMS. More information: Logging In

Login to WMS - The operation used to access WMS. More information: Logging In

Login to a workgroup - The operation used to access a workgroup. Logging In

Session - A session is started when a user logs into a workgroup. The session ends when a user clicks the Logoff icon or is logged off by an Administrator. A list of user sessions for each workgroup can be viewed in WMS, UMS or in a workgroup's User Sessions page.

UMS Administrator - The user account for accessing UMS. The User ID of the UMS Administrator is "useradmin". More information: Overview

User Management System (UMS) - The interface for adding and maintaining user accounts for all workgroups in Tracker. More information: Overview

WMS Administrator - The user account for accessing WMS. The User ID of the WMS Administrator is "ptadmin". More information: Logging In

Workgroup - Created in the Workgroup Management System (WMS), a workgroup is an area with its own database and web pages. When a workgroup is created, you can select many parameters including what database type is used (Access, MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle), what languages it supports (via the character set option) and where the web pages should be located. Each workgroup is intended to be an area independent of other workgroups (e.g. a workgroup has its own database and features can be enabled / disabled within each workgroup). More information: Adding a Workgroup

Workgroup Administrator - The User ID "Admin" in each workgroup or any user in a workgroup that is a member of a group with the Admin privilege.

Workgroup Management System (WMS) - The interface for creating and maintaining workgroups. An unlimited number of workgroups can be created in WMS. A user must have Local Administrator rights on the machine where Tracker is installed in order to access WMS. More information: WMS Overview