Page Format

Overview

The main screen of Abriska is divided into 6 sections:

1. Header – this contains who is logged into the tool and also some quick links, including a link to this user guide and the user forum (Highlighted red in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
2. Breadcrumbs – this allows quick navigation between forms within Abriska (Highlighted orange in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
3. Sidebar – always contains a list of buttons that changes depending on where the user is in the tool (Highlighted blue in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
4. Portal – this is the main content of the tool. This could display a report or a form on which to enter data (Highlighted green in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
5. Legend - additional data is highlighted on the right hand side of the page, such as graphic legends and Notifications (Highlighted yellow in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
6. Footer - this contains the Abriska version number and the copyright information. The footer is fixed at the bottom of every page. (Highlighted purple in Figure 1 - Abriska Layout).
   

   Figure 1 - Abriska Layout

Types of Screen

The following types of screen are utilised throughout Abriska.

Table/List

To modify an individual element within a list, click on a hyperlink (highlighted red in Figure 4 - Navigating Lists and Tables). Some lists allow multiple data elements to be modified at the same time, for example shown in Figure 4 - Navigating Lists and Tables, multiple threats can be detached by selecting the checkboxes (highlighted blue in Figure 4 - Navigating Lists and Tables) and submitting the form. Some pages with tables as per Figure 4 - Navigating Lists and Tables have functionality to allow all items to be selected or unselected. To modify all components in a list, use the ‘tick all’, ‘un-tick all’ functionality (highlighted blue in Figure 4 - Navigating Lists and Tables).

Hierarchy

Several of the information sets that are loaded into Abriska are hierarchical; which allows information to be stored in relational layers. For example, an organisation might be separated into different business units, then each business unit may be separated into divisions then finally a division might be made up of several departments. The best way to represent this data is via a ‘tree view’, commonly seen in Microsoft Windows Explorer. An example of a hierarchy is shown in Figure 5 - Navigating Hierarchies.

• Expanding the hierarchy - To view child nodes under a specific parent, click on the ‘plus’ next to the node (highlighted red in Figure 5 - Navigating Hierarchies).node.
• Collapsing the hierarchy - To hide the child nodes from view, click on the ‘minus’ next to the parent node (highlighted blue in Figure 5 - Navigating Hierarchies).node.

Form

These screens allow data to be added, modified or deleted. All forms require either the ‘Submit’ button to be pressed or pressing enter on the keyboard after the data is modified in order to save. If you do not press either submit or enter and try to navigate away Abriska will warn you that you will lose your changes.

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