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Overview 
Logon
Users need to logon to the MIKE Workbench in order to work with the Workbench functionality
and data. The logon form appears when the MIKE Workbench opens.

Note: If this is your first time using the MIKE Workbench and you have not set up any users
you can log in as the default administrative user. The user name is admin and the password is
dssadmin.

Logon parameters consists of the following:

· Server connection which is an alias for various database parameters. See Definining
server connections
· User name and password
· The name of the workspace within the server connection

Select Always login with this username and password to have the user name and password field
pre-filled when starting the Workbench up. This is convenient if you always use the same user
name and password

Select Always login with the above settings to perform an automatic login with the entered
parameters. This is convenient if you always log in to the same workspace with the same user
name and password.

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Connection parameters

More:

Manage server connections

Adding a new server connection

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Manage server connections

Click the Setup button and

then

· The “Add..” button for

adding a new
connection

· The “Edit..” button for

editing an existing
connection

· The “Delete” button

for deleting a
connection

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Adding a new server connection

Click the Add.. button on the

Connection Manager form for
adding a new server connection

The following parameters shall

be specified:

· A server connection
name. This name will be
included wiith the
combo-box at the Logon
form

· The name of the server

· The port that shall be

used for communication
between the server and
the Workbench. Default
for PostgreSQL is 5432
and for Oracle 1521.

· The name of the

database

· The type of database

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Overview

Workspace data exchange

Users can exchange data between workspaces through two standard Workbench tools – Data Export
Tool and Data Import Tool. The two tools are available through the Tools Explorer

The data exchange concept is based on users exporting data entities from a source workspace to the
file system and then importing them in a target workspace.

Note: Data exchange will during import restore the data entities in the same group folders as they
had in the source workspace. This implies that data exchange can override data within the target
workspace.

More:

Export data

Import Data

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Export data

Select the Export Data Tool

(1) and click the Run button
(2) in the tool’s propert
control. This will make the
Export data to disk view
available

Specify a folder (3) where the

exported data entities can be
stored.

Then drag and drop (4) the

entities that shall be exported
from the respective managers
to the view.

Note: the entities are being

exported as they are being
dragged and dropped to the
view

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Import Data

Select the Import Data Tool

(1) and click the Run button
(2) in the tool’s propert
control. This will make the
Import data fromdisk view
available

Select the folder (3) that

contains the exported data.
The exported data entities will
then be listed in the view

Click the Start button (4) and

the import of entities will
start

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Overview 
Workbench User Interface
The MIKE Workbench has an IDE-style user interface (UI) where all windows reside under a
single parent window, referred to as the Shell.

The Shell contains dockable and collapsible child windows, tabbed windows and splitters for
resizing of child windows.

There are four types of windows available: Explorers, Toolbox, Data views, and a Property
control. The Toolbox and Property control are Shell controls that are always available, whereas
the available Explorers and Data views depend on the system configuration of the Workbench.

The default windows docking configuration is displayed below, but the use may change this.

The MIKE Workbench is based on a plug-in architecture where content and functionality is added
to the shell by loading one or more so-called Managers. Each manager may add one or more
Explorer and/or Data views to the shell. Moreover, each manager may also supply a number of
tools to the toolbox.
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More:

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Explorers

Explorers are supplied the Managers that has

been loaded into the system.

Each manager may add any number of

explorers to the Shell, but typically a
manager will add one or two Explorers.

Explorers are often used to retrieve all or a

subset of the data entities owned by the
manager from the database.

The exact functionality will vary from

manager to manager, and there are no rules
defining what an Explorer should do.

By default the explorers are docked in the

left-hand side of the shell. If more than one
explorer has been loaded, they will by default
be grouped in a tab control.

The user may change this configuration by

dragging and dropping either the individual
tabs, or the entire tab control.

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Data Views

In the default configuration, data views are located in the center of the application. Several data
views may be opened and docked in many different configurations

The data view can be rearranged by drag dragging the data view tabs to the location indicators
that appears when dragging, as illustrated below.

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Property control

When a user interface entity or tool is selected, the corresponding properties are displayed in the
Property control. The properties can be edited, and changes will be applied instantaneously with no
explicit save operation required.

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Toolbox

Tools are components for analysing and processing selected data entities (such as time series or map
layers). Tools are presented in a context sensitive manner in the Tools Explorer, e.g., time series
relevant tools are made available only when time series are selected in the Time series explore and
GIS tools are only presented when map layers are selected in GIS Explorer.

More:

Editing tool settings

Saving tool settings

Running a tool

Tool sequences

Output configurations

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Editing tool settings

When a tool has been selected in the Tools

explorer, the tool settings will appear in the
Property control. The settings of the tool can
be edited the same was as the properties of
any other entity, and changes will be applied
instantaneously with no explicit save
operation required.

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Saving tool settings

After configuring a tool, the settings

can be saved for later use. This is
done by clicking on the Save button
in the property control.

After saving, the saved tool settings

will be represented as a new node
under the tool node

Notice that the saved tool represents

the settings, not the input items, and
hence a saved tool can be executed
on any supported input items.

To run a saved tool, simply select it

in the toolbox. 

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Running a tool

After configuring a tool it can be executed by

clicking the “Run” button in the Property
control toolstrip.

When clicking the button, a list of available

output tools will be listed. Each output tool
represents one possible way to visualise or
save the result of the tool execution.

Select the appropriate output tool to execute

the tool.

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Tool sequences

Pending

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Output configurations

Pending

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Trouble Shoot

The Trouble Shooting wizard helps the user of MIKE OPERATIONS to configure the system and to
solve known configuration issues.

More:

Rule

View Log

Additional Information

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Rule

A number of rules has been made to help the administrator of MIKE OPERATIONS to solve
common configuration issues.

Click the Refresh status button to make the wizard search for various configuration issue.

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View Log

MIKE OPERATIONS logs various issues and errors when they occur.

Click the links to open log locations.

Application Log

Opens the Windows Explorer, displaying the folder where the log of the current user can be found
(%temp\dhidss).

Go here to find crash reports and the exceptions caused by invalid data and application behaviour.

Job log

Opens the folder where logs written by the job manager can be found (c:\windows\temp).

Go here to find logs of failing jobs.

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Additional Information

This tab contains links to additional information provided by DHI.

DHI FAQ

Will display the DHI FAQ page.

YouTube channel

Will open the DHI YouTube channel, containing various videos about DHI projects and software.

Request training course

Link to DHI Academy, where information about training, research, papers and on how to contact
DHI can be found. 

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