Status Bar

You can use the status bar in CDM to view information about the objects and activities.

The following information is available in the status bar:

• User name
  This field shows the current logged in user. Click this field to open the User Profile window where you can review your user profile or change your login password.
• Server
  This field shows the name of the application server that CDM is connected to.
• Report name and path
  This field shows the name of the current report. Hover over this field to view the report path of the current report. The report path indicates whether the current report was rolled forward or cascaded from a previous report.
• Active item
  This field shows the name of the currently active item in the work area. This field displays the report object name, administrative task, or taxonomy name, depending upon the task that you are performing.
  • For all report objects, the date and time the object was most recently modified is displayed.
  • For Excel objects, a Refresh link is available for refreshing object data.

  Tip: You can hover over this field to view the date and time of the last refresh.

• Project
  This field shows the name of the currently open project. This field is not present if no project is open. This field also contains icons to switch between horizontal layout and vertical layout.
• Validation
  Click this field to view a list of EDGAR validation errors for the active object. Any errors or warnings found by running EDGAR validation on the object are listed.
• Tasks
  Click this field to view the name of the currently open task list.
• All processes completed
  Click this link to open a window that contains a list of all processes in the application during the current session. While processes are running, the title bar shows the number of running processes. When the processes are finished, the title is All processes completed.
• View mode icons
  Click an icon to switch between the available views.

Tip: You can customize the status bar by right-clicking the status bar to add or remove these fields.