Mission Manager

What is the Mission Manager?

The Mission Manager is designed to help you quickly manage and switch between all of your WebPosition missions and Web pages. By viewing one screen you can see all of the WebPosition mission files and Web pages located in a given folder. At a glance you can see what kind of missions files are available, when they were last modified, or even if a mission is scheduled to run! Even better, you can right click on any mission to run it, schedule it, or just view its last results. For more information see “Using the Mission Manager”.

Using the Mission Manager

1. Missions

The main Mission Manager window displays all of the WebPosition missions in a given folder. The following information is displayed for each mission:

File Name
Domain Name
Scheduled Status
Last Modified
Last Run
Title

Double-click any mission file to open it.

Click the appropriate button to use any of the following functions:

New: Create a new mission file of the same type. You can also double-click New Mission in the main Mission Manager window to access the Create New Mission screen.

Open: Open the selected mission.

Delete: Delete the selected mission and all associated results.

Run: Run the selected mission.

Select Folder: Select a different folder and the Mission Manager will display its contents.

Folder Selection Window
Click the Select Folder button to specify a folder that contains WebPosition mission files. Only folders local to your computer or network can be selected. Folders residing on your Web site can't be selected.

Tip: Click the drop down arrow to access a list of all recently selected folders. This can allow you to switch from folder to folder with ease.

Filter
Click on the drop down arrow to choose a specific mission file type. The Mission Manager will then only display files of that type. For example, choose Reporter Missions from the filter list and only Reporter Missions will be displayed in the Mission Manager window.

Sort By
Click a column heading to choose a sorting option. The Mission Manager will then rearrange the displayed files to reflect the sorting option you chose. For example, to sort by "Last Run," click the heading of the Last Run column. The Mission Manager Window will rearrange the files shown based on when each mission was last run.

Tip: You can also sort files in the Mission Manager window by clicking the top of each column where its name is displayed. For example to sort by Domain Name click at the top of the domain name column where it says, "Domain Name."

2. Web Pages

When tab 2 is selected the main Mission Manager window displays all of the Web pages in a given folder. The following information for each mission will be displayed:

File Name
Size
Last Modified

Double-click any file to open it.

Right-click on any file to access the following menu of options:

Open: Open the selected file.

Open With: Select the program you want to use to open the selected file.

Browse: Loads the selected file in a browser.

Delete: Deletes the selected file.

Critic Analysis: Use Page Critic to analyze the selected file.

Link Check: Use Link Defender to test the selected file for broken links (Professional Edition only)

Folder Selection Window
Click the Select Folder button to specify a folder that contains Web pages. Only folders local to your computer or network can be selected. Folders residing on your Web site can't be selected.

Tip: Click the drop down arrow to access a list of all recently selected folders. This can allow you to switch from folder to folder with ease.

Sort By
Click a column heading to choose a sorting option. The Mission Manager will then rearrange the displayed files to reflect the sorting option you chose. For example, to sort by file name, click the heading of the File Name column. The Mission Manager Window will rearrange the files shown based on their names.

Tip: You can also sort files in the Mission Manager window by clicking the top of each column where its name is displayed. For example, to sort by size, click the heading of the Size column.