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4. Ops Portal View - Buffer Control
4. Ops Portal View - Buffer Control

Creating a view to monitor all Buffers.

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Written by Praise Magidi
Updated over 5 months ago

The Buffer view is used to to view and edit data that is stored in a buffer. Typical Buffer data would be scenarios like Holidays, Tax Rates, Company contact lists, and any other type of lookup information.

The article provides guidance on how to:

Creating an Ops Portal Buffer View

Open the Operations Portal created earlier, go to the Operations Portal menu and click the plus button to add a new View.

  1. Give it a name and a meaningful description (description optional).

  2. Click on the Save View button.

Select the Control type

Each Ops Portal view can be configured to use a specific control type.

Select the Buffer option which provides a view into any data stored in a Buffer.

  1. Click on the Control field.

  2. The selection list opens, now select the Buffer option.

Select the Buffer

Select the desired buffer to access from the dropdown list or alternatively, create a new buffer by clicking on the highlighted plus button.

Read Only checkbox – Only allow values to be viewed only and not edited.

Default Query

Used to query the buffer. For more information on how to query a buffer, click on the link below:

HTML Template

Used to customize an HTML page with required branding and design to display the Buffer contents, which can contain any HTML elements, including CSS and JavaScript. In Synatic, you can also use the Handlebars template to process any data.

Once the View's configuration is completed, click the Save View button.

Operations Portal

The view is constructed in the Operations Portal. To access it the Operations Portal, Click on the link below:

Type the Organization name and click on the sign-in button.

1. Select the Ops Portal option from the view list on the left side of the platform.

2. Records in the Buffer will be shown.

Flow Request Box

Flow request buttons are used to initiate SyncFlow flows that have been set in a SyncFlow Control Ops View.

The flow requests box will show all flow requests. It is located at the bottom of the page on the right side of the screen as shown in the image below. The flow requests box can be expanded and collapsed or removed using the icons outlined in blue.

Ops Portal View Menu Section

To access the menu, click on the username initials located on the top right of the page as shown in the image below.

In addition to showing the user details, the menu has the option to show the flow request buttons if they are closed. There are also options to sign out and access the settings page. The settings page is shown in the image below.

Set the table row height by clicking on the outlined dropdown arrow to select the required pixels. The flow request box automatic expansion is turned off in the settings as well by clicking the on/off button outlined in blue in the above image.


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