Understand the User Interface

A tour of the main areas of the CAST Imaging interface.

The CAST Imaging interface has four main areas. Understanding them helps you work faster.

Before you start
Who this is for Any new CAST Imaging user
Role required Any role
Prerequisites You have logged in and opened an application

The four main areas

[TODO: Annotated screenshot showing the four areas]

Investigation panel (left)

The left panel controls what you see on the canvas. Use it to:

  • Switch between scopes (Application, Transaction, Module, etc.)
  • Select a specific transaction or module to display
  • Change the aggregation level (Level 1 to Objects)
  • Change the perspective (CAST Taxonomy, Modules, Services, Architecture)

Canvas (centre)

The canvas shows the graph. You interact with it by:

  • Double-clicking a node to drill down to the next level
  • Shift + double-clicking empty space to go up one level
  • Right-clicking a node to open the contextual menu
  • Clicking an edge to see the methods involved in a link

Properties and Legend panel (right)

The right panel shows details about the selected object or edge. It also shows the source code viewer when you open source code.

Toolbar (top)

The toolbar gives access to:

  • Search
  • Reports and exports
  • Saved views
  • Display preferences
  • Application settings

Tabs

You can open several views at the same time in separate tabs. Tabs keep their state when you switch between them.

Keyboard shortcuts

See Keyboard shortcuts for the full list.

Next steps