Getting Started with Omniscope

Overview, installation and activation

Welcome to Omniscope! This section covers the basics of Omniscope, and provides links to more detailed sections located elsewhere in this User Guide and our KnowledgeBase, which contains more depth of technical articles and worked examples. The Training Guide at the end of this section provides a phased, step-by-step 'roadmap' to fully configuring any Omniscope file, with detailed checklists you can print and follow as you work through your files.

Topics:

Overview - a one-page general introduction to the process of using Omniscope.

Installation - This page covers installation on machines running the Micrsoft Windows operating system. If you are installing from a Mac, the Mac version will be preselected and you should follow the instructions that appear on the download page. There are currently some Mac version limitations. To use with Linux/Unix, an experimental JAR-only version of the free Viewer is available. Choose "Linux / JAR-only" on the download page, and see Command Line for more information on using this. More detailled information on installing on other operating systems (Mac, Linux, etc.) is in the KnowledgeBase.

Activation & De-activation - describes the process for activating (new installations), refreshing (version upgrades) and deactivating Omniscope installations prior to re-building or moving machines.

Welcome Screen - the Welcome Screen opens before any file is loaded, with shortcuts to frequently-used commands, recently opened files, links to demos and links to learning resources. Note: The Welcome Screen will look different in free Viewers than it does in activated editions used to import/edit data and configure files.

Opening demo files - opening the demo files included with Omniscope is a very good way to learn what is possible. During your free trial, you can export the underlying data then try re-configuring the file to match the demo. Additional online demos are here.

Training  Guide - start by following this 6 phase, step-by-step detailed checklist approach to importing data, configuring views, creating a presentation and sharing it with others.