Administer networks

Networks are comprised of a multienterprise app Owner and their linked Partners and internal locations that use the multienterprise app to meet a shared business goal. For example, a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer that owns Agile Process Teams might choose to add two networks to support different parts of their business dedicated to generic and branded products.

To administer networks for native Opus apps (e.g. Agile Process Teams), select the Opus Networks tab, and to administer networks for Track & Trace Services (TTS) apps (e.g. US Compliance), select the Classic Networks tab. Not all TTS apps are available in the Opus UI. To administer other TTS apps, go to the TTS UI.

System Administrators and Application Administrators for an app that support enterprise or multienterprise apps can manage those networks. The System or Application Administrator must add a new network for the app, add a user directly to the network, and assign the Application Administrator to the user. The System Administrators and Application Administrators can then modify the network as necessary.

Add a network

  1. Select Administer in the side menu.
  2. Select Networks.
  3. Select the Opus Networks tab to view the networks for native Opus apps (e.g. Agile Process Teams).
  4. Select the Add Network icon.
  5. Fill in the following fields in the Add Network section:
    1. Application drop-down – The app that the network is for. Includes only apps that support multiple networks (e.g. APT).
    2. Network Name field – Required. The name of the network.
    3. Description field – A brief description of the network's purpose (1000 characters maximum).

    4. Applied Solution radio buttons – Required. Indicates the applied solution type (See Understand the basics for more information about solution types.):

      • Base Solution – Created and released by the app developer (e.g. TraceLink created and released the Supply Chain Work Management solution for the Agile Process Teams app). This solution serves as the default solution that is automatically applied to the network when your company licenses an app.
      • Custom Solution – If a company licenses the Solution Designer solution, then they can customize any solution to fit their specific needs. These solutions can include customizations like more granular roles, different field labels, or additional statuses available for different items.

    5. Custom Solution Name drop-down – Conditionally required if the solution is a custom solution. The name of the custom solution.

  6. Select Add.
    The new network is added and displays as an option when establishing Links.

Tips

Modify access to a network

Link Partners or internal locations to a network to begin exchanging data.

Add a user to a specific network to give the user access to its data. System Administrators and Application Administrators can also determine which roles the user is assigned within the network and whether the user gets access to all of the Links within the network or to specific Links.

Configure an existing network

Workflow subscriptions can be enabled at the network level. Each workflow represents an event and an event trigger that defines the conditions that trigger the event. Specify which workflow subscriptions are enabled for the selected network. See the Customize Help Center for more information on workflows.
  1. Select Administer in the side menu.
  2. Select Networks.
  3. Select the tab for the type of network:
    • Opus Networks to view the networks for native Opus apps (e.g. Agile Process Teams)
    • Classic Networks to view the networks for TTS apps that are available in the Opus UI (e.g. US Compliance).
  4. Filter to find the network.
  5. Select the Action icon in the row for the network.
  6. Select Set Workflow Subscriptions.
  7. Set the Enabled switch to Yes to set a workflow subscription to trigger an action in the network.
    • Yes – The workflow subscription is enabled in the network.
    • No – The workflow subscription is disabled in the network.

    The workflow is enabled or disabled. The enabled worked subscriptions display the following fields: 

      • Source Application – A list of apps that the workflow subscriptions belongs to.
      • Source Event – A list of event names.
      • Action – A list of resulting actions associated with the workflow subscriptions.
      • Enabled – The current state of the workflow subscriptions configuration (e.g. enabled or disabled).

Filter and view networks

  1. Select Administer in the side menu.
  2. Select Networks.
  3. Select the tab for the type of network:
    • Opus Networks to view the networks for native Opus apps (e.g. Agile Process Teams)
    • Classic Networks to view the networks for TTS apps that are available in the Opus UI (e.g. US Compliance).

  4. Fill in one or more of the following fields to filter the results:

    • Application multi-select field – The app that the network is for.
    • Owner multi-select field – A TraceLink Member who has purchased a particular TraceLink app.

  5. Select Apply.

    The filtered results display in the table.