User Interface

The user Interface for STDM is embedded within QGIS Main Window. To access STDM, QGIS Main window must be opened first.

STDM appears as follows in the QGIS Main Window.

Default view

1. STDM menu has few menu items or buttons when you are not logged in. When you click on the menu from the QGIS Menu bar, the following menu items appear as shown in the image below.

 

You can also see the STDM toolbar inside QGIS Toolbars area as shown below.

 Login - Prompts you to connect to the database and access full STDM items. A username and password is required to connect.

 Help Contents - Provides access to STDM user manual.

 About - Displays summary information about STDM and the currently installed STDM version.

Full view

Login credentials are required to access full menu items especially if you are the administrator.

STDM Menu Items

The image below shows the different STDM menu items.

STDM Toolbar Buttons

 

Current Profile Selection Drop Down - The drop down menu enables you to change the current profile of STDM.

 Configuration Wizard - Brings up the configuration wizard that allows you to set paths used by STDM and create and customize profiles with entities, columns, lookups and values. It also enables you to define Social Tenure Relationship, which can be later used to add related data. To launch the Configuration Wizard, you can also use the keyboard shortcut - F7.

Admin Settings: Content Authorization - allows you to grant access such as Create, View, Edit, Delete to other STDM functions.

Admin Settings: Manage Users-Roles - Brings up a dialog for you to create users and roles for accessing various STDM functionalities.

Admin Settings: Options - Brings up a dialog that enables you to change the current/active profile, modify database properties, modify STDM folders, and upgrade STDM configuration manually.

Entities Menu - The entities menu is composed of entity tables with buttons of add, edit, and delete. You can add a new record using the add button and select and edit data using the form. It also enables you to access the New Social Tenure Relationship wizard to define the relationship between party and a spatial unit.   

 Spatial Unit Manager - Activates or deactivates the docked STDM spatial unit manager

Spatial Entity Details - Initializes the Spatial Entity Details that enables you to select a feature on the Map Canvas and view the details of the record and Social Tenure Relationship information if applicable.

 View Social Tenure Relationship - Opens a window that allows you to define and view defined social tenure relations in the database.

 Manage Administrative Units - Brings up the dialog that enables you to define geographic zones and administrative areas as per the project scope.

Access to these administrative areas is provided in the forms using foreign keys definitions.

 Import Data - The wizard allows you to import maps or attribute data into specific module/ table in STDM database.

 Export Data - The wizard allows you to export data from STDM database into several output formats.

 Document Designer - Brings up the QGIS Composer window with STDM toolbar items to allow you create document templates to be used when generating reporting and certificate formats.

Document Generator - Provides a dialog that allows you to generate report specific module reports from the designed templates.

 Logout - Closes the current session and returns you to minimal view.

 Change Password - Enables you to change the password of the current user in the current session.