The ControlPoint Interface
The ControlPoint interface employs a two-pane design. From the left (navigation) pane, you can select the SharePoint object(s) on which you want to operate and initiate the operation. The right (workspace) pane is where the feature you choose is displayed
Icons
ControlPoint uses the following icons to identify items that display in the left navigation pane.
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The SharePoint virtual Farm |
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A ControlPoint Search feature See Also Searching for SharePoint Sites. |
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A grouping of SharePoint items (such as lists, groups, or users) |
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A SharePoint Site collection NOTE: Icons for which you are not a site collections administrator will appear grayed out. |
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A Site collection's root site |
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A SharePoint Site or Subsite whose permissions are inherited from its parent |
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A SharePoint Site or Subsite whose permissions are unique (or not inherited) |
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A SharePoint List NOTE: Variations of this icon are used to represent different types of lists (Document Libraries, Calendars, Announcements, and so on). |
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SharePoint Users |
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SharePoint Groups |
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A ControlPoint value-added action |
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A SharePoint page |
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A ControlPoint value-added (Visual Analytics) analysis. |
ControlPoint Left Navigation Panels
The standard ControlPoint left navigation frame consists of the following tabs:
·Hierarchy
·Manage
·Search Hierarchy
SharePoint Hierarchy
When Hierarchy is selected in the left navigation frame, you can access the core functionality for managing your SharePoint environment. The navigation tree is designed so that you can visualize the hierarchy of the farm, including:
·the site collections, sites, and subsites managed by ControlPoint Online
·within each site, its associated lists, groups, and individual users.
NOTE: Only site collections for which you are a Site Collection Administrator are visible.
From most levels of the hierarchy you can invoke a right-click menu and access SharePoint pages and ControlPoint value-added features.
Special Considerations for Multi-Farm Environments
If all farms in a multi-farm environment have the same edition of ControlPoint (Standard, Non-Standard, or Online) installed, any one of the farms can be the home farm, and all farms will display in the SharePoint Hierarchy, which enables you to perform operations on multiple farms.
However, for multi-farm environments that have different editions of ControlPoint installed, some limitations apply if you want to be able to display multiple farms in the SharePoint Hierarchy and perform multi-farm operations.
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If the multi-farm installation ... |
Then for multiple farms to display in the SharePoint Hierarchy ... |
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includes ControlPoint Standard along with Non-Standard and/or ControlPoint Online |
a Standard farm must be the home farm. |
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consists of only Non-Standard and ControlPoint Online |
a Non-Standard farm must be the home farm. |
NOTE: Regardless of whether or not all farms display in the SharePoint Hierarchy, you will always be able to change the active farm by selecting from the Available Farms drop-down.
Additionally, if you log into a multi-farm environment that includes both ControlPoint on premises and ControlPoint Online, you will be prompted to log into ControlPoint Online using your Microsoft 365 credentials.
If you want to load on-premises farms only, you can dismiss the dialog by clicking [Ignore Cloud Farms].