IRIS User's Manual

Release 0.4


Table of Contents

1. Overview of IRIS
1.1. What is IRIS?
1.2. Features
1.3. What's New in Version 0.4?
2. IRIS Installation and Setup
2.1. Pre-Configuration Requirements
2.2. Installing IRIS
2.3. User Account Requirements
2.4. Starting IRIS
2.5. Starting IRIS Applications
2.6. Quitting IRIS
2.7. Un-Installing IRIS
3. Using IRIS
3.1. Navigating IRIS
3.2. The IRIS Toolbar
3.2.1. Back and Forward Arrows
3.2.2. Graph
3.2.3. Query
3.3. Handling Notifications
3.4. Working with Data Items
3.4.1. Data Item Types
3.4.2. Creating a Data Item
3.4.3. Editing Data items
3.4.4. Deleting a Data Item
3.4.5. Merging Data Items
3.5. Connections
3.5.1. Viewing Connections
3.5.2. Making Connections
3.5.3. Disconnecting a Connection
3.6. Suggestions
3.7. Examples
3.8. Debug
4. Applications
4.1. Mail
4.1.1. Overview
4.1.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.1.3. Starting the Mail Application in IRIS
4.1.4. Using the Mail Application -- Basic Capabilities
4.1.5. Harvesting Email
4.2. Web Browser
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.2.3. Starting the Web Browser
4.2.4. Using the Web Browser
4.2.5. Local Search Results
4.2.6. URL Harvesting
4.3. Calendar
4.3.1. Setting up a New Calendar Account
4.3.2. Creating a Calendar Event
4.3.3. Deleting a Calendar Event
4.3.4. Navigating the Calendar
4.4. File Browser
4.4.1. Overview
4.4.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.4.3. Getting Started
4.4.4. File Management
4.4.5. File Harvesting
4.5. Chat
4.5.1. Overview
4.5.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.5.3. Basic Chat Usage
4.5.4. Categories of Chats
4.5.5. 1-on-1 Chat
4.5.6. Group Chat
4.5.7. Notes to Self
4.6. Clustering
4.6.1. Overview
4.6.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.6.3. Starting the Clustering Application
4.6.4. Using Clustering -- Basic Capabilities
4.6.5. Stopping the Clustering Agent
4.6.6. Advanced Clustering Capabilities
4.7. Gantt Chart
4.7.1. Overview
4.7.2. Setup/Configuration Requirements
4.7.3. Starting the Gantt Chart Application
4.7.4. Using the Gantt Chart -- Basic Capabilities
5. Troubleshooting
5.1. Startup
5.2. Email Application
5.3. Chat Application
5.4. File Browser Application
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

2.1. Preparation of InstallShield Wizard
2.2. InstallShield Wizard for IRIS Welcome Screen
2.3. Selection of Installation Target Directory
2.4. Summary of Installation Parameters Selected
2.5. Installation Status Screen
2.6. Successful Completion of IRIS Installation
2.7. IRIS Desktop Shortcut
2.8. IRIS Login Screen
2.9. IRIS New Account Setup
2.10. Starting IRIS
2.11. IRIS Main Window
2.12. Starting IRIS Applications
2.13. Uninstalling IRIS (Add/Remove Programs)
2.14. Uninstall Wizard for IRIS
2.15. Summary of Uninstall Parameters
2.16. Uninstalling Status Screen
2.17. Confirmation of Uninstallation
2.18. Finish Uninstallation Wizard
3.1. Layout of IRIS Panes
3.2. Notification Area
3.3. Data Merge Button
3.4. Select Second Data Merge Item
3.5. Data Merge Conflicts
3.6. Resolution of Data Merge Conflicts
3.7. Confirming Data Merge
3.8. Connect Related Project
3.9. Disconnecting a Connection
4.1. IRIS Applications
4.2. New Email Account Setup
4.3. Email Identity
4.4. Server Information
4.5. User Name
4.6. Account Name
4.7. Success Confirmation
4.8. Select Mail and News Groups
4.9. Account Settings
4.10. Mail Application
4.11. Password Prompt
4.12. Mail Application
4.13. Synchronizing with IRIS
4.14. Canceling IRIS Synchronization
4.15. Email Harvesting
4.16. Email Harvesting Detail
4.17. IRIS Web Browser Application
4.18. Configure Calendars
4.19. Calendar Setup
4.20. Create a New Event
4.21. Configuring a Reminder
4.22. An Event with a Reminder
4.23. A Reminder Message
4.24. Configuring Recurrence Rules
4.25. Configuring Recurrence Dates
4.26. Recurring Events
4.27. Configuring Attendee List - Show Attendee Availability
4.28. Configuring Attendee List - Show Attendee Status
4.29. Calendar View Buttons
4.30. Calendar - Day View
4.31. Calendar - Work Week View
4.32. Calendar - Week View
4.33. Calendar - Month View
4.34. Calendar Navigation Buttons
4.35. Calendar Date Chooser
4.36. IRIS file browser application window
4.37. Harvest Local Files dialog
4.38. Local Folder Selection
4.39. Deep Folder Selection
4.40. Configure File Extensions dialog
4.41. Summary of Folders to Harvest
4.42. Harvest Information Panel
4.43. Harvest Information Dialog
4.44. Chat Tree Window
4.45. Chat Window Showing Chat Session from Previous Day
4.46. Detached 1-on-1 Chat Window
4.47. Notification Message While Another Chat Session is in Focus
4.48. Error Message - Unavailable Chat ID
4.49. Notification Window with Multiple Notification Messages
4.50. Group Chat Window
4.51. Chat Notes to Self Window
4.52. Opening the Clustering Application.
4.53. Selecting email folders for clustering.
4.54. Display the selected folders on the Sample Selection tab.
4.55. Moving selected emails to the Selected panel
4.56. The Selected panel after emails and folders have been moved
4.57. Selecting a clustering agent and adjusting clustering parameters
4.58. Start a clustering agent
4.59. Examine results of a Carrot clustering
4.60. Change the cluster name
4.61. Deselect clusters and commit to create new projects.
4.62. Viewing the project just created by clustering
4.63. Stopping a running Clustering Agent
4.64. Viewing all the clusters that contain a particular email
4.65. Latent Dirichlet Allocation clusters are color-coded
4.66. Analyzing a Latent Dirichlet Allocation clustering
4.67. Color coding shows which cluster is most similar to each word.
4.68. Gantt Chart Application