Sharing Profiles¶
The OSG Usage App provides a service to share profiles (collections of graphs) with other uses easily.
Sharing your Profile¶
The OSG Usage App has the ability to generate a link that can be used by others to load the profile. A simple web service stores the profiles when you click on the sharing link, and can be retrieved by others when creating a new profile.
After you have created a profile that you would like to share, click on the Share button in the top navigation bar. It will open a dialog to fill in attributes that you would like to assign to the profile, such as Name and Description.
Sharing dialog with the sharing link selected.
Once you have entered these values, click on the share button. It will generate a URL that you can copy into an email, or IM, and can be used by another user to load the profile.
Profiles save everything, including:
- All graphs that are in the profile.
- The refine parameters for the profile and each graph.
- Any graphs that where added by you.
Note
The remote user will not receive updates if you change a previously shared profile.
Receiving a Shared Profile¶
In order to receive a shared profile, you need to be in the Adding new Profiles dialog. Once there, select the Shared Profile option, and paste the shared profile link you received into the text box.
Receiving sharing profile creation.
Click the Add button to add the shared profile. It may take a second to load the shared profile.
Note
You will not receive updates if the original sharer updates the profile. Further, any updates you make to the profile are local, and will not be propagated to other users.