LISTSERV Maestro 8.1-4 Help

LISTSERV Maestro Explorer Tree

The explorer tree is the main navigation tool in LISTSERV Maestro. The explorer has two main panes: The actual explorer tree in the pane on the left and the main content pane on the right. The tree pane displays the various objects that are stored in and managed by LISTSERV Maestro in a hierarchical fashion, with nested tree nodes. To select a node, simply click it in the tree. It is then displayed with a highlighted color and the corresponding content of this node is displayed in the content pane on the right.

If a node has further nested children, it is marked with a little arrow (triangle) icon on the left. Click this arrow icon (or double-click the node itself) to open/close the node in the tree.

For many of the nodes, the tree also supports moving via drag & drop and copying via drag & drop (if you hold down CTRL [Command-key on Apple]).

Your current position in the explorer tree hierarchy is also shown in the bread crumb bar just above the two tree panes. This bar shows the name of the currently selected tree node highlighted in bold, as well as the names of all parent nodes, up to the root node. You can quickly jump up to a parent node by clicking that node's name in the bread crumb list. You can also click the little arrow (triangle) icons between the bread crumb items: For each icon, a pull down menu allows you to quickly navigate to any of the children of the corresponding parent node to the left of the icon.

The bread crumb bar also contains two green history back/forward arrow (triangle) icons at the very left. With these icons you can quickly navigate backwards and forwards among the tree nodes that you have visited previously.

From the explorer tree, you can access:

• The Dashboard, via the Dashboard root node of the explorer tree. This root node has all the other explorer tree nodes that are described in the following bullets as its children.
  The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Dashboard.

• The Job Folder Tree and Job List, via the Mail Jobs node of the explorer tree. This node has all the job folder nodes as its children, which in turn contain the individual mail jobs that are shown in the job list in the pane on the right. You can create your own mail jobs and job folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing mail jobs and job folders.
  The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Mail Jobs.

• The Tracking and Delivery Statistics, via the Reports node of the explorer tree. This node shows an overall tracking and delivery report in the pane on the right. This single child of this node is the User-Defined Reports node, which in turn contains the subtree with all user-defined tracking reports that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own reports and report folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing reports and report folders.
  The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Reports.

• The Subscriber Warehouse node, from which you can access the following sub-nodes:

  • The Subscriber Datasets, via the Subscriber Datasets node of the explorer tree. This node has all the dataset nodes as its children, which in turn contain further sub-nodes to access the subscriber lists in the datasets, the dataset subscribers, and the customizable subscriber pages. You can create your own datasets under this node. Each dataset node contains a subtree for the subscriber lists in this dataset that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own subscriber lists and list folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing subscriber lists and list folders.
    The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Subscriber Datasets.

  • The Lookup Tables, via the Lookup Tables node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all lookup tables that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own lookup tables and lookup table folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing lookup tables and lookup table folders.
    The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Lookup Tables.

  • The Target Groups, via the Target Groups node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all target groups that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own target groups and target group folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing target groups and target group folders.
    The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Target Groups.

  • The Suppression List, via the Suppression List node of the explorer tree. This node contains the suppression list for your subscriber warehouse. The addresses on the suppression list are shown in the pane on the right.
    The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Suppression List.

• The Content Templates node, from which you can access the following sub-nodes:

  • The User-Defined Templates, via the User-Defined Templates node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all user-defined templates that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own templates and template folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing templates and template folders.
    The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> User-Defined Templates.

  • The System Templates, via the System Templates node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all predefined system templates, separated into predefined category subfolders. You can use these system templates for mail jobs or as samples for your own user-defined templates.

• The Drop-Ins, via the Drop-Ins node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all user-defined drop-ins that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own drop-ins and drop-in folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing drop-ins and drop-in folders.
  The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Drop-Ins.

• The Sender Profiles, via the Sender Profiles node of the explorer tree. This node contains the subtree with all sender profiles that can also be organized in their own folder structure. You can create your own sender profiles and profile folders in this subtree, as well as edit, re-arrange and delete the existing sender profiles and profile folders.
  The node is also accessible from everywhere in LISTSERV Maestro via the menu: Explorer -> Sender Profiles.