Generally speaking, Archibus operates in the same manner regardless of how Archibus is delivered (SaaS or non-SaaS). Where discrepancies exist, they are noted in the appropriate help topics, and summarized in Operational Differences for SaaS and Non-SaaS.

Most business applications are available for Archibus SaaS; accordingly, SaaS and non-SaaS users access the same help topics. However, applications in Archibus SaaS do not use the domain level of the Navigator. Therefore, when reviewing application topics, SaaS users can ignore the domains listed in Navigator paths or on the Contents panel of Archibus Help.

Organization of Topics for Archibus SaaS Essential Modules

The Archibus Help left-navigation lists each SaaS Essential module under its appropriate domain within the (A) "Applications and Module" section; the help does not segregate the SaaS Essential modules into their own section on the Contents panel. For example, the (B) Space SaaS module listed with the other Space applications.

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Using the Topic Header for Archibus Essential SaaS Modules

Archibus SaaS Essential modules use many of the same views as applications of non-SaaS deployments ; accordingly, the help system has one topic for the view and notes any deployment-based differences. The topics list the navigation paths for all applications in the upper right corner.

Topics covering the Archibus Essential modules indicate this in the text at the top of the topic. For example, the blue text for the below topic indicates that the view is available in the Assets module (SaaS), as well as three applications found in the non-SaaS Archibus software. Thus, users of both Archibus SaaS Essential module and the non-SaaS applications will use this topic to understand the view.

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Other Modules

As described in Archibus SaaS Modules , most applications are available as modules for an SaaS deployment. For applications that are available in both SaaS and Non-SaaS and are not part of Archibus Essentials, the topics do not indicate an SaaS-specific navigation path and do not explicitly list that the topic pertains to SaaS. The topic's navigation path applies to both SaaS and Non-SaaS except that the domain level can be dropped for SaaS.

For example, if you have an SaaS deployment and need help with Condition Assessment, you can use the left navigation need to first drill into the (B) Capital Projects domain, even though SaaS deployments do not use domains.

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