| Note: Some of this article refers to legacy functionality for those who have not yet migrated to Backup Plans. To learn more about Backup Plans (a new, improved, and centralized feature for activating and managing your backups), check out Introducing Backup Plans. |
Welcome to your complete guide to the Backup Radar Side Panel.
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Who can use this feature? • Slide users. |
| For details on how to integrate your Slide account with Backup Radar, see Integrating with Slide API for a step-by-step guide. |
The Side Panel allows you to do the following things:
- View detailed device metadata directly in Backup Radar.
- View detailed appliance metadata directly in Backup Radar.
- Trigger on-demand backup job requests directly from Backup Radar.
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Jump directly into the corresponding device view in Slide.
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You can navigate to the Side Panel by navigating to either the Audit page (legacy users), the Daily Activity page (Backup Plans users), the Activate Backups page, the Edit Backups page, or the Retire Backups page, and then clicking on a Slide integration device name under the Device Name column:
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In the Side Panel, choose from the following options:
a. View in Slide: Navigate directly to the side panel for this specific device in your Slide account.
b. Backup Now: Send an on-demand backup job request directly to Slide from Backup Radar. Note that it may take up to 60 minutes for the backup job results to display in Backup Radar.
c. Appliance: Navigate directly to the side panel for this specific appliance (aka: Slide Box) in your Slide account.
d. View Slide device and appliance metadata.
| ✉️ Any questions? Reach out to our friendly, neighborhood support team by submitting a support ticket. |
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