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The following video will highlight features of the Home Screen in Desktop Connector. Do not forget to check the details after the video. The extra content provides useful tips and problem-solving methods that might not be in the video.

Desktop Connector Home Screen - Video Tutorial

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Topics in this section

• About the Home Screen
• What is the Home Screen?
• Data Sources
• Autodesk Docs Home Screen
• Fusion Home Screen
• Drive Home Screen
• Shortcut Menu Options

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About the Home Screen

Once you have installed the latest release of Desktop Connector, click the tray icon to access the home screen.

What is the Home Screen?

The home screen enables you to access your Desktop Connector:

• Menu options including those available from the tray icon in previous releases.

• Project, file, and folder activities including:

  • Queued
  • Processing
  • Successful
  • Conflicted
  • Errors

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Data Sources

With Desktop Connector you can access multiple supported data sources.

• Click the home screen header to switch between the connector home screens.
• Upon selecting the connector you will be taken to that corresponding home screen.
• If you have access to BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs cloud data source, the Autodesk Docs home screen will display by default.

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Autodesk Docs Home Screen

The Autodesk Docs home screen directly displays your activities from the previous 24 hours. This an update on the previous Pending Actions screen and allows you to also resolve errors and conflicts you encounter.

See Docs - Home Screen and Activities help topic for more information.

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Fusion Home Screen

The Fusion home screen displays a total of:

• Ongoing activities which are currently processing
• Activities where an error has occurred

You can view any in progress activities by clicking View Details to access the Pending Actions screen.

See the Fusion - Home Screen and Pending Actions help topic for more information.

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Drive Home Screen

The Drive home screen displays a total of:

• Ongoing activities which are currently processing

• Activities where an error has occurred

You can view any in-progress activities by clicking View Details to access the Pending Actions screen.

See the Drive - Home Screen and Pending Actions help topic for more information.

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Shortcut Menu Options

The home screen includes new menu options and those previously available directly from the tray icon.

The following table details the available menu options including the scenario when they're only available in certain connected drives. Click the help topic links to learn more detail.

Menu option	Action	Help topic link
Update Available	Enabled when there is an update for Desktop Connector available.	Update Desktop Connector
Upload Files and References*	Enables you to view file references before uploading them to Docs	Docs - Upload Files and References
Select Projects*	Add or remove projects from File Explorer	Manage Projects
Reference Explorer	Analyze and view references to troubleshoot errors including missing or circular references	About Reference Explorer
Work Offline	Work with your connector content without being connected to your cloud data.	Docs - Work Offline Drive - Work Offline Fusion - Work Offline
Sign Out or Sign In	Sign in and out of Desktop Connector	Sign In and Out
Send Feedback	Rate your experience with Desktop Connector, and send the team a message about your experience.	Send Feedback
Help	Access this help site.	--
Exit**	Stops Desktop Connector running and removes the tray icon.	--
About	Software credits.	--
Check for Drives	Adds connectors if your access to data sources changes and you can't view the relevant drive yet	Connectors
Desktop Analytics	Opt in or out of data collection.	Data Analytics Collection
Diagnostic Logs	Generate diagnostic logs to analyze any unexpected behavior of Desktop Connector.	Reporting and Diagnostic Logs

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* Autodesk Docs connector only.

** If Desktop Connector is not running, do not work in your connectors as this may cause syncing issues and conflicts.

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