Overview
Mango by Radix IoT's web-based interface is organized around modules — each module adds pages, menu items, and features. Understanding the layout helps you find configuration pages quickly and reduces the learning curve for new users.
The Main Menu
The hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-left corner expands the icon sidebar to show text labels. Mango groups every page under a small number of top-level sections:
- Data integration — Data sources, Bulk data point edit, Publishers, Configuration import/export
- Analytics — Watch lists, Watch list builder, Data point details
- Events — the event and alarm list
- Event Management — Event handlers and Mailing lists
- Access management — Users and System permissions
- Platform management — Edit menu, Edit pages, File stores, UI settings
- Administration — Admin home, Modules, System settings, and Cloud connect if that module is installed
A few things catch people out here. There is no top-level "Data Points" or "Reports" section — data points live under Analytics → Data point details, and Excel reports under Analytics → Excel reports. Users are under Access management, not Administration. Installed modules add their own entries, so your menu will not match another installation's exactly, and role permissions hide sections you cannot use.
Several administration pages are not in the menu at all. They are superadmin-only and reached from Admin home: its Utilities card has a button for each tool your modules provide — Configuration import/export, Point value import, SQL console, Mango NoSQL and others — and More details on its Server status card opens System status.
The Toolbar
The top toolbar provides quick access to common actions:
- Home icon — Go to my default page. You set that page by navigating to it and choosing Make this my default page from the same menu; Delete my default page clears it. There is no field to type a URL into
- Alarm clock icon — appears only when there are unacknowledged events, with a badge counting them across every alarm level. Click it for a list by alarm level; each entry opens the Events page filtered to that level
- User icon — reaches your User profile page and logout
- Help icon — opens the help page for the screen you are on, which every page carries
Common UI Patterns
Once you learn these patterns, every module page feels familiar:
Tables with Inline Actions
Most list pages (data sources, data points, users) use a table layout. Each row has action icons on the right: edit (pencil), delete (trash), and sometimes copy or export. Click a row to select it; click the edit icon to open configuration.
The Sliding Panel
Editing a data source or data point often opens a sliding panel from the right side. Make your changes and click Save in the panel. The panel closes and the table refreshes.
Toggle Switches
Data sources and event detectors use toggle switches to enable or disable them. Green means active; gray means disabled. Disabled items remain configured but do not run.
Tag Filters
Many pages include a tag filter bar at the top. Type a tag name or click from the dropdown to filter the table to matching items. This is how you narrow large lists to a specific site or device group.
Key Administration Pages
| Page | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| System settings | Administration → System settings | Email, database, backups, purge, HTTP, and the rest of the instance settings |
| Users | Access management → Users | Create users and assign roles. Not under Administration |
| System permissions | Access management → System permissions | Which roles may perform each system-level action |
| Modules | Administration → Modules | Install, update, or remove modules |
| Configuration import/export | Data integration → Configuration import/export | Bulk configuration via JSON. Also a button on Admin home's Utilities card |
| System status | Admin home → Server status card → More details | Internal metrics, threads, and logs — this is where system health lives. Not in the menu; superadmin only |
| SQL console | Admin home → Utilities card → SQL console | Direct database queries. Not in the menu; superadmin only |
Module-Specific Pages
Installed modules add their own pages to the menu. Common examples:
- Dashboard Designer — adds the Dashboard designer page under Platform management
- Excel Reports — adds Analytics → Excel reports, plus its own settings page under System settings
- Platform Manager — adds General overview, Site overview and Device details, and a superadmin-only Configuration section for sites and device types
- Each data source protocol (Modbus, BACnet, SNMP and so on) adds its own editor to the Data sources page rather than a new menu entry
Two names worth getting right: the module is Dashboard Designer, not "Dashboards", and reporting is the Excel Reports module. There is no "Watchdog" module — watchdog in Mango is a browser-side service that watches your connection to the server, and system health monitoring is core, in System status — reached from More details on Admin home's Server status card.
Navigating Between Related Items
Mango provides navigation shortcuts between related objects:
- From a data point, click the data source name to jump to the parent data source
- From a data source, click "Data Points" to see all points under that source
- From an event, click the source link to jump to the detector or point that raised it
- From a watch list, click a point name to open its details
Keyboard Shortcuts
Mango does not define application-wide shortcuts, so what you get is the browser's and the UI framework's own behaviour:
- Esc — closes an open dialog or panel
- Tab / Shift+Tab — moves between form fields, as in any web form
- Arrow keys and Enter work inside dropdowns and option lists
- There is no Ctrl+S. Use the Save button on the page or panel — nothing is written until you do
Customizing Your Home Page
Each user can set the page they land on after login, but not by typing a path into a settings field. Navigate to the page you want, then choose Make this my default page from the home menu in the toolbar. The home icon afterwards reads Go to my default page, and Delete my default page clears it. The setting is per user, so each operator can point at the dashboard they actually work from.
Summary
Mango's UI revolves around the main menu, the toolbar, and consistent table-based pages. Learn the common patterns — sliding panels, toggle switches, tag filters — and every new module will feel familiar. Set your home page to the dashboard you use most, and use tag filters to navigate large deployments efficiently.