How to Use the Subscription Catalog?

Our {{Glossary.Subscription}} catalogs allow you to browse available {{glossary.Course}}s within a subscription you have access to. Once in a subscription catalog you can search for course, read course descriptions, find {{glossary.Learning Path}}, mark courses as Favorites, and begin training on any course.

Access subscription catalogs

You can access subscription catalog(s) once you are logged in from your current training page. After you have begun a course or a lab, you can continue it from the current training page or your dashboard.

My training page

Your training page holds access to all training which is active or not completed. Completed training, like a completed {{glossary.Course Assignment}}, is moved to your transcript. Any active training like course assignments and labs can be accessed from your dashboard. You may also use the Browse On-Demand Courses link to view all courses within all your subscriptions or Browse Learning Paths to directly access learning paths from your subscriptions.

Access to Subscription Profile on My Training page

1. Browse On-Demand Courses - Displays all courses within all active on-demand subscriptions assigned to learner

2. Browse Learning Paths - Takes learner to the learning path catalog

3. Course Assignments - Active Course Assignments are available on your My Training page

4. On Demand - Subscriptions can be opened here

5. Labs - Saved labs can be resumed here

When you first login, you will be taken to either your dashboard or your My Training page, as needed, use the navigation links for My Training and My Dashboard to open the appropriate page.

Open a subscription catalog

To open your subscription catalog,

1. Select the My Training link on the top navigation bar

2. Scroll to the On Demand heading and select the Subscription name

Dashboard

Any active course assignments which are started from your subscription and any saved labs can be accessed from your Dashboard.

Access to active course assignments and saved labs from the dashboard

1. Course Assignments - Active Course Assignments are available on your My Training page

2. Labs - Saved labs can be resumed here

On Demand Subscription Catalog Common Features

The On Demand Subscription catalog can display in either version 1 or version 2. All catalogs display tiles showing a course graphic if one is available, show icons to depict Activities in the courses, and have the ability to mark favorites. Courses are shown in alphabetical order, however, any Featured courses show first. Filter categories and filters are custom created to allow searches.

On Demand Subscription Catalog Version 1

Simple Course Catalog version 1

2. Open and Save - Reuse any search by selecting Save and naming it, then access it to use again from the Open link. [(/tms/tms-administrators/tms-fundamentals/reuse-search-settings-or-create-default-settings-on-search-pages.md)

3. Bookmarks and Learning Paths - Bookmarks displays all courses you have marked as a favorite by clicking the star. Learning Paths takes you to the learning path catalog.

4. Search - Use the word search to find courses; this searches the title and course description.

5. Filters - Toggle to show or hide the filter section.

6. Subscription -  Allows selecting which subscription catalogs are displayed when multiple catalogs are assigned. optional feature for Organization

7. Status - Search Self-Paced training course assignments you are working on by filtering for the status of your training for that course. Filtering options include: Any, Not Started, In Progress, or Completed.

8. Match - Allows you to choose between Any and All. Selecting Any expands your search to include courses that match to any of the filters selected. All restricts the search to only include courses that meet all the filter requirements.

9. Filter category - Displays a heading for the types of filters grouped beneath it.

10. Filters - Check the box of any filter to apply it.

11. Rating - Displays the rating of the course based on Users' reviews.

12. Course title - Displays the name of the course.

13. Icons - Presents icons based on course activities. Hovering your mouse over the tile displays what each icon represents and the number of those activities in the course. Reference table below

14. Favorite - Select the star on a course to bookmark it as a favorite; select again to remove it. Bookmarks can be opened from the link at the top of the page.

15. Course images - Shows custom images on catalogs and the course assignments. Courses without images remain blank.

On Demand Subscription Catalog Version 2

Version 2 of the On demand subscription catalog includes revised tiles giving more room for course descriptions, a tile or list view, an updated filter to save space in the browser window and triangulated images for courses that do not have an image set up.

The list view gives more space for descriptions.

Simple course catalog version 2 list view

The grid view is the default view, showing each course as a tile.

On Demand Subscription catalog version 2 grid view

1. On Demand Subscription catalog title – Displays a name at the top of the subscription catalog page. optional feature

2. Filter Options and Search - Select Filter Options to open a filter menu, described below. Use the word search to find courses; this searches the title and course description.

3. Course title - Displays the name of the course.

4. Course images - Shows custom images or triangulated images on catalogs and the course assignments.

5. Icons - Presents icons based on course activities. Hovering your mouse over the icon displays a description and the number of those activities in the course. Reference table below

6. Lab Fabric logo - Displays the logo of the platform used in the labs, such as, Azure or AWS, based on the first lab in the course.

7. Details - Click Details to view more information about the course.

8. Rating - Displays the rating of the course based on users' reviews.

9. Description - Shows the course description information.

10. Grid and List - Toggles between showing the courses as tiles or as a list.

11. Matches and per page - Displays the number of courses that match your search inquiry. Per page shows the number of courses shown per page and allows you to adjust it.

12. Open saved filters, Save filter, Export results - Reuse any search by clicking Save filter and naming it, then access it to use again from the Open saved filters link. Export your search results into a CSV file by using the Export link.

Filters

Filters in version 2 of our {{glossary.Course Catalog}} are effective and save screen space. Any of the filters on the menu can have sub-menus with more filtering options. Filtering works differently from the main menu options to the sub-menu options. Main menu options filter as "AND" meaning all filters selected must match filters assigned to the course for it to appear in the results; while sub-menu options filter as "OR" which shows courses that match at least one matching filter assigned to the course, as opposed to all of them.

On Demand Subscritpion catalog version 2 filter menu

Clicking on Filter Options displays a menu with standard and custom filter categories, clicking most options will display a sub-menu to choose a filter:

1. Filter Options - Opens the filter menu.

2. Add New - Gives the option to add new filters after initial filters are in place.

3. Catalog - Allows selecting which subscription catalogs are displayed when multiple catalogs are assigned. Choose one or more catalogs then select Apply to display your search results. optional feature for organization

4. Learning Paths - Opens to the Learning paths catalog.

5. Favorites - Filters to display all courses you have marked as a favorite by clicking the heart icon on a course.

6. Review Rating - Opens a sub-menu to select the number of stars you would like to filter for based on the course ratings. Choose one or more filters then select Apply to display your search results.

7. Current Status - Search {{glossary.Self-Paced}} training course assignments you are working on by filtering for the status of your training on that course. Filtering options include: Any, Not Started, In Progress, or Completed. Choose one or more filters then select Apply to display your search results.

8. Custom filter categories - Custom filters can be set up by an organization for their courses. Choosing a filter category displays a sub-menu showing the filters. Choose one or more filters then select Apply to display your search results.

Filters that are added can be directly edited or removed, all filters can be removed at once, and new filters can be added.

On Demand Subscription catalog version 2 editing filters

1. Filter Options number - View the number of filters applied which is shown in the circled number.

2. Clear Filters - Select to remove all applied filters.

3. Filter's edit icon - Use the edit icon on a filter to change the filter selection(s).

4. Filter's X - Select the filter's X to remove that filter.

5. Add New - Opens the original filter menu for selections.

Icons Table