Home Screen and Menu Options
- Home Screen Overview
- About the Home Screen
- What is the Home Screen?
- Data Sources
- Autodesk Docs Home Screen
- Fusion Home Screen
- Drive Home Screen
- Shortcut Menu Options
Home Screen Overview
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.
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
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 sources, the Autodesk Docs home screen will display by default.
Autodesk Docs Home Screen
The Autodesk Docs home screen directly displays your activities from the previous 24 hours.
See Docs - Home Screen and Activities help topic for more information.
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.
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.
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. | Desktop Connector Help |
| Exit** | Stops Desktop Connector running and removes the tray icon. | Exit Desktop Connector |
| About | Software credits. | Software Credits and Current Version |
| 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 |
* Autodesk Docs connector only.
** If Desktop Connector is not running, do not work in your connectors as this may cause syncing issues and conflicts.