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Sidebar
The sidebar icons enable you to alter the content and format of a view and to view information about it.

Using Touchstone online Help
You can access the top-level or context-sensitive Touchstone online help from within the application or from the Client Portal. You can then search for content, bookmark pages, and generate output to other formats.
Import data from external sources
You can import exposure data, map layers, projects, and reinsurance packages from external sources into Touchstone databases.
Projects and exposure views
Projects are a useful way to organize your data. They contain exposure views that contain the data that you want to focus on.
Geospatial analysis
Geospatial analysis enables you to perform a deterministic risk analysis with your own view of risk on accumulations of property exposures and workers' compensation information in given areas exposed to natural and man-made catastrophes.
Exposure data validation
Verisk provides a reference containing information about Touchstone exposure data.
Data Quality analysis
The most effective way to assess and enhance portfolio-level or contract-level catastrophe exposure data is to use Touchstone's Data Quality diagnostics. These diagnostics enable you to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the exposure data you are using for analyses and supplement that data when it is missing or weak.
Hazard analysis
Hazard analysis enable you to identify the relevant catastrophe hazards for locations in your exposure data.
About loss analyses
Touchstone enables you to model catastrophic (CAT) events to estimate property and workers' compensation losses.
Reinsurance
The Reinsurance Program Manager enables you to create, import, and manage reinsurance programs.
Touchstone data export types
Touchstone enables you to export different types of data.
Activity Monitor
The Activity Monitor displays the status of all activities.
Managing data sources
Use Data Source Management to manage Touchstone databases.
User model management
Use User Model Management to build custom non-Verisk models and seamlessly integrate them into Touchstone.
Model Builder
Administration Console
User interface
- Accessing analysis results
  This topic describes ways to access analysis results.
- Common buttons
  Touchstone and Touchstone Re display many buttons (icons) that are common to many windows, panes, and dialog boxes.
- Filters
  Use filters to distill long lists into specific lists that meet your filter criteria.
- Grids
  Touchstone uses grids extensively to present information. In many cases you can change the grid presentation for a new perspective on the information.
- Navigate the left pane
  How to navigate the left pane of the main application window in Touchstone and Touchstone Re.
- Selection controls
  Use selection controls to quickly select or deselect items in a list.
- Sidebar
  The sidebar icons enable you to alter the content and format of a view and to view information about it.
- Understanding tabs, panes, and docking
  In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, the user interface allows you to open multiple components at one time.
Reference: Common Help topics

Sidebar

The sidebar icons enable you to alter the content and format of a view and to view information about it.

The sidebar is at the far right of various panes, including Results and Exposure View panes. It also appears in the Activity Monitor window. The sidebar icons that appear depend on the pane you are viewing.


Sidebar icon	Icon label	Description
l	Show/Hide Content Items	This icon opens the View Options window, enabling you to select the content items to include in the current view. The window includes an option to save the selected view options.
	Change Layout of Content Items	This icon opens the Layout Options window, enabling you to select the layout that works best for your data. The window includes an option to save the selected view options.
	View Analysis Definition	This icon displays analysis information, such as the activity ID, the analysis ID, the analysis name and type, the target database, the target name or names for the selected analysis, and other view-specific information, such as the number of contracts. As you highlight an analysis or activity, Touchstone updates the information in the window.
	View Analysis Settings	This icon displays analysis settings. As you highlight an analysis in the results grid, the application updates the information in the window.
	View Analysis Configuration	This icon displays configuration information, such as the analysis ID and the author. You can add notes in the Notes field. The window includes a View Log link. When you highlight an analysis in the results grid, the application updates the information in the window.

When you click a sidebar icon, a vertical or horizontal window opens; click X to close the window. The contents of each sidebar window depends on the current view.