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Configuration is the most critical application in any network management software. It is used with very careful judgement by highly trained & capable network engineers and errors in the workflow can have unimaginably severe consequences.

Focused & exposed landing page

The entire Configuration application has been moved inside a focused layout without any distractions of other software-related menus and links etc.

The entire structure of the application is flattened up to two levels and presented as one mega menu as a page for quicker access to relevant section and subsections of the application.

Forms in slide-in panel

Instead of hopping from one page to another to carry out configurations and thus causing page loads, all the configuration-related forms have been moved into a slide-in panel that offers great in-panel navigation, search and form interaction.

Form Redesign

Without disturbing the formally established structure of configuration-related forms, highly usability-centric graphic design principles have been applied to redesign the layout, typography, colours, and helpfulness of these forms to support novice network managers.

Minor Design Details

Minor Design Detail #1/2: Slide-in Panel Search

The search experience of the slide-in panel's sidebar has been enhanced to support a deeply nested information architecture

#2/2: CTA Button micro-interaction & microcopy

The CTA button in all of the Configuration-related forms that confused many users regarding the state of the new settings/changes was redesigned from scratch using the most suitable micro-interactions and microcopy.

DISCLAIMER: This is a representative presentation of the actual work done by the author under NDA @ Aruba Networks - an HPE company. All information presented here is available in public domains and a custom branding is created for the case study.

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