PeopleTools 8.55 has added many features which made PeopleSoft more
user friendly and attractive in that
Navigation Collection ad Tile wizard are the one of the exciting new features which
prominently reduce the user time in navigation through various component pages
and made the home page more attractive.
Navigation
Collection:
Navigation collections provide an easy way
to access the pages (contents stored in our portal registry) of PeopleSoft at
one place.
Navigation Collection Features:
- Various Content references or
folder reference can be group together via a group of links.
- Links in navigation collection
are pointer to a content reference or folder reference in the portal registry
in actually, it does not store the contents of the content reference or folder
reference.
- They can be deployed to
different users or groups of users easily as per users' business needs
- Reduces the time of searching
through application pages where users can quickly click on commonly used links
required to complete daily tasks in the Navigation Collection.
- Whenever a link is clicked within
a Navigation Collection, it redirected to a content reference or folder
reference that is within the registry.
Creating Navigation Collection
Navigation: Main Menu à PeopleTools àPortalàPortal Utilitiesà Navigation Collections
Steps:
Follow the Steps for creating our new
Navigation Collection.
Step 1: Navigate to Navigation Collection
Component.
Step 2: Click on the Add Collection Link to create new Navigation Collection.
Step 3: Enter the Name and Description for
your Navigation collection.
Step 4: Click on Add Folder to add new subfolder into your navigation collection.
Step 5: Click on the Add link button to define of source page link for the navigation
collection.
Step 6: Click on the Menu Prompt to Select the Source link and then navigate through the
folders till source page.
Step 7: Click OK and your Navigation to the Link will be added.
Step 8: Similarly we can add number of sub
folders and Link into your navigation collection. Then click on Save.
Step 9: Now go to Publish collection tab and
then select the Checkbox Navigation
Pagelet.
Step 10: Select the Pagelet category as PeopleSoft Application from the dropdown list
and Click Save to publish your navigation Collection.
PeopleSoft Tiles
Aggregated
blocks like (Tile) appears in collections, as you login into Fluid application
pages including Home page are called Tiles.
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| Navigation Bar |
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PeopleSoft Tiles
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Tiles Features:
- Tiles hold the information for
end users.
- It enables an easy way to
navigate around the system.
- Tiles give users direct access
to targeted transactions.
- Tiles can be personalized based
like which tile needs to be displayed to specific User, their Position...Etc.,
- Tiles can be secured by role
and can be made mandatory or optional.
Tile Wizard for Tile Creation:
Creating new tiles and publishing can be done easy with help of this
Tile Wizard of PeopleSoft 9.2. without having specific development tools or
skills. We can have different data source for our Tiles.
Tile Wizard leads usthrough 5 Steps for creating and publishing new
tile. Each step appears in a numbered path at the top of the page to indicate
where we are in the tile creation process.
Data Source for Tile:
- Application Class
- Free Text
- Navigation Collection
- OBIEE
- Pivot Grid
Creating Tiles with Tile wizard:
Navigation:Main Menu
à
PeopleToolsàPortalà Tile Wizard.
Steps:
Navigate to Tile Wizard page and then click
on Create New Tile button for creating new tile.
Step1: Tile Basic Information – Specifying
tile information.
Provide Name
and Title for you Tile and then
Click on Next
Step2: Data
Source Information – specifying data source parameters when applicable.
Select the data
source as Navigation Collection from the Dropdown list.
Click on the
Collections Name Prompt and then Select
you Navigation Collection.
Then Select the
Collection Type as Navigation Bar and the Click on Next.
Step3: Target
Page Information – Selecting the target page and tile repository location
Check for the details of target
page is right and the click next.
We can add the security to our tile by mentioning the permission
list and role.
Step4: Tile
Display Properties – Specifying display properties.
User can select the icon for your
tile from the image prompt.
Step5:Review and
Submit – Review and publishing the tile definition.
Click on the publish button to
publish your tile.
Now your Tile will be visible in the fluid home page under the selected parent folder navigation.
On clicking our Tile it will lead you to the links in your navigation collection.
Author: Neelufar Mohammed Esack
Kovaion Consulting-PeopleSoft Practice
