Creating home pages

Use this feature to design a unique home page. You can select from five pre-defined layouts. Use these layouts to select the presentation appropriate to the type of information you want to view. Also, you can create multiple home page reports, and view any of them by clicking that home page in the list. You can also select a report to be the default page. You can view the default home page when you start the program or click Home from the Action Panel.

Procedure

  1. In the Configure list, click Add Home Page.
  2. Type the title.

    This name is displayed in the Home Pages list, so use a meaningful name. This field is mandatory.

  3. Select the layout of the home page that you want to use.

    For best results, to display a report with multiple columns, or a chart, use a wide (full row) format. For a narrower set of information, use a column.

    If you selected a format with multiple columns, you are asked to specify the column widths. You can specify the column width or let the system decide the best fit by not specifying any numbers.

  4. This option applies to version 5.3.1 or later. To make the home page available for all of the databases, select the Available for all the databases option.

    By default, all of the home pages that were migrated from previous releases are available for all of the databases.

  5. Click Next.
  6. Expand Change Requests or Tasks to see a list of reports.

    You see the same personal and shared ad hoc reports that are displayed when you click Reports on the Action Panel.

  7. Specify the report to be used by dragging the report name to the box that represents the area of the report where the information is displayed.

    If you cannot drop the report into the empty box, move the report until you see a darker line above or below the report name. Then, release the report.

    A folder must contain an ad hoc report to be displayed here. If you do not see one of your personal folders, it is because that folder does not contain any ad hoc reports.

  8. Click Save.

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