Configuring the AR System server customizable Home Page

Customizable home page with four-panel layout

Predefined panel descriptors are installed with many BMC applications. In addition, administrators can define different "default" layouts for different access control groups. If a user belongs to two or more groups that each have a default layout defined, the default home page that appears is determined by a priority ranking set in the layout form entries.

Users can expand and collapse the panels in the customizable home page. They can also remove and add panels, and can select from the available descriptors to control which forms appear in the panels of their home page. Users can save one customized home page layout. Customized user layouts are also stored in the AR System Home Page Layout form. If the user saves a custom layout, it overrides the Default layout for that user, but the user can return to the Default layout at any time.

This section describes the tasks and procedures an administrator must complete to configure the AR System Customizable Home Page for use. The steps include:

1. Create each form that will appear in a panel in the home page. See Defining-form-views-for-the-customizable-home-page.
2. Create an entry in the AR System Home Page Descriptor form for each form view that can appear in a home page panel. See Defining-form-descriptors.
3. Create a default layout, and assign up to four Descriptor entries, one per possible panel. See Defining-default-layouts.
4. Test the configured home page.
5. Set the Default Home Page for the server to the AR System Customizable Home Page form. See Specifying-a-home-page-on-the-server.