Entry points

Entry points are designed to hide underlying forms, applications, and guides and give users one point of access. In a browser, users can access an application without having to log on to a particular server, or without knowing which form performs which task. (For more information, see Configuring-home-page-preferences.) Entry points also make access to tasks easier to control and maintain.

Related topics

Customizing-the-home-page-and-entry-points

Home-page-components

AR System provides three types of entry points:

  • Default new entry points to open a form in New mode.
  • Default search entry points to open a form in Search mode.
  • Entry point active link guides that allow you to use all the functionality of a guide. For example, you can use an entry point guide to run reports or Modify or Display windows, or to run AR System workflow. This guide functionality is hidden from users. They do not know the entry point is a guide; they simply see this advanced functionality as another entry point.

Application designers and administrators must work together to manage the links that appear on the home page. Application designers are responsible for:

  • Designing the application.
  • Defining the entry points used to interact with the application.
  • Setting the correct permissions within the application so that the appropriate users see the appropriate entry points.
  • Performing localization tasks, if any.

Application designers do not need to have knowledge of the actual home page form where the entry points will appear.

Administrators are responsible for:

  • Installing the application.
  • Configuring the server and AR System to use the correct home page form.
  • (Optional) Designing the home page form. Depending on which form is designated as the default home page for the server, this can include:
    • Defining layouts for the AR System Customizable Home Page.
    • Modifying the Home Page form
    • Creating a separate form to use as the home page.
  • (Optional) Changing the Home Page settings in the Mid Tier Configuration Tool or the Configuration tab of the AR System Administration: Server Information form to specify the server and form for the home page.
  • (Optional) Specifying a home page form for each user in the User Preferences form.

Tip

You do not need to make entry points for every starting point, only for those most frequently used . If you have a large number of entry points (for example, over 30), consider using the subset mechanism (see Displaying-a-subset-of-entry-points-to-users) to limit the number of entry points displayed.

You can localize entry points just like other AR System components. For more information, see Creating-and-managing-fields.

For more information, see the following topics:


Action

Reference

Learn to create form entry points.

Create application entry points.

Create entry point guides to run complex workflow.

Learn to create an entry point guide.

 

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