Applying skins to form views in AR System applications
For example, for user group A, a form view might have panels with a blue background in the header and for user group B, those same panel headers might have a green background as shown in the following image:
Using skins to distinguish views for user groups A and B
Before you begin
Before you customize the skins and brand for the AR System applications, make sure you have the appropriate permissions to make these changes.
To configure skins for AR System applications
- Log in to Mid Tier.
- From the AR System Administration Console, select System > Application > Users / Groups / Roles > Groups.
Use the Group form to create the group to grant access for configuring AR System.
For example, you create a group called AR System Skin Administrator whose members can modify the skin and brand for applications. For more information about creating a group, see Creating-and-managing-access-control-groups.
To map the Skin Designer role to an existing group
- Log in to Mid Tier.
- From the AR System Administration Console, select System > Application > Users / Groups / Roles > Groups.
- Open the Roles form in New mode
- Create a new role for the following applications:
- AR System Administration
- AR System Skins
For each application, enter the following details:
Field
Value
Application Name
AR System Administration
AR System Skins
Role Name
Skin Designer
Skin Designer
ID
-2
-2
Mapped Group
Test: AR System Skin Administrator
Production: AR System Skin AdministratorTest: AR System Skin Administrator
Production: AR System Skin AdministratorFor more information about creating and mapping roles, see Creating-and-mapping-roles.
When you map the role to the AR System Administrator group, all the users of the group can access the AR System Skin Administration console. In a browser, the user can access the skin administration console by selecting AR System Administration > AR System Skin Administration. For more information about defining skins, see Defining-skins and .
The following topics provide more information about the skin configuration for AR System applications:
Action | Reference |
---|---|
Learn about the types of object properties to which skins can be applied. | |
Learn about the skin types and the priority by which it is applied. | |
Learn how to define skins by using the AR System Skins form and specify properties and permissions for each skin that you want to define. | |
Learn how to copy a skin from one application user group to a different application. | |
Learn how to display the application with the defined skin. |