The Navigator can be customized to fit your needs. Items and folders can be added, moved, renamed and removed. The changes you make are personal and stored in the user profile. Since it's the same navigator structure shown in the Navigator Page and in Bread Crumbs any changes you make will be visible there as well.
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The navigator changes are stored in the user profile.
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There are many options to personalize the navigator. Most options are available in the Navigator context menu, right-mouse click to open it.
Figure 1: Navigator Context Menu
The Context menu includes the following:
Option | Action |
Open | Opens the page or unfolds the folder. Another option is to click on the node to open it. |
Open in New Window | Opens the page in a new IFS Enterprise Explorer window. Another option is to hold the Shift key pressed when clicking on the node |
New / Item | Opens the New Item dialog where you can create navigator nodes for new Application Pages, Search Folders, Reports, Process Models and Internet Pages. You specify Title and Address and depending on the item type there are different options available. Click OK to save you changes. |
New / Folder | Opens the New Folder dialog where you specify the name of the folder and attributes such as if it should be hidden or not. Click OK to save you changes. |
New / Top Folder | Opens the New Top Folder dialog where you specify the name of the top folder. Click OK to save you changes. |
Edit / Cut, Copy, Paste | Copies/cuts folders and pages and pastes them into other folders. Another option is top drag-and-drop-nodes to new folders. You may also use the Alt key and Arrow Up/Arrow Down buttons to move folders/pages in the structure |
Edit / Rename | Opens the Rename dialog where you can change the name for a navigator node. Click OK to save you changes. |
Edit / Delete | Deletes the navigator node from the navigator |
Edit / Copy Address | Copies the address of a navigator node and it's placed in your clipboard. Example: ifsapf:dlgCreateDocument |
Edit / Copy Navigation Path | Copies the navigation path and it's placed in your clipboard. Example: Document Management\Create Document Assistant |
Hide | Hides the navigator node. |
Unhide | Un-hides the navigator node |
Show Hidden Items | Shows all the hidden navigator nodes. Hidden items are shown but the name is crossed over. |
Add to Shortcuts | Will create a shortcut for the item you have selected |
Sort Alphabetically | Sorts the contents of a folder in alphabetical order |
Restore / Restore Navigator | Restores the navigator to default settings, e.g. all your changes will be removed. |
Restore / Restore Node | Restores the navigator node to default settings, e.g. all your changes in the node will be removed. |
Restore / Collapse All | Collapses the navigator |
Properties | Opens the Properties dialog where you can make changes to the navigator node. Here you can for example change the start-up behavior of a page. E.g. you can define that you want to page to be automatically populated, be prepared for entry of a new object, or populated with the result of a saved search. |
Note that you can move folders/nodes up and down in the Navigator by highlighting it and holding the Alt key and using Arrow up/Arrow down keys.
The New Item dialog is used to add new Application pages, Search Folders, Reports etc. to the Navigator.
Figure 2: The New Navigator Item dialog
Follow these steps to add a Application Page or a Report:
Follow these steps to add a Search Folder/Saved Search:
Follow these steps to add a Process model:
<URL Help Base>/<Language>/default.htm?openpage=<URL Help Base>/<Language>/<Section>
Follow these steps to add a web page:
Follow these steps to add a Custom Page
Note: This option is only available if the installation includes Custom Objects and Custom Pages are defined. Read more about this in the Technical documentation.
Add a new Help or
Documentation item
You can add items pointing to documentation for the IFS Enterprise Explorer
pages and some predefined
pages by using ifshelp: links. The links are constructed by selecting the help type and
by supplying additional parameters. An optional parameter allows you to decide whether to open
the help page inside the Enterprise Explorer work area, or to open it in a new browser window.
Opening it in the external browser is the default.
The ifshelp: address is defined as with the following syntax:
The Help Types are as follows:
The Parameter Types which can be used in the Enterprise Explorer are as follows,
Procedure:
Examples:
The New Folder dialog is used to add new folders to the Navigator.
Figure 3: The New Folder dialog
Follow the steps below:
- Select the folder or item to hold the new item.
- Right-click on it, select New / Folder...
- Enter the folder name
- Press OK
The New Top Folder dialog is used to add new top folders to the Navigator.
Figure 3: The Top Folder dialog
Follow the steps below:
- Right-click on any item or folder in the navigator, select New / Top Folder...
- Enter the folder name
- Press OK
Adding own process to a navigator item.
Figure 3: The Properties dialog
Follow the steps below:
- Right-click on any item or folder in the navigator, select Properties...
- Select the Own Process check box to get a unique process id for the navigator item.
- The process can be named i.e. PROCESS=MyProcess.
- Press OK
The process will be appended to the page url. If the process was created for a copied item it will be disconnected from the original page and treated as a separate process. When navigating to another page via the Context Menu, the process id will be appended to this page. This enables the user to set up pages to match a certain procedure, let them share the same process id and achieve a coherent process.
When looking at addresses you may wonder how these are constructed. The addresses consists of protocol identifiers and resource paths. This is very similar to your browser where an internet web address is identified as http://www.ifsworld.com. http: is the protocol and www.ifsworld.com is resource location. Protocols reveals the type of the information and how to interact with the data,
The following are the protocols used when you navigate in IFS Enterprise Explorer.
A protocol is used in an address like below.
<protocol>:<assembly name>.<page identification>
Example: ifswin:Ifs.Application.ManageTemplates.TemplateOrganizer
<protocol> - ifswin
<assemby name> - Ifs.Application.ManageTemplates
<page identification> - TemplateOrganizer