Defining Home Pages with a Text Editor

Creating Home Pages with a Text Editor: Overview

This section describes how to create and edit home pages using a text editor.

In addition to using the topics in this section, you can use the Home Page Editor to create home pages by dragging and dropping tasks onto the home page. For information on using the Home Page Editor, see Home Page Editor: Overview.

Creating home pages

• Define a Home Page
• Create a Home Page Descriptor
  • Home Page Descriptors
  • Basic Structure of a Home Page Descriptor

• Types of Panels

  • Favorites Panel
  • Process Panels (Panels that Hold Tasks)
  • Application-Specific Panels
    • Metric Process Scorecard Panel
    • Horizontal Bar Chart Panel
    • Metric Values Chart Panel (Horizontal Chart)
    • Metric Alerts Scorecard Panel
    • Map Panel
• Schema Elements to Support Home Pages

Publishing home pages

After you define your home pages, follow these steps to make them available to users:

• Assign Processes to Roles
• Publish Home Pages

Note: As you work with this section of the online help, you may notice that elements such as the descriptor names and processes use the phrase "navigation page," such as <navigation-page> and the AbDashboardPageNavigation process. A "navigation page" is the same as a home page. "Navigation page" reflects previous terminology that is no longer used in the user interface and the online documentation. However, internal names, such as those above, still reflect this terminology.