3.1 Managing Folder Views

Novell Vibe enables you to change the way you and other users view your folder. You can change the default view, or allow multiple views.

For example, you might have a Tasks folder where the start date and end date are particularly important. You can configure your Tasks folder to be displayed in a Calendar folder view to place emphasis on the start and end dates of tasks. You can make this view the default view, or allow users to toggle between alternate folder views that you pre-enable.

3.1.1 Changing the Default Folder View

Vibe enables you to change the default view of folders for which you have appropriate rights. This can be an existing folder view or a custom folder view that you created. For information about how to create a custom folder view, see Section 8.0, Creating Custom Folder Views.

Enabling Views to Be Used as the Default View

Before you can set a view as the default folder view, you need to enable that view

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to change the default view.

  2. Click Folder > Configure Views, URLs and Controls in the Action toolbar.

  3. On the Folder Views, Entries and Workflows tab, in the Allowed Views section, select the view whose look best presents your folder list or workspace.

  4. Click Apply.

    The folder view has now been added to the Default View section, and can be chosen as the default view, as described in Selecting a New Default Folder View.

Selecting a New Default Folder View

  1. On the Folder Views, Entries and Workflows tab, in the Default View section, select the folder view that you enabled in Enabling Views to Be Used as the Default View.

  2. Click Apply > Close.

3.1.2 Enabling Alternate Folder Views

Because only folder owners have rights to set the default view of a folder, Vibe enables folder owners to select alternate views that external users of the folder are allowed to use, if they are not satisfied with the default view, or feel more comfortable using another view.

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to enable alternate views.

  2. Click Folder > Configure Views, URLs and Controls in the Action toolbar.

  3. On the Folder Views, Entries and Workflows tab, in the Allowed Views section, select all of the views that you want to enable as alternate folder views.

  4. Click Apply > Close.

Users can now view the folder in an alternate view.

  1. Click Folder > Folder Options in the Action toolbar.

    The Folder Options dialog box is displayed.

  2. In the View Options section, select the desired alternate view, then click OK.