12.5 Setting Preferences

To define the contents and appearance of the Detail portlet, you set preferences. The way you use the Detail portlet determines where you set its preferences:

12.5.1 About the Preferences

The Detail portlet has two preference pages: one for general preferences (shown in Figure 12-8) and one for complex preferences.

Figure 12-8 Detail Preferences: General Preferences

Table 12-3 Detail Portlet: General Preferences

Preference

Description

OrgChart Portlet Name

The name of the registered instance of the org chart portlet that you want to launch if the enable org chart display preference is set to true.

Entity Detail Complex Preference

Click View/Edit Custom Preferences to access the detail portlet’s complex preferences.

When you open this complex preference, the individual Detail preferences are presented:

Figure 12-9 Detail Portlet: Complex Preferences

Table 12-4 Detail Portlet: Complex Preferences

Preference

Details

Entity Definition

Specifies the attribute list and HTML layout to display when Detail is used for a particular entity type (such as User, Device, or Group).

You can click Add Entity Definition to specify Detail support for additional entity types.

Attributes to display in view mode

Specifies which attributes of the selected entity you want the portlet to display in view mode. These attributes are listed in the order you choose.

A button is provided to let you add or remove attributes as needed.

Attributes to display in edit mode

Specifies which attributes of the selected entity you want the portlet to display in edit mode. These attributes are listed in the order you choose.

A button is provided to let you add or remove attributes as needed.

HTML Layout

Provides a button to open the HTML Layout Editor, where you can design the heading area that the Detail portlet is to display for the selected entity.

For details, see Determining What the Heading Area Displays.

Enable edit entity

Choose True if you want to enable the Edit Your Information link in the header of the detail portlet.

Enable send entity info

Choose True if you want to enable the Send Identity Info link in the header of the detail portlet.

Enable org chart display

Choose True if you want to enable the Display Organization Chart link in the header of the detail portlet.

Enable edit of preferred locale

Choose True if you want to display the Edit Preferred Locale link in the header of the detail portlet.