You can use the Page Admin page to control the pages displayed in the Identity Manager user interface and who has permission to access them. The user interface includes two types of pages:
Both page types include content in the form of portlets (a Java standard for pluggable user-interface elements).
To learn more about portlets, see Section 9.0, Portlet Administration and Section IV, Portlet Reference.
This section introduces you to some container pages that play an important role in the Identity Manager user interface:
Keep in mind that you can modify these container pages if necessary. You also have the option of adding your own container pages.
To learn about working with container pages, see Section 7.2, Creating and maintaining container pages.
By default, when users arrive at the Identity Manager user interface prior to logging in, they see the container page named GuestContainerPage. That container page displays like this:
Internally, GuestContainerPage has the following layout:
The GuestContainerPage layout is divided into three regions, which display the following portlets:
Note that, by default, users see only the following in those portlets prior to logging in:
A single link in the header: Login
A single shared page: Welcome
Because the user has not logged in yet, the Shared Page Navigation portlet shows only shared pages that are in the Guest Pages category; it filters out all other categories. By default, Welcome is the only page in the Guest Pages category.
After login, the Shared Page Navigation portlet filters out the Guest Pages category. Instead, it shows other categories of shared pages (as specified in its preferences).
For more information on the Shared Page Navigation portlet, see Section 15.0, About Portlets.
By default, after users log in to the Identity Manager user interface, they go to the container page named DefaultContainerPage. That container page displays like this:
Internally, DefaultContainerPage has the following layout:
The DefaultContainerPage layout is divided into three regions, which display the following portlets:
Note that, after user login, DefaultContainerPage automatically opens the Identity Self-Service tab in HeaderPortlet.
By default, when User Application Administrators (and other authorized users) click the Administration tab of the Identity Manager user interface, they go to the container page named Admin Container Page. That container page displays like this:
Internally, Admin Container Page has the following layout:
The Admin Container Page layout is divided into two regions, which display the following portlets:
The Identity Manager user interface includes many shared pages, which provide the major content within its container pages. You can modify these shared pages if necessary. You also have the option of adding your own shared pages.
To learn about working with shared pages, see Section 7.3, Creating and maintaining shared pages.
Let’s take a look at one of these shared pages. Organization Chart is the default shared page that the DefaultContainerPage displays after users log in to the Identity Manager user interface:
Internally, Organization Chart has the following layout:
The Organization Chart layout consists of just one region, which displays just one portlet (the Org Chart portlet).
In this chapter, you’ve seen how these top-level tabs of the Identity Manager user interface are based on pages:
The Identity Self-Service tab uses the DefaultContainerPage
The Administration tab uses the Admin Container Page
But note that the Requests & Approvals tab is based on a different architecture and cannot be manipulated via Page Admin.