Navigation Panel 
Definition
An integral part of the portal desktop dedicated to navigating content.
Use
The navigation panel contains portal navigation iViews, all of which change contextually according to the information appearing in the content area. It allows users to display, navigate, and Drag&Relate with the content assigned to them. A navigation iView is displayed only if it contains content related to your task.
Contains links to your content, displayed in a tree format of role-based folders.
Displays data navigation iViews that contain user interface controls, such as menus and links. Use these controls to retrieve specific information for display in the portal content area.
Contains a list of links pointing to iViews that have been configured with drag-on capability. When you drag data links from content iViews onto these links, you receive related information.
Contains a list of links whose target topics are relevant to the iView or portal page with which you are currently working.
The links are predefined on the iView and the page levels (Portal Content Studio). Clicking an object in Related Links opens its content in a new browser window, which can be customized.
Contains a list of links that access your favorite pages and full-page application iViews in the portal, as well as KM folders and documents.
This iView appears only if you have KM installed and your administrator has configured the correct settings.
Structure
· The navigation panel, by default, is expanded only if any of its iViews have content to display.
· It is possible that your administrator has configured a specific property for certain pages and iViews such that the panel is initially collapsed or expanded whenever you launch one of these objects, irrespective of the status of the navigation iViews in the panel.
· Only an expanded panel allows access to the navigation panel iViews.
· By manipulating the navigation panel, you increase and decrease either the panel or the content area, respectively.
¡ To expand the navigation panel, click the single arrow in the upper left corner of the panel. The panel opens and the arrow changes direction.
¡ To collapse the navigation panel, click the same arrow.
¡ To incrementally resize the navigation panel, in the upper left corner of the panel click the arrow that points in the direction you need.
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