Hiding the Availability Status Setting in the CLP 

Use

If your company is not planning to allow users to set their own availability status, you can hide the corresponding iView component – the Availability Status Selector (ASS) – in the Collaboration Launch Pad (CLP).

To do this, you create the CLP iView based on the corresponding template in the portal archive (PAR) and deactivate the display of the ASS in the properties of the new iView. Then you reference the new iView instead of the standard iView by entering its ID in the properties for the portal header tool area.

Procedure

To make available a CLP iView without selection of the availability status in the portal, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Create a new CLP iView and switch off the display of the Availability Status Selector (ASS).

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                            a.      In the Portal Catalog, choose New from PAR File ® iView in the folder of your choice.

Step one of the iView wizard appears.

                            b.      Choose the portal archive com.sap.netweaver.coll.shared.ui
and choose Continue to proceed to step two of the iView wizard.

                            c.      Choose the portal component Collaboration Launch Pad
and choose Continue to proceed to step three of the iView wizard.

                            d.      Enter the general properties of the iView (for example, ID ToolAreaClpWOstatus) and choose Continue to proceed to step four of the iView wizard.

                            e.      Choose Finish.

                              f.      Now choose the next step, Open the object for editing, and choose OK to confirm your selection.

                            g.      In the Property Editor, choose the Display All property category.

                            h.      Set the flagShowASS property to No.

                              i.      Save the iView properties.

       2.      Specify the ID of the new iView.

                            a.      In the Portal Catalog, click the name of the newly created User Details iView. (The iView ID is displayed in the quick info area.)

                            b.      Copy the entire iView ID from the quick info area to the clipboard.

       3.      Assign the iView ID to the portal header tool area.

                            a.      In the portal catalog, open the portal default framework page.

                            b.      Choose Tool Area ® Properties.

                            c.      In the Property Editor, choose the Display All property category.

                            d.      Copy the entire ID from the clipboard to the Collaboration Launch Pad Component field.

                            e.      Choose OK.

Result

In the portal, the CLP is launched without selection of the availability status.

Because the configuration information is read from the cache memory at certain intervals, it can take a few minutes until the new iView is visible in the portal.