Using the Launchpad Designer
You use the launchpad designer to manage catalogs, groups, and tiles.
The Fiori launchpad designer is the standard tool for:
- Configuring the tiles for static app launchers, dynamic app launchers, and target mapping.
- Creating pre-configured groups and catalogs for the home page.
- Transporting the configurations via correction requests / packages or customizing workbench.
The launchpad designer is designed to optimally work on desktop. This application can be launched in any of the following browsers:
- Internet Explorer 9 and above
- Safari
- Mozilla Firefox
- Chrome
The following icons are used in the launchpad designer:
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
Settings |
You use this to display the Transport Request Information dialog box. |
 |
Add Icon | You use this icon to add a tile to a group or catalog and create a catalog or group. |
 |
Trash Icon | You use this icon to delete a catalog, group, or delete tiles from a catalog or group. |
 |
Add Tile | You use this icon to add tiles to a catalog or group. |
 |
Tile already added | You use this to indicate that the tile was already added to the group. |
 |
Back | Navigate to the home page. |
 |
Catalogs | You use this icon to display the list of available catalogs. |
 |
Groups | You use this icon to display the list of available groups. |
 |
Add Tile Template | You use this to add the tile template to the group. |
 |
Edit Title | You use this to edit the title of the existing catalog and group. |
 |
Outdated | You use this to indicate that changes have been made in the Configuration mode and the Customization mode is outdated for catalog or group. This serves as an alert for the user to delete the catalog or group in the customization mode and then, refresh the page to get the latest changes made in the Configuration mode for the group or catalogs in the Customization mode. |
 |
Information | You use this to display the additional information for the selected tile in the group. You get the following information:
|
 |
Copy | You use this to copy a catalog. |
 |
Drop Zone | You use this to drag and drop the catalog in the Catalog Collection section. |
 |
Search | You use this to search a catalog or a group. |
 |
Unpin | You use this to unpin the catalog in the Catalog Collection section. |
 |
Pin | You use this to pin the catalog in the Catalog Collection section. |
 |
Display More | You use this to display all tiles of the selected catalog in the Catalog Collection. |
 |
Display Associated Catalogs | You use to display associated catalogs for an app launcher and target mapping for an intent. |
 |
Intent Confirm | You use this to display the status of an intent. |
 |
Intent Alert | You use this to display the status of an intent. |
 |
Accept | You use this to indicate that a particular configuration parameter in the target mapping table is true. |
 |
Target Mappings | You use this icon to indicate target mappings tab on the screen. |
 |
Alert | You use this to indicate outdated applications in the target mapping table. |
 |
Decline | You use this to indicate that a particular configuration parameter in the target mapping table is false. |
 |
Tiles | You use this icon to indicate tiles tab on the screen. |
Flow of Usage
The flow of usage for launchpad designer is mentioned below:
- Ensure that the apps that you want to configure have valid roles and are registered correctly in LPD_CUST entries.
- Administrators would first use the launchpad designer to configure tiles, catalogs, groups, and transport them to target systems.
- Administrators would then communicate the various tile instances, catalog names, and group name to the PFCG administrator so that the tiles, catalogs, and groups can be assigned to roles.
- The administrator can then test the actual rendering of the groups in the launchpad runtime.