PFCG Link List and PFCG Favorites List

Use

There are two CHIPs that enable you to create link lists from entries in the PFCG role menu.

  • As an administrator you can use the PFCG Link List to restrict the selection of the links to be displayed to precisely one folder in the PFCG menu. The folder is found in the current role at runtime, and the contents read dynamically. You specify this folder in the PFCG alias. You can restrict the entries further with the application type. The PFCG link list cannot be changed by the user.

  • The PFCG Favorites List enables the user to put together a list of favorites - again from menu entries from the PFCG - either for the current role or for all roles the user is assigned to.

    The PFCG Favorites List is initially empty. The selection of links that can be added to the list is defined in the configuration. In personalization the user can add entries by choosing Adapt Favorites from the options menu of the PFCG Favorites List, and change the displayed link text.

If the user clicks on one of the links, the application opens in the same window. With SHIFT+ mouse click the user can open the application in a new window. To force an application to always open in a new window, in PFCG for the relevant menu entry choose Further Node Details under Start Application In Application Window.

Example

The example below shows a PFCG link list with descriptions:

Display Example of a PFCG Link List

Shared Configuration Options

Entry in options menu: Start of the navigation pathConfigure CHIP Next navigation step Define Link ListEnd of the navigation path or Start of the navigation pathConfigure CHIP Next navigation step Define Favorites ListEnd of the navigation path

  • Application Type

    You can filter the role menu entries that are assigned to the respective application type in PFCG. To do this, select the type you want:

    • Type: Create

    • Type: Report

    • Type: Search

    • Type: Create, Report, and Search. This puts all the role menu entries together in the PFCG for which one of these application types has been defined.

      More information: Specifying the Application Type of a Role Menu Entry

    • You can reset the filter by choosing All.

  • Display Descriptions

    You set this indicator if you want to display descriptions, as shown in the above figure. Users can make this setting themselves in the PFCG favorites list.

  • Display IDs

    This indicator should only be set temporarily in the configuration or customizing mode to enable you as the administrator to display application IDs.

Additional Configuration Options for the PFCG Link List

  • PFCG Alias

    Here you select the PFCG alias of the folder whose entries you want to display as links in the PFCG link list. The alias for the folder must first have been set in the PFCG.

    More information: Defining a PFCG Alias for an Application

Additional Configuration Options for the PFCG Favorites List

  • Role

    Here you can choose between the current role and all roles the user is assigned to.

  • Number of Visible Entries

    Enter the number of links you want to be displayed. If more links than can be displayed are available, a further link Display All/Display Fewer is embedded, which enables the user to toggle between viewing a restricted number of links and all links. Users can also make this setting themselves.