Managing Categories in the Tile Catalog

Administrators can create categories to group applications in the tile catalog, which can also be reflected in the home page.

Context

You can create up to 20 categories in the Properties editor. In addition to the categories that you create, two categories are provided by default:

  • General: If an application has not been assigned to any of the defined categories, it is automatically assigned to the General category. When other categories are displayed, the General category is always displayed last.
  • Recommended: You can tag applications as Recommended for a specified amount of time. If applications are tagged as Recommended, they appear in the Recommended category, as well as being displayed in any other categories to which they are assigned. The Recommended category is always displayed first.
A category is only displayed if it contains at least one application that is displayed to the current user.

Procedure

  1. In the portal, go to Start of the navigation pathContent Administration Next navigation step Portal Content ManagementEnd of the navigation path, and in the Portal Catalog go to Start of the navigation pathPortal Content Next navigation step Portal Users Next navigation step Standard Portal Users Next navigation step iViews Next navigation step Fiori Launchpad Next navigation step Fiori Launchpad CategoriesEnd of the navigation path.
  2. In the Properties editor, open the SAP Fiori launchpad category.
  3. For each category that you are creating, provide values for the following properties:

    • Category <number> ID: A unique identifier for the category.

    • Category <number> Order: Defines the order in which categories are displayed in the tile catalog, where category 1 is displayed at the top of the catalog. If no order is specified, the categories are displayed in alphabetical order.

    • Category <number> Title: The category name that appears in the tile catalog.

  4. To assign an iView/page to a category:

    1. Open an iView/page in the Properties editor.

    2. In the Personalized Launcher category, in the Category Assignment property, enter one or more category IDs. Separate the categories with a semicolon (;).

Results

After you have created the categories, you can translate the category titles according to the languages in your landscape through the translation worklist.
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