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Prerequisites

You have created role and workset hierarchies.

Context

An entry point is the node in a role or workset structure that serves as the initial item of a particular navigation hierarchy. For example, if your portal is configured to have top-level navigation, the specified entry point appears on the first level of the top-level navigation. If you remove the iView displaying top-level navigation, the entry points and lower-level navigation structures are displayed in the Detailed Navigation iView.

You can define any level of a role or workset structure as a navigation entry point. When you define a workset as an entry point, it is retained as such if you then add the workset to a role.

Root nodes and folders within structures provide entry points that allow for useful drill-down navigation within the navigation hierarchy.

Note

  • Role/workset structure items that are above the highest defined entry point will not be seen in the navigation hierarchy. For that reason, we recommend that you not define pages and iViews as entry points.

  • When you define a lower level item as an entry point, the system does not check whether a higher level item in the same structure was already defined as an entry point.

  • Only entry points at the highest level are relevant for the portal navigation structure; entry points at lower levels are disregarded.

Procedure


  1. From the Portal Catalog, right-click a role or workset and choose Start of the navigation path Open Next navigation step Role/Workset End of the navigation path. The role or workset is loaded into the appropriate editor.

  2. In the displayed editor, select either:

    • The root node of the role or workset hierarchy

    • A workset or folder within the role or workset hierarchy

    • A folder within a workset of the role or workset hierarchy

  3. In the Entry Point column, select the checkbox.

  4. Optional: If you are using the Ajax Framework Page , you can define a specific number of top-level navigation levels for different entry points. For example, you can specify that a given entry point always shows 1 level of top-level navigation, even though the general configuration of your portal defines 2 levels of top-level navigation.

    1. In the Properties editor of the object that you have defined as an entry point, locate the Number of Levels in the Top Level Navigation property.

    2. Choose Modify Properties .

    3. From the dropdown list, choose the required number of levels.

Example

In the following scenario, the portal is defined as having top-level navigation with two levels. The first figure shows a role, RoleXY , whose defined hierarchy comprises five levels. In this role hierarchy, folder F11 on the second level of the role is defined as an entry point.

The portal navigation structure is as follows:

  • Folder F11 appears as a tab on the first level of top-level navigation.

  • Upon clicking F11 , the user sees the entries belonging to F11 (F113, iView1, and P13) on the second level of navigation.

  • All entries below F113 are in the detailed navigation.

  • F1 does not appear in the navigation hierarchy.