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Prerequisites

  • You are assigned the System Admin role

Context

Portal on device comes with display rules for that associate between the out-of-the-box Smartphone Portal Desktop and Tablet Portal Desktop and the device types Smartphone and Tablet , respectively.

You can use device groups and device types in rule collections to assign a specific desktop at runtime, according to the user agent of the browser being used to access the portal. Using device types in the rule collection enables you to assign the same desktop to more than one device group (of the same type) using a single IF statement. For example, you can configure a rule that associates the Smartphone Portal Desktop desktop with a custom device group that you created.

Note

If you are using device types in a rule collection, you must make sure that at least one device group is defined with the required device type. If you are using device groups in a rule collection, you must first define the required device groups. For more information, see Using Device Groups .

Instead of using the device group mechanism, you can also configure a URL alias that displays the mobile desktop. For more information, see Defining URL Aliases .

Procedure

  1. In the portal, navigate to Start of the navigation path System Administration Next navigation step System Configuration Next navigation step Portal Display Next navigation step Desktops & Display Rules End of the navigation path.
  2. In the Portal Catalog, select Start of the navigation path Portal Content Next navigation step Portal Administrators Next navigation step Super Administrators End of the navigation path.
  3. From the context menu of Master Rule Collection, choose Start of the navigation path Open Next navigation step Rule Collection End of the navigation path.
  4. Choose Add IF Expression.
  5. Create a new IF expression:

    1. From the first dropdown list, select Device Type or Device Group , according to the type of association you want to create.

    2. From the operator dropdown list, select = .

    3. From the last dropdown list, select the device type, or the name of the device group that you want to use for the rule.

    4. Choose Apply .

  6. Select the THEN expression of the IF expression that you just added.
  7. In the Portal Catalog, navigate to the corresponding desktop. For example, Start of the navigation path Portal Content Next navigation step Portal Users Next navigation step Smartphone Framework Content End of the navigation path.
  8. From the context menu of the desktop, choose Add Portal Desktop to Expression .
  9. Choose Apply .
  10. Choose Save .