Searching for and Importing Pagelets and Tiles

This section discusses how to search for and import individual pagelets and tiles. In addition, after unified navigation has been configured, you can import pagelets in bulk from content provider systems into the designated portal system.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Pagelet Search Page

PTUN_PGLTSRCH_SEC

Search for pagelet definitions on local and remote content provider nodes.

Tile Search Page

PTUN_GPLTSRCH_SEC

Search for tile definitions on local and remote content provider nodes.

Use the Pagelet Search page (PTUN_PGLTSRCH_SEC) from an invoking definition (homepage, dashboard, WorkCenter, and so on) to search for pagelet definitions on local and remote content provider nodes.

Navigation:

To access the Pagelet Search page:

  • Click the Pagelet Search button on the:

    • Dashboard’s Tab Content page.

    • Homepage’s Tab Content page.

    • WorkCenter dashboard’s Tab Content page.

  • Click the pagelet Select icon button on the:

    • Assign Related Actions page.

    • Assign Related Content page.

    • Configure WorkCenter Page page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Pagelet Search page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Pagelet Search page

Field or Control

Description

Keywords

Displays any keywords defined on the invoking definition as a display-only value—for example, a WorkCenter definition can include keywords.

Note: If keywords are defined on the invoking definition, then this field is populated, the Search by field is set to Keywords, the contains field is populated with the same keywords, and the search is automatically executed. You can update the search parameters, such as the contains field, to perform a different search after this initial keyword search.

Search

Field or Control

Description

Node Name

Select the local or remote content provider node.

Important! While this field displays local and remote default local nodes and portal host nodes, you should select portal host nodes only (that is, content provider nodes) for pagelet searches.

Search by

Select one of the following:

  • Category – To search by the title of the pagelet folder.

  • Keyword – To search by keywords added to the pagelet definition.

    See Maintaining Pagelet Branding Attributes for more information about adding keywords to pagelet definitions. (See Defining Content References for information about adding keywords to any content reference definition.)

  • Role – To search by roles that have access to the pagelet definition.

  • Title – To search by the pagelet title.

contains

Enter a word, partial word, phrase, or partial phrase as the search term.

Note: Clearing this field and performing a search will return all results displaying valid values for the selected Search by value.

Search

Click the Search button to perform a search.

Return

Click the Return button to return to the invoking page without selecting a pagelet definition.

Search Results

Field or Control

Description

Pagelet Title

Click a pagelet title to select and add that definition to the invoking definition.

Use the Tile Search page (PTUN_GPLTSRCH_SEC) from an invoking definition (homepage or dashboard) to search for tile definitions on local and remote content provider nodes.

Navigation:

To access the Tile Search page:

  • Click the Tile Search button on the:

    • Dashboard’s Tab Content page.

    • Homepage’s Tab Content page.

  • Click the tile Select icon button on the:

    • Define Related Content Service page.

    • Assign Related Content page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tile Search page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Tile Search page

Field or Control

Description

Keywords

Displays any keywords defined on the invoking definition as a display-only value—for example, a dashboard definition can include keywords.

Note: If keywords are defined on the invoking definition, then this field is populated, the Search by field is set to Keywords, the contains field is populated with the same keywords, and the search is automatically executed. You can update the search parameters, such as the contains field, to perform a different search after this initial keyword search.

Search

Field or Control

Description

Node Name

Select the local or remote content provider node.

Important! While this field displays local and remote default local nodes and portal host nodes, you should select portal host nodes only (that is, content provider nodes) for tile searches.

Search by

Select one of the following:

  • Category – To search by the title of the tile folder.

  • Title – To search by the tile title.

contains

Enter a word, partial word, phrase, or partial phrase as the search term.

Note: Clearing this field and performing a search will return all results displaying valid values for the selected Search by value.

Search

Click the Search button to perform a search.

Return

Click the Return button to return to the invoking page without selecting a tile definition.

Search Results

Field or Control

Description

Tile Title

Click a tile title to select and add that definition to the invoking definition.

You can search for pagelets or tiles in other databases (remote content provider nodes) only after unified navigation has been configured. When you select a remote pagelet on the Pagelet Search page or a remote tile on the Tile Search page, you import the pagelet or tile definition into the local database. This imported definition is then available to all features that use pagelets or tiles, such as homepages, dashboards, WorkCenters, and so on.

For more information on unified navigation and importing pagelets and tiles: