Harness and Section forms
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A section containing an auto-generated Dynamic Container supports the runtime presentation of work items and worklists in composite portals. You can use containers to present dynamic content in multiple harnesses (sometimes referred to as documents) in a tab group, or in a single document.
As a best practice in V6.3+, use a Dynamic Container instead of a Work Area control. The Work Area control is supported but no longer appears on the Advanced control group. The Dynamic Container provides similar functionality but is easier to configure, offers greater flexibility, and provides better performance.
The Dynamic Container enables you to present multiple documents in a tab group comprising layouts, sections, or harnesses.
1. Add a Dynamic Container to a tab group
You add a tabbed Dynamic Container to an existing static tab; you cannot add the container directly to a section. In this example, you create a SmartLayout tab group and add the Dynamic Container. You then add a section and harness to the group.
To add a section or a harness to the tab group:
To delete a single tab, select it and then click Delete (). To delete an entire tab layout, select the layout and then click the Delete Row button (), not the Delete Cell button.
The standard Case Manager and Case Worker portals provide working examples of tabbed Dynamic Containers.
Note:
2. Complete the Tab Group panel
Do the following:
Top fields
Field |
Description |
Format |
Select the format you want to apply to the tabs in the group. To configure a format's appearance, go to the Style Presets > Layouts > Tab area on the Skin rule form Styles tab. Standard — Default format applied to all tab groups. Sub — Format suitable for sub-tabs. Other — A custom style that you create in the skin rule. |
Style |
Appears when you select Other. Enter the style name. |
General tab
Field |
Description |
Tab Position |
Select the placement of the tabs at runtime:
If you select |
Tab Orientation | If you selected a left or right Tab Position, select to display tabs horizontally or vertically. Horizontal is the default. If you select vertical orientation, the tab title is rotated based on the tab position, left or right. |
3. Complete the Dynamic Container tab panel
Select the<< Dynamic >> tab and click the magnifying glass () icon to display the tab properties panel.
In the Max Number drop-down, select the maximum number of tabs the user can open in addition to the ones in the tab group. The highest number is 16.
4. Complete the layout, section, and container tab panels
Select the tabs and click the magnifying glass () icon to display their respective properties panels.
You can use a Dynamic Container to present the dynamic contents of sections or harnesses in a single document. The containers enable users to easily navigate between the documents. For example, a worklist gadget can be configured with Dynamic Containers so that when a user selects an item on the list, the system replaces the current work form on the portal with the selected one.
1. Create the Dynamic Container
Do the following:
Section
or Harness
A Dynamic Container does not display a harness. To see it, click the Preview button ().
2. Complete the Dynamic Container panel
Do the following:
Complete the fields, which are described in Harness, section and flow action forms — Adding a section. The General tab contains only the default option Defer Load.
Complete the top fields and the Advanced tab. By default, there are no settings on the General tab.
Top fields
Field |
Description |
Use Harness |
Identify the Purpose key part of a harness. |
Format |
Choose a format to control what appears above the layout (known as a header or subheader), and the appearance of both the header and any subheader, and aspects of the body. For descriptions, see Harness, section and flow action forms — Adding a section. |
Visible When |
Optional. Leave blank so that the section is always visible. To control the visibility of the section, enter or select a when condition or an expression that compares two values. |
General tab
Field |
Description |
Data Transform |
Optional. Identify the second key part — Data Transform Name — of a data transform to provide initial values on the clipboard page. To find this rule at runtime, the system uses the |
Using Thread |
Optional. Select:
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Thread Name |
Enter the Thread name. |