View Distributor Sample Application

The View Distributor sample application is used to distribute views that are currently in your work view, process view, or event view list to either individual users or to groups or posiitons.

Note: The View Distributor sample application has been deprecated. System views should now be used to define views for users. For information about system views, see the “Using Views” chapter in the TIBCO Workspace User’s Guide.

This sample application can distribute views to either:

  • Individual users - The users to which you distribute a view will receive a copy of the view in their work view, process view, or event view list, depending on the type of view you are distributing.
  • Groups or positions - Distributing a view to a group or position causes all users that are currently members of the group or position to receive a copy of the view in their work view, process view, or event view list, depending on the type of view you are distributing.

    Note that users that are added to a group or position at a later time are not automatically given copies of views that had been previously distributed to the group or position. A new distribution would need to be done for those users to receive a copy of the view.

Views that are going to be distributed with this sample application must first be created in either the Workspace application or in another custom WCC application—you cannot create views with this sample application—it is only used to distribute them. (Views are specific to Workspace/WCC applications, and do not apply to Openspace.)

Distributing a view gives the recipient a copy of the view that is currently defined in the logged-in user’s view list. The copy of the view contains all filters, sort specifications, custom columns, etc., that are part of the view definition. The recipient of the view is then free to modify that view to the extent that their user access controls allow.

Note: If you create or modify a view in Workspace or another custom WCC application, and want to distribute that view, you must first log out of the application, which causes the view to become persisted. You can then distribute the view using the View Distributor application.

To use this application, the Workspace Client Components (WCC) must have been installed when TIBCO Business Studio was installed.

Also note that if your intent is to distribute an event view to all users, you may want to consider creating the event view as a template, then specify it as a default event view. This prevents you from having to continue to distribute the event view in the future as new users are added, or users are added to groups or positions. For information, see defaultEventView.