Adding a Gadget

Openspace uses personas to determine what layouts, themes and gadgets are displayed when you log in.

An Openspace administrator can create different personas that display different combinations of layouts, themes and gadgets according to the requirements of their users. This is useful because it means that users do not have to define these themselves when they first log in.

As supplied, Openspace provides two personas:

  • Standard. The Standard persona is initially blank. You can use the Standard persona to configure which layouts, themes and gadgets are displayed when users log in, depending on your requirements.
  • Default. If no Standard persona has been defined, the first time you log in to Openspace, the Default persona is used. The Default persona displays a selection of tabs and gadgets that users are most likely to find useful.

Procedure

  1. On logging in as Clint Hill the opening tab of the Default persona is displayed,.

    The Default persona has the following tabs:

    • Business Services
    • Work Views
    • Process Views
    • Reporting
    • Event Views
    • Organization
    • Calendar
  2. Make sure that the Business Services tab is selected.
  3. Click the tab name to display the User Preferences area.
  4. Click next to More Gadgets. The Openspace Gadget Store is displayed. It shows all the gadgets that are available to be added to Openspace.

  5. Select the Spotfire gadget.
  6. Click beside the Spotfire gadget. This gadget is added to the User Preferences area of the selected tab.
    Once the gadget has been added, is displayed beside the gadget in the Openspace Gadget Store.
  7. Click to close the Openspace Gadget Store.
    You can now see the Spotfire gadget on the User Preferences area of the tab.

    This gadget is shown without the white border that most of the gadgets have, because it is not yet added to any tab.

  8. From the Layout pane of the User Preferences area, select box 2. The selected box changes color and an illustration of the two-column layout is displayed..
  9. Click on the two-column layout to apply it to the tab.
    Note: There is only one possible two-column layout. If you click on box 3, you see a choice of two three-panel layouts. Click on the one you want to apply.
  10. Click on the Spotfire gadget to add it to the tab.
  11. The Spotfire gadget is added below the Work Views gadget and you need to drag it into position next to the business services gadget.

    The User Preferences area of the tab now displays the Spotfire gadget with a white box round it like the others:

    Note: You must have a TIBCO Web Player installed to access the Spotfire BPM Visualizations. If you do not, the error screen is displayed.
  12. Click the Business Services tab name to close the user preferences area.
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