The 6.7 release of Symyx Notebook introduced the Home Page, a landing spot to help users orient themselves and get going on their work. Like the Google or Yahoo homepages, the Symyx Notebook Home Page presents different content areas, also known as “widgets”, several of which are delivered out-of-the-box: one for creating new experiments, another for tracking work in progress, and an inbox widget for messages sent through the notebook. In this session, we will begin with a quick overview of the Home Page, and then dive into the administrative aspects of how to configure the Home Page to maximize its usefulness to your user communities. The development of custom widgets will also be touched on, to whet your appetite for the upcoming session on that topic.
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1. Accelrys ELN Home PageAdministration
2. What Is the Home Page? A landing place for scientists
Orients users Makes it easy to start new workflows Shows them which
documents matter Signals which actions should be taken
3. Overview Administrative tasks (administrator) Manage
widget-sharing folders Promoting someone to widget manager
Promoting someone to group manager Widget management (power user)
Configure widgets Publish widgets Rename, move, delete widgets
Homepage configuration (any user) Add widget Change layout &
color Customize or reset widget Group management (power user)
Modify group template list Viewable columns (out of scope)
4. Manage Widget Folders Widgets live in SiteSharedWidgets Add
folder Grant privilegesADMIN
5. Make Someone a Widget Manager Controlled by
Widget.Administrator application permission Modify users
permissionsADMIN
6. Make Someone a Group Manager Controlled by
GroupProfile.Administrator application permission Modify users
permissionADMIN
7. Creating and Publishing a New Widget (1) Start by clicking
gear button next to widget Modify settings Click okWIDGET
ADMIN
8. Creating and Publishing a New Widget (2) Share widgets with
other users Click folder with rectangle button Select location to
save Click OKWIDGET ADMIN
9. Rename, Move, Delete Widgets Click on Manage Widgets button
Find widget you want to manage Right-click for list of
optionsWIDGET ADMIN
10. Adding a Widget Click on Add Widget Navigate to widget you
want Click OKANY USER
11. Customize a Widget Click gear button in top right of widget
Modify a setting & hit okay Later click gear again Click reset
Resetting a widget takes it back to whats in Vault, not factory
settingsANY USER
12. Change Layout & Color Click settings/gear in top right
Modify number of columns or colorANY USER
13. Group Templates Click on homepage Tools button Choose
Groups Select group to manage Type in fragment of template name
Double-click on template to add Click OKGROUP PROFILE ADMIN
14. Viewable Columns: Out of ScopeGROUP PROFILE ADMIN
15. Updating Widget Code You can add custom widgets You may
want to update code Option 1: Add new widgets w/new code Ask
everyone to update Option 2: Use ADM to update redirects Redirect
from old widget version(s) to new
