Parameters for Tab Command Objects

This table describes the available parameters for command objects used for tabs that appear within channels on PowerView pages.

For specific instructions on how to create command objects using usingBusiness Modeler or MQL, refer to the Business Modeler Guide or MQL Guide.

Parameter Description Accepted Values/Examples

Access

The persons, roles, and groups who can access the tab. To make the tab available to all users, regardless of role/group assignments, choose All.

If no users are assigned access, the system assumes all users have access. If a user doesn't have access to any tabs in a channel, the channel is not displayed.

Names of group, role, person administrative objects.

Or

All (default)

Alt

The Alt text for a command is ignored. The Label, not the Alt value, displays when the mouse hovers over the tab. If the tab's label is truncated because it exceeds the limit, the full Tab label text is shown in the tooltip.

WBSTasks

emxEngineeringCentral.common.ECRs

Href

The URL to display when a user selects the tab.

Tabs can display content from the following sources:

configurable table

configurable form

JSP page

URL

If the specified URL contains a header parameter, it is not used because the header would be redundant with the tab label. For example, if the URL contains emxTable.jsp with a header specified, the table header is not used.

emxTable.jsp?xxxxx

emxForm.jsp?xxxxx

Sample.jsp?xxxxx

http://www.matrixone.com

*Label

The text to display on the tab. The label can be:

Plain text, such as "ECRs".

A string resource ID, such as "emxEngineeringCentral.common.portal".

To internationalize the text, you must use a string resource ID. See Internationalizing Dynamic UI Components. The system first looks for a string resource ID that matches the entered value. If it finds one, it uses the value for the ID. If it doesn't find one, it displays the entered text and/or output from the select expression.

The label can be up to 17 characters long. If it exceeds 17 characters, the system truncates it to17 characters and adds an ellipsis ("?") to the label. This default can be changed in emxsystem.properties with the property emxFramework.PowerView.Channel.Label.MaximumLength. The HTML "Title" attribute is defined so that when the user mouses over the tab, the full label displays.

Properties

EBOM

Lifecycle

emxEngineeringCentral.common.portal

Settings

Additional settings that define the behavior and appearance of the tab command. For a list of the accepted settings, see the table below.

Name/value pairs, as defined in the table below.