Building and Linking a PowerView Page

Create the administrative objects for the menus, toolbars, table/structure browser pages, and form pages needed for the PowerView page and any of its channels/tabs.

In Business Modeler, create a command object for each tab to include for each channel:

1. Click Object > New > Command.
2. On the Basics tab, enter values for these parameters:

   
   

   • Name
   • Description
   • Label

3. Click the Link tab and enter the href. The href calls the configurable component, such as emxForm.jsp or emxIndentedtable.jsp, and specifies any required URL parameters to display the page. See the section for the specific component for details on the supported URL parameters.
4. Click the Settings tab and enter any required name/value pairs. See Settings for Tab Command Objects for a list of the available settings.
5. Click the Access tab, and add any roles, groups, or persons. Access can also be defined using settings for the command.

6. Click Create.

For a description of how to fill in parameters and settings for tab command objects, see Parameters for Tab Command Objects and Settings for Tab Command Objects

Create a channel object for each channel that you want on the PowerView page.

1. Click Object > New > Channel.
2. On the Basics tab, enter values for these parameters:

   
   

   • Name
   • Description
   • Label
   • Height. Height is defined as a percentage. The sum of all stacked channels should add up to 100%. If not, the PowerView will equally distribute the available height among all defined channels.

3. Click the Settings tab and enter any required name/value pairs. See Parameters and Settings for Channel Objects for a list of the available settings.
4. Click the Items tab and add the commands created above.

   The order you add the tab commands to the channel object determines the order they display on the channel. You can rearrange the Channel Items tab by dragging them up and down or left and right.

5. Click Create.

Note: Channels do not usually include Link data.

Create a portal object for the PowerView page:

1. Click Object > New > Portal.
2. On the Basics tab, enter values for these parameters:

   
   

   • Name
   • Description
   • Label

3. Click the Link tab and enter the href. The href calls the emxPortal.jsp configurable component, and specifies any required URL parameters to display the page (see URL Parameters Accepted by emxPortal.jsp).Since emxPortal.jsp is in the ematrix/common folder, the first part of the URL is typically: ${COMMON_DIR}/emxPortal.jsp. Here is an example of an href value for an object PowerView page.

   For example:

   ${COMMON_DIR}/
   emxPortal.jsp?portal=AEFPowerView&toolbar=AEFPowerViewToolbar&H
   elpMarker=HelpMarker&header=PowerView
   

4. Click the Settings tab and enter any required name/value pairs. See Parameters and Settings for Portal Objects for a list of the available settings.
5. Click the Items tab and add the channels created above.

   You can drag the channel objects up and down or right and left within the Items tab to rearrange their display order in the PowerView page. For details, see About PowerView Pages.

6. Click Create.

To see the changes within the Web-based user interface, click > Utilities > Reload Cache and click the browser Refresh button.

Only the Administration Manager role has access to the Reload Cache tool.