Customizable Taxonomies Business Service Control Configuration

1. Click the icon in the Edit column for a taxonomy and you will be presented with a page as shown in Figure 49 . Figure 49. Configuring a customized taxonomys representation 2. The details in the lower half of this page depend on the selection labeled Select representation: Select mode Users select a value from a predefined set of valid values. This set can be displayed using one of the supported UI controls - checkboxes, radio buttons, listbox, etc. For checked taxonomies, the UI can fetch the valid values from the taxonomy itself - so providing values here is optional. Doing so allows you to limit users to a subset of values, and control the order in which they are displayed. Input mode Users input a value in a text box. Hidden value In this case it is not appropriate for the user to edit the value. 3. The next screen allows you to specify the pages to which this representation of the taxonomy will be added: Page 359

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Figure 50. Selecting pages where a customized taxonomy appears You can make it possible for the user to enter a value when an entity is created andor edited, or to use the taxonomy in searches. 4. Click Next and you will be asked to specify where the representation appears on each additional page for which it is configured. Figure 51. Specify positioning on pages 5. If there are any conflicts between the new and existing configurations, you will be asked to resolve them.. If you are adding the representation to a page where a different representation already exists then you will be asked to choose the new or existing representation. 6. Finally you will be presented with a summary of the additions. Page 360

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4.7. Customizing Individual Pages

Administrators can customize individual pages of the Business Service Control wherever a Customize button appears. Pages sometimes have more than one composite area, in which case each can have its own Customize button. Note The Customize buttons on individual pages take precedence over the Customizable Taxonomies settings discussed above. This allows registry administrators to further customize individual pages to best meet their needs. For example, Figure 52 shows a page with two composite areas: • Business Properties • Technical Properties The user an administrator has clicked the Customize button in the Business Properties area. Figure 52. Customizing a Page The result is that the Business Properties are displayed in the customization editor, whereas the Technical Properties are displayed as usual in this page. The customization editor displays: Page 361

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• Visual Components in a table, one row line. In this case there are 2 components in each line but see below. One component is selected and in this case it is the label Usage; • Component Properties shows the properties of the selected component; Under Visual Components each pair of adjacent components has a number of buttons between them. In this case there is only one set of buttons per line because there are only two components per line. The tool-tip for each button shows what it does. You can: • Swap the positions of a pair of adjacent components horizontally; • Move the component down or up, swapping it with the component below or above; • Link a pair of adjacent components together so that when they are moved up or down the are moved together. Or you can unlink components that are linked; Some of the details under Component Properties depend on the type of component. If you click Show expert visual properties it is possible to change the number of rows or columns occupied by a component - its Height and Width. The last component on the line has Remainder of the row checked. If you check Cells instead then the row is joined with the following row to make one line. For example, in Figure 53 the first two lines have been joined into one line of 4 components. Page 362

4.7. Customizing Individual Pages