Configure general information about your launchpad

In this topic, you learn how to configure general information about your launchpad.

Prerequisites

  • There are no prerequisites.

Procedure

  1. In the Cockpit, go to Administration and select Launchpad.

    Result: The table of existing launchpads open.

  2. Select Add.

    Result: The settings of the launchpad open in the General tab.

  3. In the General section, you define general information about your launchpad. Name refers to the name the launchpad artifact has in the system. Title refers to the displayed name of the launchpad.

  4. In the Blackout section, you can enable messages and provide them to the user. Blackout messages are displayed on the launchpad when a chosen application cannot be reached.

  5. If you want only one app to be shown on your launchpad, you can select this app in the Single App Launchpad section. All other apps and tiles that might have been selected will be hidden.

  6. In the Login section, you define methods of how users login to your launchpad. You can create login scenarios in the authentication tab of the System Settings.

  7. In the UI5 section, you can select the UI5 version your launchpad uses.

  8. In the Customization tab, under Settings section, you can change general settings regarding the behaviour of your launchpad. Such as: Hide Launchpad Header, Disable Customizations, Configure customizations for each individual device e.g. Mobile, Tablet and Desktop separately, Disable redirecting user to home screen when hash navigation fails during navigation (in other words, when selected, when a user goes to an invalid URL when navigating in the launchpad, the user is not redirected to the launchpad home screen), Fixed Launchpad Width, Enable Launchpad & Tile Trace, or Enable Push Notifications, etc.

  9. In the Main Menu Display section, you can choose whether the menu is displayed in the header.

  10. In the Active Apps Display (Desktop) section, you have the option to modify the way currently active apps are displayed on desktop.

  11. In the Active Apps Display (Mobile) section, you have the option to modify he way currently active apps are displayed on mobile devices.

  12. In the Highcharts section, you can select to disable the loading of highcharts in a launchpad.

  13. In the Translation section, you can select in which languages users can see title and subtitle of the launchpad.

    Only translated components will be changed.
  14. In the External Users section, allows external users to log in to your launchpad, and you can specify under what conditions this action can be performed, such as: assigning a role, or a department.

  15. In the Global Style tab, you can apply a custom CSS layout from the Global Style tool to apply to the launchpad.

  16. In the Role tab, you can assign a user role from the Role tool to a launchpad.

  17. Select Save.

If no language is selected or the language setting is empty in the launchpad user settings, the default language specified in Custom Settings will be used.

Results

  • You have configured the general settings of your launchpad.