Repository View Widget

The Repository View Widget displays the selected repository in a Repository View. (See Repositories.)

Configuring Repository View Widget

To configure a Repository View Widget, first configure a new blank Widget. For more information on adding and configuring new Widgets, see Add a Widget .

Select the Widget Settings icon in the upper right of the new Widget’s Activity Bar. Note that a Widget’s Activity Bar will not be displayed unless the cursor is hovering over the top of the Widget.

A Widget Configuration window will appear. Select Repository View from the Type dropdown list on the far right of the Widget Configuration window. The Repository View options will appear.

Repository View Widget Configuration

Edit the Repository View configuration options as desired.

Title: The title of the Widget. It is helpful if the title of a Widget reflects the source of the data as well as the Widget’s type, for instance “Product Staging Repository View”.
Repository: Select the repository to be viewed.
Preference: (Optional) Select a Preference View to use (what fields to show in the Widget). If a Preference View is not selected, the Default Preference View will be used. (For more information, see Preference Views.)
SavedSearch: (Optional) Select a Saved Search to use. (For more information, see Saved Search.)
Number of Records Per Page: The number of records to be displayed on a page. This field only is active if the Data-Pager options has been enabled.
Cover-flow: (Optional) If checked, the Cover Flow function will be enabled. Cover Flow is a series of record images that appear above the attribute headers in a Repository View. The images can be scrolled through and can enlarged or reduced by sliding the Zoom slider beneath the images.
Grid View: (Optional – Suggest enabling.) If checked, the Repository View will be displayed in the Grid View. If not checked, no repository records will be displayed.
Breadcrumb – Filters: (Optional) This widget allows filtering the records show by column values. If Breadcrumb – Filters is set, the Breadcrumb Filter Bar will appear and show all active filters.
Data-Pager: (Optional) If checked, the paging controls will appear at the bottom of the Widget display area, otherwise, only the first page of the repository will be shown.
Allow Open: (Optional) If checked, a record can be opened to edit from the Widget.
Allow Save & Send: (Optional) If checked, selected records can be saved and sent to Workflow from the Widget.
Auto Reload: (Optional) If checked, the record list will be automatically be refreshed when changes are made to the repository.

Click Apply to save the changes to the Widget and close the Widget Configuration window. Click Cancel to close the Widget Configuration window without saving the changes.