Configuring general Portal Components

In the Portal Configuration part, settings for the portal layout itself, like skins, views and paginating can be edited.

Portal Configuration
Figure: Portal Configuration

Selecting the Portal Skin

In the Skins section, choose from a drop-down list the skin you like to use for the Stardust Portal. You can select following predefined skins:

You also have the option to create custom skin, which you can select in this drop-down list. Please refer to the chapter Creating and Using Custom Skins for details.

Selecting the Modern Skin

You can select the option Modern skin as well.

Modern Skin
Figure: Select Modern Skin

The Modern skin has following features:

The following screenshot displays the UI with Modern skin.

Modern Skin
Figure: Select Modern Skin

Note
In case you use an Internet Explorer 9 browser, the new skin does not apply. You have to close and restart the browser to make the changes effective.

Selecting the default Perspective

The Perspectives pane provides you the facility to choose the default perspective. So, whenever you log into the Stardust Portal, the chosen perspective get displayed. Select the perspective from the Default Perspective drop-down list.

Select default perspective
Figure: Select Default Perspective

By default, the Workflow Execution perspective is selected.

Determining the maximum Number of Tabs in the Views

Max Tabs Display

The value in this entry determines the maximum number of tabs to display. In case there are more tabs than this number, they are displayed in overflow tabs. Default is 6.

Max Tabs Display
Figure: View Overflow for Tabs Exceeding Max Tabs Setting

Configuring Paginating

Page Size

In this entry you can determine the number of records displayed per page. Default is 8.

Max Pages

Max Pages determines the maximum number of pages displayed in the paginator toolbar. Default is 4.

Fast Step

Fast Step determines how many pages to be skipped for fast step. In case the value is zero, no fast step is provided. Default is 3.