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Configuring Interfaces in ELMA Designer
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Attention!
This feature is available in ELMA 3.8.0 and higher.
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Usually, pages and portlets are created in Web Application. However, if you need to implement a more complex logic for pages and portlets, use the Interface tab in ELMA Designer. This feature also allows adding pages and portlets to BPM Apps (you cannot add pages and portlets, created in Web Application).
You can work with user portlets and pages on the Interface tab in ELMA Designer (fig. 1).
Portlet is a plug-in component of the user interface in ELMA Web Application.
By default, this tab has no portlets and pages (fig. 1).
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Fig. 1. ELMA Designer. Interface tab
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The work pane displays all the information on the Interface tab (fig. 2).
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Fig. 2. ELMA Designer. Interface tab. Work pane
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By default, this tab displays two empty folders: Portlets and Pages, with the 
icon. The portlets and pages you create are automatically added to these folders. Portlets have the 
icon, and pages have the 
icon. You can create sub-folders in each folder, which allows grouping portlets and pages.
icon. The portlets and pages you create are automatically added to these folders. Portlets have the icon, and pages have the icon. You can create sub-folders in each folder, which allows grouping portlets and pages.If a group is collapsed, it has the 
icon, if expanded, it has the 
icon. To collapse/expand a group, click the icon to the left of the group.
icon, if expanded, it has the icon. To collapse/expand a group, click the icon to the left of the group.The list of user portlets and pages is also displayed on the Forms List panel. By default the panel is collapsed (fig. 1). To expand it, place the mouse cursor over it (fig 3).
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Fig. 3. ELMA Designer. Interface tab. Left panel
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The panel includes two units: Pages and Portlets.
Toolbar
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Click Add or
 to open a drop down menu, which allows creating:
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Click Delete to delete a page or a portlet and confirm deleting in the opened dialog box.
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If the Pages and Portlets folders are empty, the Edit and Delete buttons are not available. You cannot delete these folders.
Creating a page/portlet
To create a page or a portlet, click Add or and select one of the drop down menu items. Fill in the required fields in the opened window (fig. 4) and click OK. The dialog box for creating a page is similar (fig. 5).
and select one of the drop down menu items. Fill in the required fields in the opened window (fig. 4) and click OK. The dialog box for creating a page is similar (fig. 5).
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Fig. 4 ELMA Designer. Portlet creation window
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Fig. 5 ELMA Designer. Page creation window
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Displayed Name * - portlet/page name, which will be displayed in the list. The field is required.
ID * - portlet/page unique identifier. It is generated automatically, when you fill in the Displayed Name* field. This field is required.
Icon - add an icon to the portlet. You can select an icon from ELMA server or from the local PC.
Group – folder, which will store the created portlet/page.
Description – brief information on the created page/portlet.
Click ОК to open the modeling form of the portlet/page. Modeling a portlet/page is similar to modeling forms in the Form Builder. To learn more, see the respective Help section.
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Fig. 6 ELMA Designer. Configuring a page
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Attention!
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You can add the portlets and pages, created in ELMA Designer, to ELMA Web Application. You can change the set and location of portlets in the page settings, and select the information they display in the portlet settings. You can also add the created portlets and pages to BPM App at step 8 of creating a BPM App.
You can configure pages in Administration – Portal Settings – Pages. To learn more, see the respective Help section.
Searching in the list of pages and portlets
You can search in the list of reports on the Interface tab of ELMA Designer. The search in this section is similar to the search in the process list.