You can define the Asset Manager portions of the ATG Business Control Center so that the UIs display only the controls necessary for the current actions you want to perform. For example, when you select the Browse link beside Targeting and Segmentation in the Personalization Operations list, the UI you see has fewer controls than you’d see if you used the Targeting and Segmentation link to create a project that lets you access the UI. Some buttons and tabs are hidden from users when they click Browse in order to prevent prohibited actions from being performed.
This behavior is defined in a task configuration file, two of which are included with the ATG Business Control Center. One task configuration file, located in the AssetUI module, provides the general appearance for activities. The configurations provided here are inherited by tasks and activities in the second task configuration located in the DPS-UI module that represents Personalization resources. The link you use to access ATG Personalization is associated with a task or activity defined in this task configuration file:
An activity permits you to access parts of the UI that aren’t associated with version control.
A task is an action you perform that creates or manages versions of assets.
Using a task configuration file, you can alter the default configurations or tailor the UI specifically for the following contexts:
All tasks in a particular workflow
A particular activity
A specific task in a particular workflow
A specific task, which may appear in multiple workflows
A task configuration file can specify values for the following elements:
JSPs that represent the main Asset Manager display as well as those used for the Details pane, tabs, and views.
Tabs in the Navigation pane, which include specifying tab ordering, the first tab to display, and related resource bundle information as well as views and buttons that appear in each tab.
Views that display in tabs, which include ordering, the first view to display, view buttons, Nucleus configuration components, and related resource bundle information.
Whether the UI is view-only or editable for the items it displays. This setting is provided by item mappings that correspond with a given view mapping mode and item type.
ATG takes the default configuration file and combines it with your custom configuration file to determine the settings to use for tasks, workflows, and activities. Learn about customizing the UI from the following sections:
