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Studio centralizes portlet management in the Studio Administrator portlet. It displays only portlets that users have rights to and lets them modify, update, and delete portlets. In addition, it lets administrators configure database settings. For more information on configuring database settings, see Changing Studio Database Settings.
For instructions on adding the Studio Administrator portlet to a portal page, refer to portal online help. For information on the action bar and column sorting in Studio Administrator, see the online help for Studio. For information on controlling access to the portlet, see Securing Portlets.
This chapter includes the following sections:
You can make changes to portlets through the use of several tools: the Studio Administrator portlet, the Studio Database Manager portlet, or the Portlet Editor. If you are not sure which tool to use, use the Portlet Editor; you can make all your changes there.
The table below shows which tool you should use for the following changes.
When you select a portlet, the Studio Administrator launches the Studio Portlet Wizard, which lets you edit the database, record entry forms, reports, filters, and notification settings of portlets; however, it does not allow you to change other portlet settings, such as the name, description, and security settings of the portlet.
To edit a portlet through Studio Administrator, click the portlet name in the Studio Administrator portlet.
For more information on column sorting in Studio Administrator, see the Studio online help; for more information on the Edit Studio Config button in the portlet, see Changing Studio Database Settings.
The Portlet Editor lets you change everything about the Studio portlet, except for the database table it is using. You cannot change the database table of a portlet once you make the assignment. You can use the Portlet Editor to make all the changes that you can make through the Studio Administrator portlet. In addition, you can change the name, description, size, and security of the portlet.
To edit the portlet through the Portlet Editor:
You can change the name and description, as well as specify the language, localized names, and properties of your Studio portlet in the Properties and Name page of the Portlet Editor. For instructions on accessing this page, see Editing Portlets with the Portlet Editor. For more information on the fields in the Properties and Name page, see the online help for the portal.
Deleting a portlet is a two-step process, you must delete it in the Administrative Object Directory, then delete it in the Studio Administrator portlet. Before you delete a portlet, make sure that no one is using the portlet. Once you delete it, your users will no longer be able to access the portlet, even though they already added it to their My Pages or community pages.
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