Overview
Use this section to create and modify portlets that link out to URLs that you specify.
Screen Elements
Add link
Adds a new portlet ready for customization.
Custom Portlet option
Determines whether to display a customized portlet with a specific title and URL.
Title field
The name of the custom portlet.
This title appears in the portlet's title bar on the dashboard to identify the custom portlet.
URL content
The content (strings, parameters, and syntax) associated with the URL you specified for this custom portlet. For example, to set up a custom portlet to a website, simply type its full web address:
http://www.hostname.domainsuffix
P6 also allows you to use special keywords in braces that are dynamically replaced with the data that corresponds to the currently logged in user, password, and open project. The order of the optional keywords does not matter.
- {USER}: the name of the logged in user
- {USER_ID}: the ID of the logged in user
- {PASS}: the password of the logged in user
- {PROJ}: the project name for the currently open project
- {PROJ_ID}: the project short name for the currently open project
For example, on a dashboard, a custom portlet URL may be specified as:
http://www.hostname?user={USER}&pass={PASS}&userid={USER_ID}
On a custom portlet URL for the currently open and selected project may be specified as:
http://www.hostname?user={USER}&pass={PASS}&userid={USER_ID}&proj={PROJ}&projid={PROJ_ID}
Getting Here
- Click Dashboards.
- On the Dashboards page, select a dashboard.
- On the dashboard, click the Customize button.
- On the Dashboard Details page, click the Content tab.
- On the Content tab, expand the Custom Portlets section.