Dashboards

Note these points about dashboard pages:

• Dashboards are a type of homepage that have been designated as operational dashboards through a content reference attribute.

• Dashboards do not appear automatically after sign in; instead, you access a dashboard by clicking a content reference link, which you can configure to appear anywhere in the menu structure.

• PeopleSoft applications can have multiple dashboards.

• If you enable personalization, users can personalize dashboards. Similar to homepages, the system stores each user's dashboard personalizations in the PSPRUHDEFN (which is updated when a user personalizes the dashboard), PSPRUHTAB, and PSPRUHTABPGLT tables.

• WorkCenter dashboards are a special class of dashboards that can be deployed as target content in a WorkCenter.

  Note:

  WorkCenter dashboards are available on classic WorkCenters only.

Unlike homepages, to create and manage dashboards, you do not need access to the Structure and Content component. You can use the Manage Dashboard Pages component. No access to the portal registry is necessary. By eliminating the need to access the portal registry to manage dashboard pages, your PeopleSoft application offers increased flexibility of administration and decreased chance of down time due to portal registry mismanagement errors.

Note:

When you use the Manage Dashboard Pages component to create new dashboard pages, the system automatically registers the dashboard as a homepage in the portal, places the content reference in the correct folder, and selects the Operational Dashboard check box. No functionality has been removed from the Structure and Content pages; you can also use them to manually create and manage definitions that you specify as dashboards.