(Fluid only) Disabling User Personalization for Homepages

Portal administrators can prohibit end users from personalizing homepages by using the Disable End User Personalizations check box that is available on fluid homepage definitions and the Publish System Homepage page. Sectionalized homepages automatically disable end-user personalization. You can apply this setting for standard homepages and dashboards (homepages or dashboards without sections) and for sectionalized homepages and dashboards.

Portal administrators can disable end-user personalization on fluid homepage and dashboard definitions by navigating through the Structure and Content component. Dashboard administrators cannot specify this setting through Manage Dashboard Pages.

Consider the following when you plan to disable end-user personalization:

  • When you disable end-user personalization, personalization of a homepage is restricted except for the following personalization:

    • User can personalize the order of homepages.

    • User can copy a tile to another homepage that allows user personalization and to homepages where the tile is not present.

    For more information see Applications User’s Guide: Managing Fluid Homepages.

  • When end-user personalization is disabled for a homepage, which has been personalized by users in the past, that personalization is no longer available for use (or the personalization data becomes stale) because end-user personalization data is not maintained, except for the homepage order. User personalization data that is no longer maintained includes removed tiles, added tiles from the tile repository, pin-to tiles, and tile order changes.

  • Standard homepages can only be published if the homepage has been modified. With homepages set to disable end-user personalization, homepages cannot be modified. In this case, an administrator can perform a Save As operation on a non-modified homepage. This enables administrators to create a new version of a homepage using the current homepage as a starting point.

    The homepage publishing process provides you the option to disable end-user personalization for the newly published homepage.

    Refer to the Cloning of Publishing a Homepage as a New Homepage section later in this topic for more information.

  • Homepages that are disabled for end-user personalization cannot be the target of copy tile or move tile actions.

  • Homepages that are disabled for end-user personalization are not listed in the Add To Homepage menu from non-homepage components.

Cloning or Publishing a Homepage as a New Homepage

Homepages that are disabled for end-user personalization, both standard homepages and sectionalized homepages, can be published or cloned as a new homepage.

Use the Publish System Homepage page (PTPHP_PUBLISHHP) to publish or clone a homepage that is disabled for end-user personalization as a new fluid homepage.

Note:

Only users with the PTPT1600 (Portal Manager) permission list can access this page to publish or clone a homepage that is disabled for end-user personalization and modify the cloned homepage.

To publish a homepage (which is disabled for end-user personalization) as a new homepage:

  1. View the fluid (disabled for end-user personalization) homepage.

  2. From the Actions menu, select Publish Homepage.

  3. The following message is displayed:

    This homepage does not allow personalization and is unmodified. Do you wish to save a copy of this homepage under a different name?

    Click OK on the message that is displayed.

    For further instructions on cloning or publishing a homepage, see (Fluid only) Publishing Personalizations as a New Fluid Homepage.