Guidelines for Merged Sections in a Cluster

Similar to the process of merging homepages or dashboards, the sections with the same label are also merged.

The following guidelines apply for merged sections in a merged homepage or dashboard:

  • If any of the sections has the Hide Section Header attribute set, the Hide Section Header attribute is automatically applied to the merged section.

  • If any of the sections has the Disable Collapse attribute set, the Disable Collapse attribute is automatically applied to the merged section.

  • In a merged section, the first section image encountered during the merge process is displayed in the merged section based on these conditions:

    • If the section on the acting portal node has the section image set, then that section image is displayed.

    • If the section on the acting portal node does not have the section image set, then whichever remote-section image is encountered first during the merge process is displayed.

  • The custom style sheets (defined using the PS_STYLESHEETS content reference attribute) from all the sections are collected and appended to the HTML <head> tag of the merged homepage or dashboard HTML document.

  • The custom style classes (defined using the PS_STYLECLASSES content reference attribute) from all sections are merged together and set in the HTML <div> tag of the merged section. Duplicate style classes are automatically removed.

  • Dynamic Section: This is the section that has an associated application package PeopleCode class that loads the dynamic tiles. Administrator can also add CREF-based tiles in this dynamic section. If the system encounters dynamic sections with the same labels, only CREF-based tiles are merged together; dynamic tiles are not merged together. Only the local dynamic loader application package class is run. The remote dynamic loader application package class is not run.

  • Remote Dynamic Section: If the system encounters a dynamic section that is not locally defined or not defined in the local homepage or dashboard, then this remote application package loader class will be run, and the remote dynamic tiles are loaded.