Step 4: Tile Layout Properties

Use the Tile Layout Properties page to specify the fluid attributes of the tile definition.

Navigation:

On the Target Page Information page, click the Next button.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tile Layout Properties page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Tile Layout Properties page

Tile Layout Properties

Field or Control Description

Tile Height

Set the height of the tile.

The default dimensions of a tile are 1 tile unit by 1 tile unit. Tiles up to 8x8 are supported. Note the following conditions and limitations with respect to the height and width of a tile:

  • A tile can never be larger than the width of the device. For example, if the width of a device is 2 in portrait mode, and 3 in landscape; the tile can only be maximum of width 2 on this device.

  • The valid size is checked only when the tile is initially loaded. If the device is rotated, or if the browser is resized, the tile is not resized.

  • Any tile sized larger than 2x2 is not guaranteed to display at the specified size depending on the device used to access the PeopleSoft system. For example, a 4x4 tile on a small form factor device in portrait mode would only show as a 2x3 tile.

  • Therefore, tiles larger than 2x2 need to implement variable sizing to accommodate different device sizes. Use large size tiles sparingly.

See the information on the Fluid Attribute page tab for more information including for a table of tile widths and heights from 1 to 8.

Tile Width

Set the width of the tile.

Image

Click the Image lookup button to display the Browse Image Catalog page, which allows you to select an image (in SVG format only) from the database to display a custom static image as the fluid content. Otherwise the default image is displayed.

See the following section, "Using the Browse Image Catalog Page" for more information.

Note: When dynamic content is also configured for a tile, this static image is displayed only until the dynamic content is loaded.

Tile Refresh Timer (Seconds)

Enter the time in seconds to set an automatic refresh period for dynamic content on a tile. When the timer limit has been reached, the system re-draws the tile so that it displays the current data, such as in the case with chart.

The default value of 0 disables any automatic refresh.

Note: The system enforces a 10 second minimum limit. Any value entered less than 10 seconds is ignored and is treated as 10 seconds. When setting this value, be sure to monitor performance of the page refreshes and adjust accordingly.

Note: When an event name is selected, this field is disabled.

Disable Main Hotspot

Select this option to allow links that are displayed dynamically within the tile to be available and usable. Selecting this option disables clicking the tile to display the target content defined for the tile.

Event Name

Select the event name to subscribe to a push notification event defined on the server. Subscribing to an event allows the tile content to be updated by the event.

See Fluid User Interface Developer’s Guide: Understanding the Push Notification Framework and Fluid User Interface Developer’s Guide: Defining Eventsfor more information on defining push notification events.

Display In

Control how the target transaction or content appears once a user taps the tile. Options are:

  • Cur Window: Target content appears in the current browser window.

  • Modal: Target content appears in a modal window.

  • NavBar: Target content appears in the NavBar.

    Note: This behavior applies only when the tile is added to the NavBar. If this is selected and the tile is added to a homepage or dashboard, the target content displays in the current browser window when tapped.

  • New Window: Target content appears in a new tab in the browser.

Modal Parameters

Enter custom modal options. See Fluid User Interface Developer’s Guide: Modal Options for more information.

Interactive

Select this option to display the fluid content as interactive, which allows users to enter data or click buttons within the fluid content. Since interactive fluid content require more resources than non-interactive ones, select this option only as needed.

Note: The Interactive option is disabled for pivot grid tiles and OBIEE tiles.

Tile Autosize

Select this option to allow the fluid content to dynamically resize itself based on the size of the content. Note the following conditions and limitations with respect to the autosize option:

  • The autosize option pertains to tiles and related information, but not to embedded related content.

  • The autosize option is best used on dashboards with few tiles. Be aware that layout changes can occur from the autosized content.

  • Autosize automatically accounts for resizing of the browser and rotation of the device.

  • The autosize and resizable options are mutually exclusive; both cannot be selected simultaneously.

  • The tile will not resize itself to larger than the dimensions of the device.

  • If the content is larger than the size of the tile, the tile will display scroll bars.

  • Due to the same-origin policy implemented by web browsers, for the autosize option to work with external content, the external content and the PeopleSoft application must either reside within the same domain or they must both set the document.domain property to the same value. Otherwise, the autosize option is ignored. For more information on how the domain and same-origin is determined, see Same-origin policy.

Tile Resizable

Select this option to allow the tile to be redisplayed at the specified alternate dimensions. Note the following conditions and limitations with respect to the resizable option:

  • The resizable option is best used for tiles that can provide both a summary view and detailed view. When a tile is resized by a user, the content is refreshed to the show content that is optimized for the alternate size (and vice versa when the size is toggled back to the original size).

  • The autosize and resizable options are mutually exclusive; both cannot be selected simultaneously.

  • The state of the resize is not saved; therefore, whenever the user returns to the dashboard, the tile is displayed at its original size.

  • If the alternate size of the tile is the same as the original size (either by definition or by computation of the maximum size allowed by the device), no resize icon is displayed.

Alternate Height

Set the alternate height for a resizable tile.

Alternate Width

Set the alternate width for a resizable tile.

Using the Browse Image Catalog Page

Use the Browse Image Catalog page to select an SVG from the database to display a custom static image as the fluid content.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Browse Image Catalog page.

Browse Image Catalog fluid secondary page
Field or Control Description

Image Type

SVG is selected by default and cannot be changed.

Show only mirrored images

Select Yes to only retrieve images that are mirrored. Otherwise, both mirrored and unmirrored images are retrieved.

Search By

Select Name or Description and additional search criteria to limit the search results.

Search

Click the Search button to retrieve the images meeting the search criteria from the database.

Select an image in the grid to use it as the custom static image.

Tile Repository

Field or Control Description

Homepage

Select this option to allow the definition to be listed when the Add Tile dialog box is accessed from fluid homepages.

Dashboard

Select this option to allow the definition to be listed when the Add Tile dialog box is accessed from fluid dashboards.

NavBar

Select this option to allow the definition to be listed when the Add Tile dialog box is accessed from the NavBar.