Favourites is a component which enables you to set up shortcut access to specific actions, these include navigation to a specific menu level, or a PROIV Open Client session running a screen, or a Dashboard component which serves a RSS feed. You can add these options to your Favourites list by selecting the Favourites Icon icon or you can add them manually on this screen.

Note: You can change the Maintain Favourites Screen function to meet your own particular requirements. You can replace the function with your own implementation to fit in with your application's look and file. To do this, open the Mapped Tasks screen and enter the name of your function under the Assigned Function column. For further instructions on the use of the Maintain Favourites Screen function, refer to the logic 1 of the @AU_Edit_Favourites function.

To add, amend or delete a Favourite, follow these steps:

  1. Click Dashboard tab to display the Dashboard.

  2. In the Favourites component, click Maintain.

  3. The Maintain Favourites screen appears.

  4. Click either the New, Amend or Delete s.

  1. Depending on the screen mode that you have selected, complete the fields using the following table as a guide.

Field Descriptions

Fields

Description

Seq

Displays an automatically generated unique sequential number for the Favourite.

 

Type

Click the Type drop-down list to select the appropriate Favourite Type.

The available options are:

  • T (Task)  - item to be executed in the PROIV Application. If the PROIV Aurora Security and Menu Framework is used, then the Task ID (see below) is the name of a Route or Function.  

This is denoted by theTask icon icon in the Favourites component

  • M (Menu) - navigation to a specific menu level.

Denoted by the  Menu icon icon in the Favourites component

  • U (URL) - web page address.

Denoted by the URL icon icon in the Favourites component.

 

Task Id

Enter the Task ID of the item to be executed in the PROIV Application. If the PROIV Aurora Security and Menu Framework is used, then this is the name of a Route or Function.

 

Label

Enter the descriptive label that appears in the Favourites component. Enter a text description for Menu and Task Types, and for URLs, enter the actual address of the web page, not a text description.

 

  1. Click Save to save the details, or click Cancel to cancel any changes.

  2. Click Cancel to exit the Maintain Favourites screen.

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