Navigation bar
Most important application controls can be found in the toolbar at the top of the screen and in the navigation bar on the screen left.
Click the icons at the top of the navigation bar to switch between perspectives available for the currently selected business view. Up to 3 perspective icons may be available.
 | A perspective offering quick access to often used functionality via customizable smart tiles. |
 | Work Page (Working Area) A perspective in which most of the actual data processing is done. |
 | A perspective providing data overview via a set of dashboard InfoObjects. |
About perspective selection:
The number of available perspectives depends on the currently selected business view. Not all business view offer all tree perspectives.
Icon of the currently selected/active perspective is highlighted by a background circle.
Calling an action or opening a catalog from the Start Page automatically switches to the Work Page.
Bookmarks function as shortcuts to commonly used objects - mostly catalogs and editors.
Use the Bookmarks
icon in the navigation bar to access your bookmarked objects.Clicking the icon displays a drop-down box listing your currently existing bookmarks organized in bookmark folders.
By default bookmarks are placed in the 'Other Bookmarks' folder. Use the 'Add new folder...' action to create your own folder structure. Use drag-and-drop to move bookmarks between folders.
To learn more, see the Working with Bookmarks topic.
USU Service Management 'News' make it possible to display short, topical messages to users according to their affiliation to a news channel. The messages can be created by users with corresponding privileges. Note that the 'News' functionality is provided in USU Service Management Web Client only.
Working with USU Service Management News
News icon
The bottom most icon in the navigation bar is the News icon. Use it to:
see how many messages there are posted for your attention.
The number of unread/available messages is displayed as number badge in the corner of the icon.
open the News popup.
Click the icon to open the News popup.
News popup
Click a message to open it in the news reader.
Pinned Messages
Some messages may be pinned. Pinned messages are forced to the top of the list for the current.
Unread Messages
Messages unread by the current user are displayed in bold font.
Show More...
If more messages exist than a limit set by the administrator for one popup display, use the 'Show More...' link at the bottom of the popup to display the remaining messages.
Right-click Context Menu
The right-click context menu provides user actions available for the message - see below for details. Note that availability of actions 'Pin/Unpin', 'Like' and Dislike' is subject to settings by the administrator.
Actions in the right-click context menu:
Set Unread
Sets an already read message back to the 'Unread' status for the current user. The news get displayed in bold font again.
Pin/Unpin
Pins/Unpins a message.
Like/Dislike
Specifies the message as liked/disliked by the current user. This kind of evaluation is just for reporting reasons and can be helpful for the editor of the message.
Remove
Removes the message from the news popup for the current user.