The dashboard can be opened with the "Dashboard" button and closed via the "Sidebar" button.

Authorized users can open the dashboard management by clicking the gear icon as soon as the dashboard is open.

1. Addition of widgets that are not already included in the dashboard. This menu item only appears when there are still widgets available that have not as yet been added to the dashboard
2. Creation of new widgets
3. Deletion of a widget
4. Adjustment of the number of columns in the dashboard
5. Saving of the current view as the basic configuration for all users
6. Resetting the base configuration

The individual widgets can be configured via the gear icon.

The following parameters can be adjusted for each widget:

• Title and description for all available system languages
• Rights per user group for widget specific actions
• Possible settings for the current widget

• Position and height of a widget can be change via drag & drop.

Rights

The following rights can be defined per user group:

• View: Users can see this widget in the dashboard
• Manage: Users can change the configuration of the widget

Additionally there are rights that can only be applied for the Blog widget:

• Reply: Users can comment on answers
• Rate: Users can rate entries and comments from other users

There are various widgets available:

• Preview and basket: These two widgets are shown in the sidebar per default. The position and size of these widgets can be changed.

• Blog: Discussion of topics between users and the rating of blog entries
• Activities: Overview of the last activites in Picturepark
• IFrame: The embedding of content from an external source via iFrame

You can create an new entry via the plus icon in the menu bar of the widget as soon as the blog widget is created and saved. There are various text and formatting options available, as well as the option to link the assets, categories and external pages.

1. Creation of a new entry
2. Editing of the new entry including formatting options
3. Currently existing entries are always shown under the input form.
4. Creation of a new comment
5. Rating of an entry/comment
6. Editing functions for your own entries/comments are shown by clicking on the arrow

Tip

Tip

The activities widget shows a list of assets and/or actions, which can be defined via a filter. A filter can be configured out of actions from the following filter groups:

• User actions: Actions which pertain to the creation and editing of users
• Asset actions: Actions which pertain to the creation and editing of assets
• Review actions: Actions which pertain to the creation and editing of reviews
• Other actions: Actions such as the sending or ordering of derivatives
• Time period: The definition of a point in time from which the assets should be filtered

You can also make changes to the display of your results list:

• Filter for current user only: Only actions are from currently logged in users are shown
• Records per page: Number of entries per page
• Row height in pixel: The row height can be adjusted for the information displayed

The following specifications can be made for iFrame widgets:

• Iframe URL: Website which should be shown
• Append security token: If this option is activated then a security token is appended to the url
• Append basic user information: As soon as this option is activated specific user information (email address, name, surname are passed via the URL)