Dashboard Settings#

The dashboard settings allows us to adjust what users will see after they log in, i.e. on the application initial page called the dashboard.

Dashboard Style#

We can select the Dashboard Style whether the user should see a standard welcome screen which just greets the user in the application, or a role-based dashboard which contains widgets based on current user’s role (see User Roles):

  • Researcher

    • Recent Projects Widget contains a list of recent projects of the user for a quick navigation.

    • Create Project Widget lets the user quickly start a new project.

  • Data Steward

    • Create KM / Project Template Widgets let the user to quickly start a new knowledge model editor or project template.

    • Outdated KM / Document Templates Widgets allow to quickly see outdated packages and document templates in case the DSW Registry connection is configured.

    • Import KM / Document Template Widgets allow to proceed easily to import of a knowledge model or a document template in case the DSW Registry connection is configured.

  • Administrator

    • Outdated KM / Document Templates Widgets allow to quickly see outdated packages and document templates in case the DSW Registry connection is configured.

    • Usage Widget summarises the usage just as is also possible to see in the Usage.

    • Configure Organization Widget quickly navigates to Organization Settings if it is not yet done.

    • Configure Look and Feel Widget quickly navigates to Look & Feel Settings to adjust style of the DSW instance.

    • Connect DSW Registry Widget quickly navigates to DSW Registry Settings to configure the connection (if not yet been done).

    • Add OpenID Widget quickly navigates to Authentication Settings to configure the identity provider services (if not yet been done).

Welcome Info and Warning#

Another option to adjust the dashboard is to add Welcome Info or Welcome Warning which is then visible above the main dashboard content (both welcome and role-based). The different between info and warning is just in the style; in both cases, we can use Markdown syntax. We should use Welcome Info for some generic information for users, e.g. some custom welcome message and links. On the other hand Welcome Warning is suitable for important notification, for example, that there is some work in progress being done or outage is planned.