Background

There's a company overview on the intranet. Contents may be changed easily by administrators or designated power users. Of course, this example may also be placed on a personal (private) user's page.

Since EasyView is able to run as multi-instance, we use one EasyView to select an organization unit (department), and the other one to display its members. The Link Feature provides a bridge between the two instances.

Features

• Since EasyView is able to run as multi-instance, we use one EasyView to select an organization unit (department), and the other one to display its members. The Link Feature provides a bridge between the two instances.
• EasyView provides some fields as active links:
  • Profile Pages: Click to open organization's or user's profile page
  • Skype, Phone, Mail: Click to open the associated app, where current address will be used directly to chat on Skype, make a phone call or to send a mail message.

Story

• As employee, I need a directory which provides interactive phone numbers, mail addresses and link to profile pages to make collaboration easier.
• As a leader of an international company or organization, I need to have a free-to-configure people directory available. There are many use cases - no chance to cover them with a static directory.

Configuration

• Add first EasyView instance to page. This is the EasyView we use for Organization Selection.
• Add second EasyView instance to page. This is the EasyView we use to display members of Selected Organization.
• USER Instance
  • Select widget configuration
  • Choose USER as datasource (default)
  • Select columns from the list and add them to the definition. USER_ID must be included for proper linking the instances. Set this column invisible! Click Edit button on column, then opt-out VISIBILITY property in the properties list on the bottom.
  • Set report title and subtitle
  • Save
• ORGANIZATION Instance
  • Select Widget Configuration
  • Choose ORGANIZATION as datasource
  • Select columns from the list and add them to the definition. MEMBER_IDS must be included for proper linking the instances. Set this column invisible! Click Edit button on column, then opt-out VISIBILITY property in the properties list on the bottom.
  • Create link to users (main tab)
    • Click checkbox "Enable Action"
    • (Below) Select instance from list (report title will appear for orientation)
    • Click apply (important!)
  • Save
• Note: Localize Column Headers (also contained in widget configuration)
  • Click Edit button in column you want to change
  • Below, in properties list, click Translate button in entry COLUMN_TITLE
  • Enter text in the translation form. Input fields correspond to available languages defined in the portal.
  • Click Close button ("X") in the upper right corner.
  • Click Save button in the appropriate column.
• Go!