Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Searching for portlets in the Portlet Palette
You can search for a portlet in the Portlet Palette by entering part or all of the portlet title in the Search field. The search is not case-sensitive, and only portlets where you have the correct permissions are displayed in your search results. Perform the following steps:
- Click
to open the Portlet Palette.
- Type part or all of the portlet title in the Search field.
- Click
.
- Drag the portlet to the page as appropriate.
- Click Cancel to restore the view you were in before launching the search.
- Click
to close the Portlet Palette.
The number of search results is limited by a configuration parameter which can be changed by the administrator. The default value limits the search results to 100. To change the number of search results displayed in the Portlet Palette to a value other than 100, perform the following instructions:
- Click on Administration from the main menu.
- Click Portlet Management.
- Click Portlets.
- Locate the Portlet Palette and click Configure portlet.
- Locate the SearchResultsLimit parameter and update the value to reflect the new search results limit.
- Refer to the help that is available from the portlet menu located in the Manage Portlets title bar.
General tips for working with the Portlet Palette are as follows:
- You should be logged in to the portal site using an ID with sufficient access rights to modify a page. Access control for customizing and working with the Portlet Palette is based on portlet roles, portlet modes, and page permissions. The portlets available to you are also filtered by any restricted portlet lists that exist for a page. Refer to Access control for the Portlet Palette and Modifying Portlet Palette settings for more detailed information.
- The drag-and-drop feature is present for default portal themes in rows and containers that are not locked.
- Entries in the Portlet Palette could become obsolete. For example, when an administrator deletes a portlet from the portal while a user is creating or editing pages, the user may not be aware of these updates. A user must log out and log back in to the portal to view the changes made by the administrator. If a user attempts to drag a portlet from the Portlet Palette when the portlet no longer exists, a message is recorded to the portal logs. Although this is a rare situation, administrators should not remove and add portlets during normal business hours.