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Managing Custom Portlets
You can create and manage custom portlets, for example, to provide shortcuts to commonly used objects and functions.
To manage custom portlets
1. On the Menu toolbar, click Administer > System > System Customizations > Home Page Maintenance.
2. Click Create New Portlet.
3. Complete the portlet properties:
Property
Description
Name
The name of the portlet.
Is Visible
Indicates whether the portlet displays on the Home page. Uncheck this property to hide the portlet.
Title
Title of the portlet that displays to OneData users.
Show Title
Indicates whether to display Title to OneData users.
Show Border
Indicates whether to display a border around the title.
Horizontal Alignment
The text alignment in the portlet. Valid values are right, center, and left.
Vertical Alignment
The position of the text in the portlet. Valid values are top, center, and bottom.
Color
The color of the text. Specify a color name or HTML color code.
Background Color
The background color of the portlet. Specify a color name or HTML color code.
Font
The font of the text. Specify any valid font.
Font Size
The font size of text in the portlet.
Title Color
The color of the title text. Specify a color name or HTML color code.
Title Background Color
The color of the title background. Specify a color name or HTML color code.
Title Font
The font of the title text. Specify any valid font.
Title Font Size
The size of the font for title text.
Layout Properties
Layout properties for the portlet. This field is required for the portlet to display properly.
*Column Number. The horizontal position of the portlet if it is in a column. Specify a number.
*Location. The layout of the portlet. Valid values are:
*1: Positions the portlet above any columns.
*2: Positions the portlet in a column.
*3: Positions the portlet below any columns.
*Order. The order in which to display the portlet in relation to the other portlets. Specify a number.
From Data
The starting date during which the portlet is visible to users. This property is useful when there is news about the organization or the system for example, when there is a scheduled outage.
To Date
The ending date during which the portlet is visible to users.
4. Add custom content by completing one of the following steps:
*To add textual information. Select Custom HTML, and add text in HTML format.
*To add a URL link. Select Links, and specify the URL and the display name for the link.
Note:  
To add more than one link, click Save. OneData adds a blank URL field each time you save the previous links.
5. Click Save.
6. To customize another portlet, click Home Page Maintenance in the Menu toolbar.
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