In this article we will learn how to turn the report we created in Part II into a OSIS Portlet. An OSIS portlet is simple in structure and consists of the following pieces: A database record describing the portlet (stored in the osis_portlets table) A file stored in the osis/cfm/portlets directory that acts as a [...]
OSIS 2.6 includes the ability to create custom report content utilizing the standard reporting frame work. This allows you to format a report page utilizing data returned by the OSIS reporting engine in a any way you wish while preserving security, VPA/IAC, UDFs, searching and report restrictions. This tutorial is intended for Advanced Admin users [...]
New to OSIS 2.6 is a tighter Google Maps integration where in much the same way as you manage Mapguide layers in OSIS today you can do so with Google Maps. Some features include: defining multiple maps that appear in the users standard Maps control, creating and assigning multiple layers to those maps, assigning OSIS/ARCHIBUS [...]
OSIS since version 2.25 has an additional placeholder for the use of a custom control as required by a client. We have called this “Quick Nav” (Nav being short for navigation) and had planned to release a custom control that could be used on an optional basis as your Quick Nav control. With OSIS 2.6 [...]
OSIS contains Controls that help you navigate through and call the various features of OSIS such as Maps, Reporting, Floor Plates, Forms, Help and Settings. In previous version of OSIS these, depending on your chosen layout, would appear in the top left or right portion of your OSIS application. Their size was approximately 315px by [...]
One of the newly introduced features in the upcoming release of OSIS 2.6 will be the introduction of “System Wide Notifications.” The idea behind these notifications is to provide system managers a simple method of distributing information in the form of notifications to your end users. The feature will include a set of administrator forms [...]