Manage Shared Tabs

Share Tabs are Dashboard tabs that are shared between multiple users. These tabs are designed to allow administrators to make changes to a tab, and have that change applied to all the users that have that tab applied to their dashboard. Shared tabs can be created by a user in the Edit Dashboard Preferences window or using the Manage Shared tabs tool. However, once a tab is marked as shared it must be edited using the Manage Shared tabs tool and cannot be edited from an Edit Dashboard Preferences window.

The Manage Shared Tabs tool is accessible only from the the Dashboard/Preferences window when the Templates option is selected at the top.

The user that is applying shared tabs to users should have administrative permissions.

Sharable Dashboard Tabs grid

This grid contains all of the tabs that are marked as shared. These are either tabs created in the Manage Shared tabs tool, or tabs that were created in an edit dashboard preferences window and marked as shared.

Locate button - this button helps locate specific tabs in the Sharable Dashboard Tabs grid.

New Tab

Allows users to create a new sharable tab.

Edit Tab

Edits the sharable tab that is currently selected in the grid.

Users grid

This is a list of users or templates to select from. What this grid displays is controlled by the radio buttons beneath it.

Users with Dashboards, Users without Dashboards, Templates

Use these radio buttons to control which users/templates show up in the grid above them.

Use these arrows to move users/templates selected in the Users grid into the User the selected tab applies to grid.

Users that selected tab applies to grid

This grid displays users that are associated to the shared tab that is currently selected in the Sharable Dashboard Tabs grid. Users can be added or removed from this grid to associate them to the selected shared tab.

Locate button - this button helps locate specific users in the Users that selected tab applies to grid.

Delete tab

Deletes the tab currently selected in the Sharable Dashboard Tabs grid.

Save Changes

Saves changes made to the users associated to a shared tab.

Close

Closes the window.

Click the New Tab button, or select a tab in the Sharable Dashboard Tabs grid and click Edit Tab.
The Add/Edit Dashboard Tab dialog will come up:
From here users can Add/Edit Frames and plugins to this tab.
For more information about filling out Dashboard tabs go here.

Using the Dashboard/Preferences window select a user or template that contains the dashboard tab.
Click Edit.
in the Edit Preferences screen select the dashboard tab to share with others.
Click the Share Tab button.
The following window will appear with the warning that after a tab is shared it cannot be edited from the users dashboard setup:
Click OK.
In the Dashboard Tabs grid the tab will now have the word (shared) beside it and it now appears on the Managed Shared Tabs tool in the Sharable Dashboard Tabs window.