The User Dashboards section of the Admin Portal's Dashboard Management tool enables administrators to manage Dashboards to control what users see when they launch Lucity. This tool displays a list of all users and indicates whether a Dashboard is assigned to them. From here, an administrator can create a Dashboard to assign to an individual or group or edit an individual's Dashboard.
This tool requires the Admin > Lucity App Admin > Run permission.
Key features
The checkbox in the Dashboard column on the left indicates whether a user has a Dashboard assigned to them.
Buttons
Create
Creates a new Dashboard for the selected user.
This button is enabled only when the selected user does not already have an assigned Dashboard (as indicated by a blank check box next to the user name.)
Open
Opens the selected user's Dashboard for viewing or editing.
Refresh Grid
Refreshes the current grid to display any changes.
This tool requires the Admin > Lucity App Admin > Run permission.
In the navigation panel on the left, select Dashboard Management > User Dashboards. A list of users appears in the main panel.
Select a user who does not already have a Dashboard assigned to them, as indicated by an empty check box in the Dashboard column to the left of the User Name.
Important: A new user will not appear in the list until they have logged into Lucity Web at least once.
Click Create. A blank Dashboard opens in a tab that identifies the user, similar to the following:
Note: A user's Dashboard can only contain one Tab Group. If you assign a Tab Group to a user whose Dashboard is already assigned a Tab Group, the newly selected Tab Group will replace the previous.
Method 1: Assign a Tab Group to a user from their Dashboard
Open the user Dashboard to which you would like to add a Tab Group:
This tool requires the Admin > Lucity App Admin > Run permission.
Navigate to your own Dashboard on the Home tab, OR
Navigate to another user's Dashboard:
SelectAdmin Portal in the Lucity widget toolbar.
In the navigation panel on the left, select Dashboard Management > User Dashboards. A list of users appears in the main panel.
Select the user whose Dashboard you want to edit.
Select Open. The user's Dashboard opens in a new application tab.
Select Enter Design Mode .
Select Manage Tab Group. A pop-up similar to the following appears:
Select a Shared Tab Group from the list
Select Assign Group. Any previously assigned Tab Group is removed from the user's Dashboard and replaced with the selected Tab Group.
Method 2: Manage Users for a Shared Tab Group to assign a Tab Group to a user
Note: A user's Dashboard can only contain one Tab Group. If you assign a Tab Group to a user whose Dashboard is already assigned a Tab Group, the newly selected Tab Group will replace the previous.
SelectAdmin Portal in the Lucity widget toolbar.
This tool requires the Admin > Lucity App Admin > Run permission.
In the navigation panel on the left, select Dashboard Management > Shared Tab Groups.
Select the Tab Group you want to add to one or more user Dashboards.
Select Open. The Tab Group opens in a new application Tab.
Select Enter Design Mode .
Select Manage Users. A pop-up similar to the following appears with a list of available users:
Select Users Not Currently Assigned.
Select the user(s) to whom you want to assign the Tab Group to their Dashboard.
Select Assign selected users.
The TabGroup is shared with the selected user(s) and their username is moved to Users Currently Assigned from Users Not Currently Assigned.
Any previously assigned Tab Group is removed from the user(s)' Dashboard and replaced with the selected Tab Group.
Note: You can also follow the instructions for "How to remove a Shared Tab from one or more users" under Managing Shared Tabs for multiple users (below) to remove a Shared Tab from an individual user.
Method 1: Open your own user Dashboard
Navigate to your Dashboard via the Home tab.
Continue to "Enter Design Mode" below.
Method 2: Open another user's Dashboard
SelectAdmin Portal in the Lucity widget toolbar.
This tool requires the Admin > Lucity App Admin > Run permission.
In the navigation panel on the left, select Dashboard Management > User Dashboards. A list of users appears in the main panel.
Select the user from whose Dashboard you want to remove a Shared Tab.
Select Open. The user's Dashboard opens.
Continue to "Enter Design Mode" below.
Enter Design Mode
Select Enter Design Mode.
Locate the Shared Tab that you wish to removein the Dashboard Tabs list on the left.
Note: In Edit Mode, Shared Tabs are highlighted in orange.
Select Edit Properties next to the desired Shared Tab name.
The Edit Tab dialog appears:
Select Disassociate at the top of the dialog. A confirmation pop-up appears to notify you that the Shared Tab will be removed from the user's Dashboard but not deleted from the system:
Select OK. The Shared Tabis removed from the selected user's Dashboard. The Shared Tab is not deleted from the system because it may be assigned to other users.