Getting Started - Enterprise Console

Overview

Customized UI Console with user defined tabs, a menu region, and a dynamic region

Customized UI Console, displaying a tab for Human Capital Management related news

Enterprise Console functions like a customizable window into the CMiC Enterprise system, or into any other system that may be reached via an internet or intranet address. Customized consoles are designed to facilitate a user’s tasks in Enterprise by providing menus and modules relevant to them, and to facilitate making informed business decisions by providing information relevant to their particular needs. To achieve this, consoles contain tabs, and the tabs contain customizable regions, such as a Menu region (i.e. Treeview) to launch Enterprise modules and a Dynamic region to display the launched modules. Additionally, regions can display items like a company’s intranet, custom logs, custom dashboards, RSS feeds, or websites.

As an example, to further illustrate the potential of a customized console, one tab could be customized to facilitate a user’s PM related tasks, a second tab could display a custom dashboard, a third tab could display the company’s intranet home page, and a fourth tab could display web feeds.

NOTE: Please note that not every website can be loaded inside of a console region. Many websites use Content Security Policies (CSP) and X-Frame-Options to protect their content. These security settings prevent other websites from embedding their pages in other websites. This is done to stop clickjacking attacks and unauthorized use of their content. If a site has these restrictions, the console region will show an error or remain blank. Unfortunately, this is controlled by the external site, not by our software, so there’s no way to override it.

Tab displaying AP Dashboard Collection

To further aid the making of informed business decisions, Enterprise Console also includes intuitive dashboard and log building solutions (BI Dashboard Builder and Log Builder) that are second to none in helping users bridge the gap between data and usable information in a manner that is flexible and accurate. BI Catalog Builder is also used in conjunction with BI Dashboard Builder to create a catalog of data sources used in the design process. Specifically, Enterprise Console can be configured to display customized logs of crucial information, and display key performance indicators (KPIs) via dials, graphs (CMiC Analytics), alerts, and dashboards. 

To simplify routine processes, Process Builder can be used to turn a multi-step process into a simplified process train linking a series of screens, so users will never miss a step. 

Take advantage of Treeview Builder and Lite Editor solutions to further fine-tune the console.  Treeview Builder allows for customization of the Treeview menu used to list and launch the modules of Enterprise, external URLs, and created logs and dashboards. The Lite Editor can be used to create customized versions of screens for specific users and UIC groups. For example, it’s possible to customize existing fields, table columns, or tabs, add a new field, or set a screen’s initial display mode.

The combination of tools provided in this advanced toolset will help users tailor the Enterprise Console to meet their unique and individual business needs. Each of these innovative, cutting-edge tools is discussed in more detail in Getting Started - Customizing Enterprise Console. 

ADF & JSP Screens

ADF and JSP screens can all be launched from the Enterprise Console using the console tabs. The screenshots below show examples of each of the screens being displayed in Enterprise Console.

ADF screen launched from console tab in Enterprise Console

JSP screens can be launched from the Enterprise Console tabs or from Treeviews, as shown in the screenshots below.

JSP module launched from console tab in Enterprise Console

JSP screen launched from ADF Treeview