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User Dashboard in alfresco share

krups — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:39:00 GMT

Hi All,I am trying to customise dashboard for existing users and new user both.Is there any way to add new dashlet without going into "customise dashboard" page?Thanks in adv.

Re: User Dashboard in alfresco share

mitpatoliya — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:20:06 GMT

You need to create new preset.xml if you want to show your customize the set of default dashlets shown by-default on the user dashboard.
You need to follow the custom module approach which is recently introduced for customization in alfresco share.

Re: User Dashboard in alfresco share

zladuric — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:48 GMT

presets.xml is the way to setup the dashboard for new users. Check out the "user-dashboard" part of it, then extend it (so it doesn't get overridden if you upgrade alfresco).

As for existing users, you should use share sitestore directly - I think you can access it from repo console. You should go into each of the users' existing xml presets and change them and stuff, but that part is very tricky, so test it a lot first, I suggest.

Maybe there is a better way, but I don't know it.