The following options under the UI Display Settings helps you to customize the display properties of the Workflow Administration Console:
The parameters in the General tab enables you to configure the default settings that applies to all pages in the Workflow Administration Console.
Select a number from the list that you want to set in the pagination on all pages. It determines the maximum number of results that a page can display. Default value is 5, however you can set the value to 50 at maximum.
Specifies the time span (in milliseconds) for which a feedback message will appear on a page. Default value is 10000 milliseconds (10 seconds).
You can use the parameters in the Dashboard tab to change the default behavior of some tiles on the Dashboard page. This can be particularly useful in tracking workflow processes. For example, if you want to prioritize the workflow processes that are pending approval for more than 10 days, change the value for the Number of days to consider for marking pending workflows as long-waiting approval parameter to 10. You can now monitor the processes pending approval in the LONG WAITING APPROVAL tile on the Dashboard page. For more information on such functionalities, review the following dashboard parameters and customize them as required:
Applies to all tiles on the Dashboard page.
Specify how many workflow processes or activities are allowed to display on each tile at maximum. The valid range is between 5 and 10. If you specify the value as 5, the Dashboard displays the details of five most recent workflow process or activity.
Applies only to the LONG WAITING APPROVAL tile on the Dashboard.
Specify after how many days workflow activities in the processing state can be marked as long-waiting approval.
Applies only to the LONG EXECUTED PROCESSES tile on the Dashboard.
Specify how many days must be considered at minimum to mark workflow processes (in completed state) as long-executed processes.
Applies only to the LONG COMPLETED APPROVALS tile on the Dashboard.
Specify how many days must be considered at minimum to mark approval activities (in approved state) as long-executed approvals.
The Column Customization option allows you to select the default columns that you want to show or hide on each page of the Workflow Administration Console. This option is available for the Forms Catalog, Notification Template, Workflow Catalog, and Workflow Monitoring pages.
For each page, you will find few columns listed in the Selected Columns by default. Out of those, one or more columns cannot be hidden. This ensures that the page is not blank, it shows some details to the user on loading.
For example, if you want to customize the columns on the Forms page, perform the following actions:
Expand the UI Display Settings drop-down option on the Settings page.
Click the Column Customization tab.
Choose Forms Catalog from the drop-down list.
By default, Form Name, Form Type, Created By, Created On, and Actions are displayed under the Selected Columns list. Out of these columns, Form Name and Actions columns cannot be hidden.
Drag and drop the columns that you want to show from the Available Columns list to Selected Columns or vice versa to hide any column. In the Selected Columns list, you can also arrange the sequence in which you want the columns to display.
Click Save to apply the changes.
NOTE:A user can also select the columns that they want to show or hide using the Column Customization icon provided on each page. However, those selection are not saved. Next time when they navigate to that page, default columns that are configured from the Column Customization tab in Settings will be shown.