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Create Perspective

Use this page to create a new perspective for classifying the content of the page group. When users create pages and items, they can associate them with as many perspectives as they like. Other users can then choose to view all of the pages and items associated with a particular perspective.

When you click the Create button, a link is displayed at the top of the Create Perspective page. Click this link to edit additional perspective properties. You can also remain on the Create Perspective page and create additional perspectives, or click Close to exit the Create Perspective page.

Field Descriptions

Perspective Properties

Field	Description
Display Name	Enter a Display Name to identify the perspective to other users. The Display Name is used as the perspective name. It displays on pick lists and in regions where the perspective attribute is exposed. Note: Use up to 240 characters of any kind.

Field

Description

Display Name

Enter a Display Name to identify the perspective to other users.

The Display Name is used as the perspective name. It displays on pick lists and in regions where the perspective attribute is exposed.

Note: Use up to 240 characters of any kind.

Notes

indicates a field that requires a value.
When you create a perspective, a page is also created. This page includes two Custom Search portlets; one portlet lists all the items that belong to the perspective, and the other portlet lists all the pages. Regions can be set up to display perspectives. When users click a perspective, that perspective's page is displayed, listing all the items and pages that belong to the perspective. The page's layout and style are determined by the perspectives template that is provided by default for each page group. This template can be revised if you want a different look and feel for your perspectives pages. See the next note. The template controls only the appearance of the perspectives page. It does not influence the settings of the Custom Search portlets. To edit the search portlet settings:
- Display the perspective page in Edit mode (in the Portal Navigator, look under the Perspectives node of the page group that owns the perspective).
- Click the Items tab and then the Edit Defaults icon () by the search results. Editing these settings influences how perspective information is displayed on the Items tab.
- Click the Pages tab to bring it forward and then the Edit Defaults icon () to edit how perspective information is displayed on the Pages tab.
The first time you create a perspective in a page group, a Portal Template is also created and all perspective pages in the page group are based on this template. This means that if you want to change the way perspective pages look, just edit the perspective template (rather than each individual perspective page). Although you can base any page on this template, we recommend that you use it only for pages that are used for listing all objects classified under a particular perspective. The perspective template is located in the Portal Navigator under the Portal Templates node of the page group that owns the perspective. Click the Edit link next to the template to revise its look and feel.

Additional Information

Portal Center:

For more information, go to the Oracle Portal documentation page on the Oracle Technology Network.

Locating this Page

Log in to OracleAS Portal.
Click the Build tab to bring it forward.
From the Page Groups portlet's Work In drop-down list, select a page group to own the perspective.
In the Content Attribution section, click the Create link next to Perspectives.

Tips:

By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.
To create a perspective that can be used across page groups, choose the Shared Objects page group from the Work In drop-down list.