Bus Publisher : Can it display an inital model diagram instead of the default background image ?

You need to make changes to teh intex.html page which gets generated when you do the publication. If you are little adventures person amke a copy of that file and open it's html code and look for the place where it has a reference to a image file. or else you can send the file to me and also the images you want to include. I will make the changes and send them to you.

 Hi Dinesh Ghanta,

oh - if it would be that easy!

1st: I am asking about Business Publisher, not Web publisher.

2nd: I meant to replace the default image, that is a placeholder in the model diagram frame, when the user enters the model repository, by a reference to an actual model diagram, that is generated dynamically from BPublishers database.

 

IDS has hidden this somewhere in the web application's functions (JSP)

Has anybody found out where and how?

Hi Martin,

Have a look at thius link http://www.aris-user.de/aris/viewtopic.php?t=838&highlight=automate+login this might help you.

Ciska

Hi Ciska,

thanks for the hint. I saw this approach before ( @ aris-user.de the screen name is smarty8-))

It appears to be useful for anonymous login to BPublisher, but it circumvents the home page, which offers some useful intro.

So for me the challenge is still there.

Anybody else biting? IDS Scheer maybe?

Hi Martin,

Did you solved your problem ?

I'd like to display an entry model instead of the bgleer.jpg image in the content frame.

Vincent

We were successful in changing the bgleer.jpg image with our version of the ARIS house. Here's how we did it:

1. Navigate to \businesspublisher\layouts\default\images directory.
2. Rename the existing bgleer.jpg to bgleer_orig.jpg.
3. Capture the image you wish to display on the Contents module page.
4. Save this new image as bgleer.jpg in the images directory.
5. Stop and restart the ARIS Business Publisher Server for the changes to take effect.
6. Log in to Business Publisher to verify the content appears as shown.

Let me know if this works for you.

Hi Jackie,

Thank you for your detailed answer.

Unfortunatly, this will not solve the problem. The question is how to replace the default image by a model, and not how to replace the backgroung image by an other image.

The main problem is that a model can only be reach with a valide user / password account embedded in the model address.

Regards

Hi Vincent,

Some time ago I asked a similar question. see http://www.ariscommunity.com/users/vanheckeb/2010-01-12-change-home-page-business-publisher

I just tried the following:

first I opened the starting model I want to use (the normal teadious way), then I copied the link (ricght click in the model) and put it in my favorites in Internet explorer.

When I call this favorite, the only thing I have to do is fill in my password and then the model I selected opens.

I know it is not exactly the general solution you are looking for, but it can simplify the login for individual users.

regards

Bruno 

Hello Vincent,

no, I did not find the exact answer.

But meanwhile (since ARIS 7.1 SR5) the layout with a flash based navigation carousel has been documented in BusPublisher quick start guide. Using a structure model (c.f. UMG Demo-DB) with specific model attributes and the configuration in \tomcat\webapps\businesspublisher\layouts\default\config\aspectOrientedEntry.cfg.xml the carousel's symbols can refer to specific model types as entry points.

Regards, Martin

 

Hi all,

Thanks for answers.

I've already setup the carrousel, which is running on homepage.

The points are 

- to avoid the empty page in the content page ;

- add content in the entry page free of any development. Indeed, add an item in the caroussel need technical skills, and change in the layout.

Regards

Has anyone found a way to truncate the extremely long url for a map. We want to put the links to individual maps into a Sharepoint links web part so that users can choose to dive straight into a map. The link produced by right clicking and "Copy Link" is too long for Sharepoint to handle.

Hi All,

Is there a way I can replace the carousel completely from the Home Page?  I am looking at replacing it with a model e.g. the start model for UMG (the ARIS House)?

I want to users to log onto ABP and have a model to look at immediately and not the carousel, I've tried to look this up in the community and via google but with no luck.

I've seen the suggestion:

http://www.aris-user.de/aris/viewtopic.php?t=838&highlight=automate+login

but this seems like it's placing a new link only and not actually replacing the carousel.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Hello Ismail

That's exactly what we need.

If you find a solution, please post it here.

Thank you

Mario

Hey all,

I'am still working on this solution because Carousel is still a mess for VPN users, and updates are difficult.

we did not manage to realise a direct link to the model because of reverse proxy issue.

I think it's nearly impossible to replace the caroussel with a model in the homepage with a light tuning. Indeed, display and navigation functions are embedded in the "ids content" and "ids gfx" frames.

The best way should be :

1° when intranet is launched, display the frame "ids_content" instead of the "ids_home" which contains the carousel.

2° display the model wanted in the "ids-content" frame.

this way, all informations about the intranet can be manage on the "entry model" with free form text or images (now correctly handled with 7.2).

Regard

You can completely remove the carousel by deleting the structure diagram but I guess you know that.

Thanks a lot Vincent: it works !  This was line 145 in my Publisher layout.  Great job. 

Thierry 

Hi all,

I've finally found an answer.

To open your own model in frame IDS_content, just comment the folowing line in "index.jsp" page of your template, line 179 for me.

<!-- <frame name="IDS_GFX" id="IDS_GFX" src="${bpfn:genBPURL("*/emptyGfx.jsp",'?')}" marginwidth="1" marginheight="1"  scrolling="no" frameborder="0">-->

and insert the lfollowing

<frame name="IDS_GFX" id="IDS_GFX" src="${bpfn:genBPURL("/defaultVisualisation.do",'?')}&modelId=1152923999982846523" target="IDS_GFX" marginwidth="1" marginheight="1"  scrolling="no" frameborder="0">

warning ! model id is not model GUID ! You can find the model id with right click / "properties" on last opened  model section.

With this, Home page will not be displayed at startup, and content frame will display your model.

Hope this help.

Regards 

Works perfect! Thank you very much!

First of all: Congratulations to Vincent! 

I would like to award the 5 star ranking to his solution - if only I could !?

so secondly a feature request to ariscommunity:

Instead of ranking ("vote" see top of the page) the question posted, users should be able to award stars to answers.

Hi All,

I implemented this solution works awesome. Great discovery/invention by Vincent :)

All out there, I had one query if anyone could help me on this :

With the ablove solution, the home page is being skipped. I would like the user to login and see the home page. And then when he clicks/opens the contents page is when I want him to see 1 particular model on the blank page on the right side.

Am looking for the same functionality, just that I DON'T want it to skip the home page and land on the contents page directly.

Thanks & Regards,

Tarun R.

How can i check the model id? I can see where the guid is.But I am not able to see the MODEL ID.Please help me out.