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The Computers configuration tab provides the ability configure the view displayed on the Computers tab in the portal.  Configuration options include updating the text displayed in the portal, updating the tab name, and allowing changes to the user’s primary computer, and the ability to choose which computer properties to display in the portal, and override the default column name.  The Computers tab displays a portal user’s linked computers.

Page Text

From the Computers configuration tab, you can update the text displayed in the portal.  To update:

  1. Enter text in the Page Text text box
  2. Use the placeholder buttons to add variables for User asset properties to the text box (e.g. Name) to personalize the tab for each portal user
  3. Click the Update button to save your changes. Navigate to another page to cancel your changes.
    NOTE:  Each tab must be updated individually.  Updating from a different tab without first updating the Computers configuration tab will result in the loss of your changes.
  4. The view of the Computers tab in the portal is shown below:

Tab Name

From the Computers configuration tab, you can update the tab name displayed in the portal.  To update:

  1. Enter the tab name in the Tab Name text box
  2. Click the Update button to save your changes. Navigate to another page to cancel your changes.
    NOTE:  Each tab must be updated individually.  Updating from a different tab without first updating the Computers configuration tab will result in the loss of your changes.

Allow Primary Change

From the Computers configuration tab, you can configure if a user is allowed to change their primary computer in the portal. To configure:

  1. Choose if a user is allowed to change their primary computer in the portal by selecting Yes from the Allow Primary Change drop down
  2. Choose if a notification email is sent to the ReadyWorks Adminsitrator when a user changes their primary computer
  3. Enter the send to email address of the notification email in the Send To Email Address text box
  4. Enter the subject of notification email in the Email Subject text box
  5. Click the Update button to save your changes. Navigate to another page to cancel your changes.
    NOTE: Each tab must be updated individually. Updating from a different tab without first updating the Computers configuration tab will result in the loss of your changes.
  6. The view of the Computers tab in the portal with changes enabled is shown below:

Computer Properties

From the Computers configuration tab, you can configure which computer properties to display in the portal.  To configure:

  1. Choose what computer columns are visible in the portal by selecting Yes from the Visible drop down
    NOTE:  The Name, Migration Status, Computer Model, Operating System and Serial fields are displayed by default.
  2. Override the default column name displayed in the portal by entering a name in the Column Label text box
  3. Click the Update button to save your changes. Navigate to another page to cancel your changes.
    NOTE:  Each tab must be updated individually.  Updating from a different tab without first updating the Computers configuration tab will result in the loss of your changes.
  4. The view of the Computers tab in the portal is shown below. Fields that cannot be changed are grayed out.