Favorite Organizer | Operations Hub 2022.06 Documentation

This widget allows you to group all your favorites under a meaningful folder structure, and get to them quickly. The favorite organizer can be used along with the trend card on the same page to display favorites effortlessly.

When you import/export apps in Operations Hub, only favorites are imported/exported as unparented items. The folder structure is not imported/exported.

The favorite organizer widget is available under Integration > General. When designing application pages, drag-and-drop GEFavoriteOrganizer to a container.

Table 1. Favorite Organizer Properties
Property	Description
Title	Provide a title name for the favorite organizer.
Unparented items folder	By default, the folder that contains the unparented items is called `Unorganized`. You can modify the default name. Unparented items are orphaned favorites, which are not yet organized in a tree folder structure.
Permissions Visible	Select/Clear the check box to show/hide the option to set folder/favorite permissions. If selected, permissions appear in the Favorite Organizer next to each folder/favorite at runtime. See Manage Permissions.
Height	Set the height for the favorite organizer widget.
Header Background Color	Set a background color for the favorite organizer header.
Header Color	Set a color for the favorite organizer header text (if a title name is set).
Toolbar Background Color	Set a background color for the favorite organizer toolbar (contains menu options to create, rename, refresh, and delete folders).
Icons	You can customise the icons that represent folders and favorite items. You can also assign unique icons to distinguish between the folders/favorites that are shared with you, and those created by you. Choose icons from Font Awesome or DevExtreme icon libraries. To use a Font Awesome icon, you need to specify that it is from the font awesome library, such as `fa fa-star`. https://fontawesome.com/icons To use a DevExtreme icon, use the icon name (such as `folder`). https://js.devexpress.com/Documentation/Guide/Themes_and_Styles/Icons/
Source > Input Selection	Select a global parameter to control the selected favorite within this widget. This global drives the selection of the favorite in the tree.
Target > Output Selection	Select a global parameter for capturing output selection. When you select a favorite item in the favorite organizer at runtime, your selection is published to this global. Select Output Format from these options: `Favorite Name`: When you select a favorite in the favorite organizer, the name of that favorite is published to this global. `Favorite JSON`: When you select a favorite in the favorite organizer, a string containing a JSON representation of the data stored in that favorite (depending on the format selected), is published to this global.

Favorite Organizer at Runtime

Use the toolbar menu to create, rename, delete, and refresh folders.

Create a Folder

Select to access the Add Folder screen.
Enter a name for the new folder.
Select Add. The new folder is created under its parent folder.
Drag and drop the favorites into the newly created folder.

Rename a Folder

Select the folder to rename.
Select to access the Rename Folder screen.
Enter the new name for the folder.
Select Rename.

Delete a Folder

Deleting a folder does not delete favorites in the folder.

Select the folder to delete.
Select . The Remove Folder confirmation dialog appears.
Select Delete. Any favorites in the deleted folder are moved to Unorganized folder.

Manage Permissions

Share your favorites and favorite folders with other users. By default, favorites/folders are set to private when you create them, and are not visible to other users. You can change the default permission, and share with all or select users belonging to groups.

Note: If upgrading from an older version (2022.4.1 or before), then existing favorites are visible to all groups.

Select the permission next to the favorite/folder you want to share.
When you set folder-level permission, the favorites in that folder are not automatically shared. You need to share favorites by setting individual permissions.

In the Manage Permissions screen, you can choose to share or keep your favorite/folder private.

Field	Description
Name	Name of the favorite/folder.
Owner	Owner of the favorite/folder.
All Groups	Select this option if you want to share your favorite/folder with all groups.
Selected Groups	Select this option if you want to share your favorite/folder with only selected groups. A field appears to browse through a list of groups for selection. Child Groups appear based on the selected groups for further selection. To filter the list and show only GE groups, select Only GE Groups.
Private	Select this option if you want to keep your favorite/folder private. Note: An administrator can access and modify all favorites/folders, including private.

Select Save Permissions to save and close the screen.

You do not have permission to modify or delete the favorites/folders shared with you. You can only load the shared favorites.

Organizing Favorites/Folders

To organize favorites/folders, drag and drop favorite and folder items into other folders. To do this, you must be the owner of both the items - dragged item and target folder. Administrators are not bound by this restriction because they have read/write permissions to all favorites/folders.