Desktop Tile Templates

Ostendo Desktop Tiles are like windows tiles - they are just shortcuts to Ostendo programs/reports or files or to external URL links.

Example of Desktop Tiles

By default, Ostendo has one System Default Tile Template that is specified globally at a System level. (You cannot modify this). Below this level, Users can be linked (via their Security and Options) to specific User-default Templates.

If no Template is defined at a User Level, the System Default is used.

At an Administration level , one or more new Tile Collections (Templates) can be created (eg: Manufacturing, Sales etc..) and linked to appropriate users.

Each Tile Collection (Template) can have multiple custom Desktop Tiles with different Tile Colours or a Tile graphic to represent the Tile shortcut.

When a Tile Collection (template) is assigned to an Ostendo User (File System Configuration -> User Security and Options-> Options Tab), it serves as his or her Default Tile Collection. (If the user has no assigned Tile Collection, then by default he/she gets the System Default Tile Template.)

At the User Level, individual users can further control their specific Tiles layout presented under their profile by right-clicking on the Ostendo desktop background or on the tile itself or just move the tiles and re-positioning them by dragging them around the desktop...

Right-clicking on the Ostendo Desktop background will display the following buttons at the bottom right of the screen:

Right click anywhere on the screen (black area) to control these attributes.

• Title Button – Allows you to amend the overall Template Title Displayed

• Reset – This will reset the overall template back to its System Default

• New Tile – Allows you to define a New Tile

• Assign From Menu – When this is selected, you must then navigate to an Ostendo option from the Main Drop Down Menus. This will create a new button with the appropriate Title. You are then able to drag that button to another group if required.

• URL – Allows you to define a URL to enable the button to launch your browser

• File – Allows you to browse to a file to enable this file to be opened when the new tile is selected.

• Group Captions – Allows you to amend each Tile Groups Captions (eg: Container Tracking in the above image is a Group Caption)
• A new group can be created by dragging a tile left or right until a vertical bar appears and dropping the tile onto the vertical bar..

Customising a Tile (button)

To customise an existing button, Right Click on the Button and the following options will be displayed at the bottom left of the screen.

• Clear Selection – Disregard the selection
• Small – Changes the Tile to a Small size
• Large – Changes the Tile to a Large size (Rectangle)
• Extra Large – Changes the Tile to an Extra Large size
• Properties:
• Caption – Changes the Tile Heading
• Caption Colour (Black or White)
• Icon – Allows you to select an appropriate Icon for the Tile
• Colour – Changes the Background colour if Background is not selected.
• Background – Allows you to Load an Image into the background of the Tile (Right Click in the background section of this field)
• Assign – Allows you to re-assign this Tile to a different Ostendo Option

In summary, the user can perform the following with the tile layout on his Ostendo desktop: