Add a Banner to ThingWorx Navigate
You can add a banner to quickly communicate messages to all your users. We provide the sample banner, PTC.AccessApp.SampleBannerMashup.
You can modify a copy of PTC.AccessApp.SampleBannerMashup, or you can create a new mashup for your banner. For both cases, the banner has a fixed height of 35px. Make sure your mashup has the following properties:
• Image height—35px or less
• Text label height—30px or less
Customization point and optional assets
• Customization point—NavigateMasterBannerThing
• Optional assets—The banner can contain an image
Add Your Banner to the Homepage
Follow these steps to add your banner mashup to PTC.AccessApp.Master:
1. In ThingWorx Composer, search for the thing NavigateMasterBannerThing, and then open it.
2. On the Services page, under Inputs, under bannerMashupName, start typing the name of your banner mashup.
3. Select the mashup, and then click Execute.
4. Click Done. The banner is updated in ThingWorx Navigate.
Remove the Banner
If you want to remove the banner, execute the service with an empty bannerMashupName box.
Considerations for Upgrade
During an upgrade of ThingWorx Navigate, make sure to save your custom mashup so you can reimport it.