Procedure - Making an Action Available to Visibility Administration
In this example, you provide the administrator with the ability to manage the visibility of the Create Folder action in the Project, Program, Product, and Library tabs.
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This example assumes that the Create Folder action is not already available for role-based visibility management; in the actual product, it is available out of the box.
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1. Add a new <uic> to the roleaccessprefs.xml under the sections <project>, <program>, <product>, and <library>:
<uic name="PROJECT_CREATE_FOLDERS" order="00" enabled="true"
defaultAll="true" defaultManager="true" defaultGuest="false"
managerEnabled="true" guestEnabled="false"/>
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For actions that are valid for multiple tab types, put the entry under all the section you want it to affect.
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2. In roleAccessResource.rbInfo, add a new resource entry for the action display name:
31.value=Create Folders
31.constant=PROJECT_CREATE_FOLDERS
Regenerate your bundles. The name of the uic should be the same as the constant for the entry in the resource bundle.
3. In <Windchill>/codebase/config/actions/actions.xml, modify the create folder action by: adding the attribute uicomponent="PROJECT_CREATE_FOLDERS"
<action name=" folder_create" checkaccess="true"
uicomponent="PROJECT_CREATE_FOLDERS">
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Follow best practices in backing up your XML files when customizing them.
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4. Restart the servlet engine and the method server.
Steps 1 through 3 above can be performed in any order. Note that "PROJECT_CREATE_FOLDERS" is used for the uic name, the resource entry constant (but without the quotes), and the action uicomponent. It is necessary for all three of these items to share the same value in order to tie the customized behavior together.
Upon completion of this procedure, an administrator can now configure the visibility to the Create Folder action under the Project, Program, Product, and Library tabs, based on profiles defined at the site or organization level, and based on roles at the container level.
