The Category Tab; Plug-In Studio - Novell IMANAGER 2.7.3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

6.2.5 The Category Tab

Categories group related roles and tasks together. The RBS Collection Category tab lets you perform
the following operations:
"Adding a New Category" on page 64
"Deleting a Category" on page 64
"Adding a Description" on page 64
Adding a New Category
To add a description to an existing plug-in module:
1 In the Category tab, select New.
This launches the Create Category Wizard.
2 Specify category name and description (optional), then click Next.
3 Select the roles to be associated with the new category, then click Next.
4 Review the new category summary, then click Finish.
Deleting a Category
To delete an existing category:
1 In the Category tab, select a module to delete, then select Delete.
2 Click OK to confirm the category deletion.
Adding a Description
To add or modify the description of an existing category:
1 In the Category tab, select a category, then select Actions > Description.
2 Specify the category description, then click OK.

6.2.6 Plug-In Studio

Plug-In Studio offers a quick and easy way to streamline the tasks that you do several times a day.
Use Plug-in Studio to dynamically create tasks for your most frequently used operations. You can
also edit and delete tasks here.
For example, to modify a user, instead of selecting Modify Object, you can create a dynamic UI to
edit only the attributes you have selected, such as first name or title. Data is stored in the
TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/nps/portal/modules/custom
From the Plug-in Studio task, you can perform the following operations:
"Creating a New Task from Plug-In Studio" on page 65
"Editing a Task" on page 65
"Deleting a task" on page 65
"Copying Custom Tasks" on page 66
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