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Employee Portal Widgets
- Article
- Tue Mar 25 2025
- 5 minutes to read
- 2 contributors
Widgets are small, standalone applications that can be embedded into the employee portal pages to add interactivity or additional features. Widgets enhance the usability and provide quick access to information.
Each installed application can provide additional widgets. For more information on the functional and configuration detail of these widgts, please see the application-specific documention.
My Services
Add this widget to present users with a list of Services that they are subscribed to.
Configure
- Filter By Service Domain
Selecting this option will display a list of the available Domains. Once a Domain is selected, the list of services will be limited to that Domain. - Show Impacted Only
Only subscribed services that are currently impacted will be displayed. - Show Favorites Only
Only Services that have been marked as a favorite by the user will be displayed. - Automatically Select the Layout
The layout of this widget will adapt automatically based on the space it has. It will switch between a tiled view and a list view depending on how many services there are to display and the number of columns it spans. - Display Layout as Tiles
Displays the services as tiles with large icons. - Show Service Request Items
Below each Service, display a list of its Request Catalog Items. Only available when not using tiles.
Style
- Hide if no data is available
The widget will not be included on the page if there is nothing to display. - Header
Define the top banner of the widget. - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied.
Bulletins
Add this widget to present Bulletins that have been published through their subscribed services.
Configure
- Filter By Service Domain
Selecting this option will display a list of the available Domains. Only Bulletins associated to the selected Domain will be displayed. - Transition Time
Set how long each Bulletin will be displayed for.
Style
- Hide if no data is available
The widget will not be included on the page if there is nothing to display. - Header
Define the top banner of the widget - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied.
Links
Add this widget to create a list of custom links. Links to external web sites, cloud services, intranet, and other Employee Portal Pages.
Configure
- Display as Tiles
Selecting options lets you toggle between a list view and a tile view. - Icon
Select an icon to accompany the name of the link. - Address
Specify an address for the link - if referencing a Hornbill link which needs to be accessible from the Employee Portal or the Employee Mobile App, ensure to use the relative path in this field. For example, for an Intelligent Capture linkcatalog/new-service-request/com.hornbill.servicemanager/1/1/(where1/1/is replaced with the service ID and progressive capture ID.) - Image
Use an image to represent the link. - Name
Add a name for your link. - Description
Add a description to display if you want a little more detail about the link.
Style
- Header
Define the top banner of the widget. - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied.
Activities
Add this widget to give the user a list of their current activities that are assigned to them.
Configure
- Show Activities
Include Activities that are assigned to the user. - Show Authorizations
Include authorizations assigned to the user.
Style
- Header
Define the top banner of the widget. - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied. - Information
This widget should only be used on pages that are accessible to full users. Basic users will not have access to activities. Add to User Version pages only. It is also not available on the Mobile app.
Recently Viewed
Add this widget to give users a way to quickly access Hornbill workspaces, apps, requests, projects, and more which they have recently viewed.
Style
- Header
Define the top banner of the widget - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied.
Text
Add this widget to create a simple text based message board.
Configure
- Title
Add a main title within the text area. - Description
Add the main content that you want to display. Format your text using Wiki Markup. - Text Centered
Centers the Title within the widget.
Style
- Header
Define the top banner of the widget - Header Type
Choose from Basic, Custom, or No Banner. - Body
Configure the text and background colors of the widget. If no specific color preferences are set in the widget configuration, the style defined in the Employee Portal settings is applied.
External Frame
The external frame, often referred to as an iframe, is used to embed content from an external web page into the Employee Portal. This can be used to display content from external sources, such as videos, maps, or entire web pages.
Note
Not all web pages can be embedded into an iframe. Tools are available on the internet to test if a URL is compatible with iframes before adding to the External Frame widget.
Configure
- URL. Enter the URL of the web page that will be displayed in the widget.
- Preferred Height. Set the number of pixels for the height of the widget. Leave this blank to have it automatically adjust to an appropriate height.
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