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Favorites

The Favorites menu lets you store a link to any page as a favorite for easy access at any time. Favorites is a personal menu that you can use to store the links you use every day.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Reorder Menu Sections

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Save a Page as a Favorite

You can save any page as a favorite.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the page to save as a favorite.
  2. Open the Favorites menu, and click Add Current.

More information:

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Reorder Menu Sections

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Add a Favorites Page Link

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Favorites, and click Configure.
  2. Click Add.

    The create page appears.

  3. Select Page Link and click Next.

    The menu item properties page appears.

  4. Complete the following fields, and save:
    Link Name

    Defines the label for the page link that appears in the menu.

    Description

    Defines the purpose for the section or page link.

    Page Name

    Specifies the page that appears when the link is clicked.

    Parent Menu Item

    Specifies the menu section in which the link appears.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Action Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Reorder Menu Sections

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Use this procedure to add an object action that performs a task to the Favorites menu.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Favorites, and click Configure.
  2. Click Add.

    The create page appears.

  3. Select Action Link and click Next.

    The menu item properties page appears.

  4. Complete the following fields:
    Link Name

    Defines the name of the link that performs an action. This is the label for the link that displays in the menu.

    Description

    Defines the purpose of the link.

    Action Name

    Specifies the action that occurs when the link is clicked in the menu.

    Parent Menu Item

    Specifies the section in which the link appears.

  5. Click Save and Return.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Reorder Menu Sections

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Favorites, and click Configure.
  2. Click Add.

    The create page appears.

  3. Select Section and click Next.

    The menu item properties page appears.

  4. Complete the following fields:
    Section Name

    Defines the name for the section.

    Section ID

    Defines the unique identifier for the section.

    Description

    Defines the purpose for the section or page link.

  5. Click Save and Return.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Reorder Menu Sections

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Reorder Menu Sections

Use this procedure to reorder sections and links in the Favorites menu.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Favorites, and click Configure.
  2. Click Reorder.

    The reorder menu page appears.

  3. In the Menu Items list box, select a section and click the up or down arrows to move the section to a new position.
  4. Save the changes.

Note: If you don't see your changes reflected in the menu, click the Refresh button.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Remove a Menu Section or Link

Use this procedure to remove a menu section, page link, or action link. You can only remove sections or links that you have created. You cannot remove CA Clarity PPM default sections or links.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Favorites, and click Configure.
  2. Select the check box next to the section or link to delete, and click Remove.

    The confirm menu item delete page appears.

  3. Click Yes.

More information:

Save a Page as a Favorite

Add a Favorites Page Link

Add a Favorites Action Link

Add a Favorites Menu Section

Reorder Menu Sections