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Details Tab for a Folder

When you add or edit a folder, you complete the fields on the Folder Details tab.

The following fields on the Folder Details tab require explanation.

Image

Assigns an image to a folder.

Click the existing image to select the new image from the USM_HOME\FileStore\images\offerings folder.

The maximum recommended size for a folder image is 48 x 48 pixels.

Important! The folder name FileStore is case-sensitive. Therefore, use the correct case in path names and all other programmatic references.

Note: For information about setting up the filestore, see the Implementation Guide.

Folder ID

Specifies the object ID of the folder.

At times, you specify object IDs explicitly, for example, as part of importing or exporting objects using ixutil or content packs.

Date fields

The dates and times that you view and specify are based on the time zone on the Catalog Component, which can be different from your local time.

The dates that you enter in the Available On and Unavailable After fields affect the availability of the folder to catalog users. The changes that you make to these fields take effect immediately.

The following date fields require further explanation:

Unavailable After

Specifies the date when the folder and its child objects become unavailable. Catalog users can no longer request or subscribe to any services in the folder on this date.

Code

Specifies the text value to represent the product code, subscription code, SKU number, or any other applicable value.

URL

Specifies a URL that supplies more information about the services in the folder, for example, a URL to a manufacturer's web site.

Display Subfolders

Specifies whether the top-level subfolders under this catalog folder appear in the Browse section of the Requests page. Select one of the following options:

Use System Setting

Use the system or "global" setting to show or hide subfolders specified in the Browse Catalog: Show Subfolders parameter in the Request Management Configuration section of the Configuration page of the Catalog tab.

If the value of the Browse Catalog: Show Subfolders parameter changes, all catalog folders that use the system setting are automatically updated accordingly.

Note: The Browse Catalog: Show Subfolders parameter and other Request Management Configuration settings are described in the Implementation Guide.

Show Subfolder

Specifies that this catalog folder always displays its subfolders in the Browse section of the Requests page, regardless of the value of the system setting.

Hide Subfolder

Specifies that this catalog folder never displays its subfolders in the Browse section of the Requests page, regardless of the value of the system setting.

Hiding these subfolders is often helpful when the number of them is so high that the following condition exists: Users must scroll through the Browse Catalog several times to view them all or to see the remaining catalog folders and their subfolders

Default: Use System Setting.

Sort By

Arranges the child folders or services according to the category you select.

Categories include Name, Selection Type, Code, Date Created, and so forth.

If you select Custom - use Sort Number, then the Catalog system uses the Sort Number field in the child service or folder.

The value of None provides no specific sort order.

Sort Number

Sorts the service according to the value you specify.

Note: This field applies only when the parent folder uses a setting of Custom - use Sort Number in the Sort By field.