Specifying a User's Home Page

An administrator may set a specific home page for a user, as an alternative to the default home page.

Availability Note. This feature is only available to users with administrative privileges.

The following steps demonstrate how to specify the home page for any Arcadia user account.

  1. Determine which dashboard to assign as the user's home page, and note the ID.

    Navigate to the target dashboard, and note the URL address in the browser. It has the following form:

    http://host/arc/apps/app/dashboard_id

    where dashboard_id is a numerical value, such as 286.

  2. On the main navigation bar, click , the gear icon.

  3. In the drop-down menu, click Users & Groups.

    selecting Users & Groups. Administration menu shows Apps, Set Homepage, and Job Status. The Site Administration menu includes Users & Groups (active), Manage Roles, Email Templates, Custom Styles, Custom Colors, Static Assets, and Site Settings.
    Selecting Users & Groups from Site Administration () Menu

  4. The Manage Users & Groups interface appears, open on the Users tab.

  5. In the list of registered users, do one of the following:

    • Click the Username of the account you want to change.
    • Click the edit icon, , that corresponds to that account.

    The Edit User modal window appears.

  6. In the Edit User modal window, select the Homepage tab.

  7. In the Homepage tab, click the existing value for Visual or Dashboard #.

    changing user homepage

  8. Enter the dashboard ID. In our case, we are using 286. Click the check mark to confirm.

    confirming new homepage by ID

  9. Note that the detail of the homepage changes to reflect the new selection.

    Click Save.

    new homepage detail

  10. After the operation succeeds, the user sees the specified dashboard on login and whenever she navigates to the Home page.

Note that clicking Reset to default homepage reverts this opertion.