Changing the section name within a properties view

You can group information under collapsible sections within a Management Center properties view. You can change the section name to meet your business needs. For example, you can change the name of a General Information section to Basic Properties.

About this task

To change a section name within a Management Center properties view:

Procedure

  1. Open WebSphere Commerce Developer and switch to the Enterprise Explorer view.
  2. Complete one of the following steps:
    • WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.0Feature Pack 1In the Enterprise Explorer view, expand LOBTools > WebContent > WEB-INF > src > lzx > commerce > Management_Center_component > propertiesViews, where Management_Center_component is the name of the tool you want to customize. All properties view classes for objects managed by the Management Center are stored in this directory. All properties view files follow a standard naming convention: Management_Center_objectPropertiesView.lzx. For example, to modify the product properties view, change the ProductPropertiesView.lzx file.
    • Introduced in Feature Pack 2In the Enterprise Explorer view, expand LOBTools > WebContent > config > commerce > Management_Center_component > propertiesViews, where Management_Center_component is the name of the tool you want to customize. All properties view definitions for objects managed by the Management Center are stored in this directory. All properties view files follow a standard naming convention: Management_Center_objectPropertiesView.def. For example, to modify the product properties view, change the ProductPropertiesView.def file.
  3. Open the file that you want to change and identify the property group you want to work with. To identify the property group you want to work with, first determine the property view, the property pane, and then the property group itself.
  4. Within the file:
    OptionDescription
    WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.0Feature Pack 1Locate the <wcfPropertyGroup> tag that you want to change WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.0Feature Pack 1This tag, along with the groupTitle attribute, controls the name of the section. For example:
    <wcfPropertyGroup groupTitle="${catalogResources.generalCatalogInformationSection.string}">
    To change the section name, change the value of the groupTitle attribute using a resource bundle to define the text for your section name.
    Introduced in Feature Pack 2Locate the PropertyGroup element that you want to change Introduced in Feature Pack 2The groupTitle attribute of this element controls the name of the section. For example:
    <PropertyGroup groupTitle="${catalogResources.generalCatalogInformationSection}">
    To change the section name, change the value of the groupTitle attribute, using a resource bundle to define the text for your section name.

What to do next

After you complete your customization:
Version Steps
  1. Right-click LOBTools Project; then click Build OpenLaszlo Project to produce an updated ManagementCenter.swf file under the workspace_dir\LOBTools\WebContent directory. This setting is the default environment setting.
  2. Test your changes by viewing them in the Management Center, using this URL: https://hostname:8000/lobtools.
  3. Deploy your changes to your production environment.
Introduced in Feature Pack 2
  1. Test your changes by viewing them in the Management Center, using this URL: https://hostname:8000/lobtools.
  2. Deploy your changes to your production environment.