Changing default preferences settings in Management Center

By default, the Preferences dialog in Management Center includes default values for each setting. For instance, detailed tooltips are enabled by default. You can change the default settings for each preference to meet the needs of your business users.

Procedure

  1. Open WebSphere Commerce Developer and switch to the Enterprise Explorer view.
  2. Expand LOBTools > WebContent > WEB-INF > src > xml > commerce > shell.
  3. Open the ConfigProperties.xml file for editing. This file defines all of the default settings that display in the Management Center Preferences dialog.
  4. Locate the configurable property for the preference that you want to change and update the corresponding default value.
  5. Save and publish your changes.

Example

  • By default, no store is automatically selected when a business user opens a Management Center tool. A business user can configure a default store by editing the Store name setting in the Management Center Preferences dialog. You can customize Management Center to define a default store for all business users by setting a value for the defaultPreferredStore variable in the ConfigProperties.xml file. For example, the following code defines the default store to be "myStoreName".
    <variable name="defaultPreferredStore" type="string" value="myStoreName"/>
  • By default, a maximum of 10 stores are listed in the Select Store list in Management Center and a maximum of 10 store URLs are listed in the Store Preview Options dialog. You can change this maximum limit so that more stores and store URLs display by changing the value for the maximumStoresinList variable. For example, the following code increases the maximum limit so that up to 30 stores can display. 
    <variable name="maximumStoresInList" type="number" value="30"/>
  • By default, detailed tooltips are enabled to display in Management Center. You can disable tooltips by default by changing the value for the defaultPreferredExtendedHelp variable from "true" to "false". For example, the following code sets detailed tooltips to be disabled by default.
    <variable name="defaultPreferredExtendedHelp" type="boolean" value="true"/>