Best practice for navigation

If I don't want to use the playbar and want to have my learners click buttons to navigate through a lesson, is it considered best practice to put the buttons on each slide or to put them as widgets on the master slide?
Will the buttons on each slide make the published file significantly larger?

Hi again,
I never create a self-playing slideshow with Captivate? The main reason why I preferred Captivate over other rapid eLearning software a couple of years ago when I did compare possible solutions was precisely that it was so easy to create interactive simulations and have branching to personalize courses. Of course I started by using it for software training and both the Training simulation and Assessment capturing mode are suited for this goal. Sorry for my answer, but was puzzled by your remark that a self-playing slideshow is default? Feel free to ignore this, please, you probably do use CP with something totally different in mind.
Lilybiri

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Best practice for navigation menu

I'm using the standard dropdown navigation widget in Muse.
For example I have:
Top level: Contact
Dropdown: 'Fix-my-document'
Dropdown: Book appointment
My website has been up for about a month, and what I've found (using Google analytics) is that people click on the dropdown pages but not on the top navigation page. Reading some 'best practise' articles online, lots recommend using just the top level in the navigation, and then providing links from there to the other pages. But I like that all the pages are clear and simple, I want the Contact page to have just the contact info.
Is there a way to make the Contact page also appear on the dropdown so people know they can click on it?
Any advice appreciated
Cheers,
Zoe

If I understand your question right:
• Create an empty top level page, which serves as a dummy and replaces your contact page.
• Right click onto this dummy page and select "page properties …"
• There, go to "options" and select under the item "Menu Options" the entry "inlude page without hyperlink".
The structure should be:
Top level: Empty Dummy page, named however you want
Dropdown: Contact
Dropdown: 'Fix-my-document'
Dropdown: Book appointment

Best practice for mouseless ADF applications

I am developing an ADF application where the users do not want to use the mouse.
So I would like to know if there are a best practice for this?
I am already using the accessKey functionality and subforms defaultCommand
But I have had problems setting focus to objects on a page like tables. I would like a button to return the focus to the table after it has made the command like delete.
I have implemented a solution where I have found inspiration several threads and other webpages (see below).
Is this solution okay?
Are there any problems with it?
I would also like to know if there are better pathways to go like
out of the box solutions,
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/79-global-template-button-strategy-360139.pdf (are there an example implementation?), or
http://one-size-doesnt-fit-all.blogspot.dk/2010/11/adf-ui-shell-supporting-global-hotkeys.html
in advance thanks
Inspiration webpages
https://blogs.oracle.com/jdevotnharvest/entry/how_to_programmatically_set_focus
http://technology.amis.nl/2008/01/04/adf-11g-rich-faces-focus-on-field-after-button-press-or-ppr-including-javascript-in-ppr-response-and-clientlisteners-client-side-programming-in-adf-faces-rich-client-components-part-2/
how to Commit table by writting Java code in Managed Bean?
Table does not refresh and getting error as UIComponent is Null
A short description of the solution:
(jdeveloper version 11.1.1.2.0)
--- Example where I use onSetFocus in jsff page
<af:commandButton text="#{hrsusuiBundle.FOCUS}" id="cb10"
partialSubmit="true" accessKey="f"
shortDesc="Alt+Shift+F"
actionListener="#{managedBean_clientUtils.onSetFocus}">
<af:clientAttribute name="focusField" value="t1"/>
</af:commandButton>
--- Examples where I use doTableActionAndSetFocus in jsff page
--- There have to be a binding in the jsff page to delete, commit and rollback
<af:commandButton text="#{hrsusuiBundle.DELETE}" id="cb4"
accessKey="x"
shortDesc="Alt+Shift+X"
partialSubmit="true"
actionListener="#{managedBean_clientUtils.doTableActionAndSetFocus}">
<af:clientAttribute name="focusField" value="t1"/>
<af:clientAttribute name="actionField" value="Delete"/>
</af:commandButton>
<af:commandButton text="#{hrsusuiBundle.COMMIT}" id="cb5"
accessKey="s" shortDesc="Alt+Shift+S"
partialSubmit="true"
actionListener="#{managedBean_clientUtils.doTableActionAndSetFocus}">
<af:clientAttribute name="focusField" value="t1"/>
<af:clientAttribute name="actionField" value="Commit"/>
</af:commandButton>
<af:commandButton text="#{hrsusuiBundle.ROLLBACK}" id="cb6"
accessKey="z" shortDesc="Alt+Shift+Z"
partialSubmit="true"
actionListener="#{managedBean_clientUtils.doTableActionAndSetFocus}"
immediate="true">
<af:resetActionListener/>
<af:clientAttribute name="focusField" value="t1"/>
<af:clientAttribute name="actionField" value="Rollback"/>
</af:commandButton>
--- This is the java class I use
--- It is published in adfc-config.xml as a request scope managedbean
public class ClientUtils {
public ClientUtils() {
public void doTableActionAndSetFocus(ActionEvent event) {
RichCommandButton rcb = (RichCommandButton)event.getSource();
String focusOn = (String)rcb.getAttributes().get("focusField");
String actionToDo = (String)rcb.getAttributes().get("actionField");
UIComponent component = null;
String clientId = null;
component = JSFUtils.findComponentInRoot(focusOn);
clientId = component.getClientId(JSFUtils.getFacesContext());
if ( "Delete".equals(actionToDo) || "Commit".equals(actionToDo) || "Rollback".equals(actionToDo) ){
BindingContainer bindings = BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
OperationBinding operationBinding = bindings.getOperationBinding(actionToDo);
Object result = operationBinding.execute();
AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(component);
if (clientId != null) {
makeSetFocusJavaScript(clientId);
public static String onSetFocus(ActionEvent event) {
RichCommandButton rcb = (RichCommandButton)event.getSource();
String focusOn = (String)rcb.getAttributes().get("focusField");
String clientId = null;
if (focusOn.contains(":")) {
clientId = focusOn;
} else {
clientId = findComponentsClientIdInRoot(focusOn);
if (clientId != null) {
makeSetFocusJavaScript(clientId);
return null;
private static void writeJavaScriptToClient(String script) {
FacesContext fctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ExtendedRenderKitService erks = null;
erks = Service.getRenderKitService(fctx, ExtendedRenderKitService.class);
erks.addScript(fctx, script);
public static void makeSetFocusJavaScript(String clientId) {
if (clientId != null) {
StringBuilder script = new StringBuilder();
//use client id to ensure component is found if located in
//naming container
script.append("var textInput = ");
script.append("AdfPage.PAGE.findComponentByAbsoluteId");
script.append ("('"+clientId+"');");
script.append("if(textInput != null){");
script.append("textInput.focus();");
script.append("}");
writeJavaScriptToClient(script.toString());
public static String findComponentsClientIdInRoot(String id) {
UIComponent component = null;
String clientId = null;
component = JSFUtils.findComponentInRoot(id);
clientId = component.getClientId(JSFUtils.getFacesContext());
return clientId;
}

Hi,
I am developing an ADF application where the users do not want to use the mouse. So I would like to know if there are a best practice for this?
Well HTML (and this is the user interface you see) follows a tab index navigation that you follow with "tab" and "shift+tab". Anything else is a short cut for which you use mnemonics (as you already do) or shortcuts (explained in http://one-size-doesnt-fit-all.blogspot.dk/2010/11/adf-ui-shell-supporting-global-hotkeys.html). There is a distinction to make between non-web environments (which I think you and your users have abackground in) and client desktop environments. Browsers block some keyboard functionality for their own purpose. So you may have to find a list of keys first that work across browsers. Unlike desktop clients, which allow you to "press a button" without the button to take focus, this cannot be done on the web. So you need to be clever here, avoiding buttons at all.
The following paper is about JavaScript in ADF and explains the basics for what Chris Muir explains in : http://one-size-doesnt-fit-all.blogspot.dk/2010/11/adf-ui-shell-supporting-global-hotkeys.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/1-2011-javascript-302460.pdf
It has the outline for how to register short cut keys that perform a specific action (e.g. register ctrl+d to delete the current row you are on, or press F11 to execute a query (similar to Oracle Forms frmres files)). However, be aware that this includes some code you have to write (actually quite some code to be honest).
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/79-global-template-button-strategy-360139.pdf (are there an example implementation?), or
http://one-size-doesnt-fit-all.blogspot.dk/2010/11/adf-ui-shell-supporting-global-hotkeys.html
Actually these are implementations as they come with example code for you to use and customize, do they? So what is this question asking for more ? Also note that global buttons don't quite have anything in common with the question you asked. I assume you want to see it as an implementation of the Forms toolbar that operates on the form or table the focus is in. This however does not work for the web as there is nothing that keeps track of which component has a focus and to what iterator (data block) it belongs. This would involve even more coding (though possibly doable)
Frank

Best practice for linking fields from multiple entity objects

I am currently transitioning from PHP to ADF. I'm looking for the best practice for linking data from multiple entity objects.
Example:
EO 'REQUESTS' has fields: req_id, name, dt, his_stat_id, her_stat_id
EO 'STATUSES' has fields: stat_id, short_txt_descr
'REQUESTS' is linked to EO 'STATUSES' on: STATUSES.stat_id = REQUESTS.his_status_id
'REQUESTS' is also linked to EO 'STATUSES' on: STATUSES.stat_id = REQUESTS.her_status_id
REQUESTS.his_status_id is independent of REQUESTS.her_status_id
When I create a VO for REQUESTS, I want to display: REQUESTS.name, REQUESTS.dt, STATUSES.short_txt_descr (for his_stat_id), STATUS.short_txt_descr (for her_stat_id)
What is the best practice for accomplishing this? It appears I could do it a few different ways:
1. Create the REQUESTS VO with a LOV for his_stat_id and her_stat_id
2. Create the REQUESTS VO with the join to STATUSES performed within the query for the VO. This would require joining on the STATUSES EO twice (his_stat_id, her_stat_id)
3. I just started reading about View Links - would that somehow do what I'm looking for?
I also need to be able to update his_status_id and her_status_id through the by selecting a STATUSES.short_txt_descr from a dropdown.
Any suggestions on how to approach such a stupidly simple task?
Using jDeveloper 11.1.2.2.0 if that makes a difference in the solution.
Thanks ahead of time,
CJ

CJ,
I vote for solution 1 as it's just your use case. As you said you what to update the his_status_id and her_status_id through the by selecting a STATUSES.short_txt_descr by a drop down. This is exactly the LOV solution.
ViewLinks are used fro master detail navigation (which you don't do here) and Joining the data make it difficult to update (and you still need a LOV for the drop down box.
Timo

Best Practices for Team Collaboration using Adobe Captivate

With a team of 6 Instructional Designers, how can Adobe Captivate be approached where we can collaborate while producing e-learning material while maintaining a consistent look and feel of the e-learning we produce?
What are the best practices for a team of 6 IDs working and creating e-learning material in Captivate? Is there anything build-in that allows us to connect to the same libraries, templates, etc to share?
Please advise.
Thank you!
Susanne

Only some tips, never collaborated with someone else, being the solo teacher. You didn't mention which version you are using, what I write here is meant for CP7.
Be sure to prepare a theme and/or a template that will be used by everyone. A theme consists of master slides, object styles, skin editor. Master slides can have custom navigation shape buttons. In a template you can eventually also prepare different slides with placeholders, and eventually advanced actions etc. For CP6 and earlier that is the only way to reuse advanced actions, in Captivate 7 you can export shared actions that can be imported in any project for reuse.
A feature that few users know about are the external libraries. You can open the library of any project as an external library in another project. That is a good idea to store assets that you want to use in different projects: images, audio clips, video clips, eventually equations. The shared actions in a library can not (yet?) be used in another project however.
If you are on CP7 you have automatically the roundtripping with source Adobe Photoshop files and source Audition files, both from CC. That can also make collaboration lot easier if those assets are prepared in those applications. Will not expand on that, because I'm not sure you have the Creative Cloud applications.
Those are my two cents.
Lilybiri

Best practices for setting up users on a small office network?

Hello,
I am setting up a small office and am wondering what the best practices/steps are to setup/manage the admin, user logins and sharing privileges for the below setup:
Users: 5 users on new iMacs (x3) and upgraded G4s (x2)
Video Editing Suite: Want to connect a new iMac and a Mac Pro, on an open login (multiple users)
All machines are to be able to connect to the network, peripherals and external hard drive. Also, I would like to setup drop boxes as well to easily share files between the computers (I was thinking of using the external harddrive for this).
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Thanks for your posting.
When you install AD DS in the hub or staging site, disconnect the installed domain controller, and then ship the computer to the remote site, you are disconnecting a viable domain controller from the replication topology.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794962(v=ws.10).aspx
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Best-practice for Catalog Views ? :|

Hello community,
A best practice question:
The situtation: I have several product categories (110), several items in those categories (4000) and 300 end-users. I would like to know which is the best practice for segment the catalog. I mean, some users should only see categories 10,20 & 30. Other users only category 80, etc. The problem is how can I implement this ?
My first idea is:
1. Create 110 Procurement Catalogs (1 for every prod.category). Each catalog should contain only its product category.
2. Assign in my Org Model, in a user-level all the "catalogs" that the user should access.
Do you have any idea in order to improve this ?
Saludos desde Mexico,
Diego

Hi,
Your way of doing will work, but you'll get maintenance issues (to many catalogs, and catalog link to maintain for each user).
The other way is to built your views in CCM, and assign these views to the users, either on the roles (PFCG) or on the user (SU01). The problem is that with CCM 1.0 this is limitated, cause you'll have to assign one by one the items to each view (no dynamic or mass processes), it has been enhanced in CCM 2.0.
My advice:
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Best Practice for Securing Web Services in the BPEL Workflow

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BPEL security extension?
The top level service that is defined as business process is secure itself through OWSM and username and passwords, but what is the best practice for security establishment for each low level services?
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It doesnt matter whether the service is invoked as part of your larger process or not, if it is performing any business critical operation then it should be secured.
The idea of SOA / designing services is to have the services available so that it can be orchestrated as part of any other business process.
Today you may have secured your parent services and tomorrow you could come up with a new service which may use one of the existing lower level services.
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Typical probelm with any gateway architecture is that the service is available without any security enforcement when accessed directly.
You can enforce rules at your network layer to allow access to the App server only from Gateway.
When you have the liberty to use OWSM or any other WS-Security products, i would stay away from any extensions. Two things to consider
The next BPEL developer in your project may not be aware of Security extensions
Centralizing Security enforcement will make your development and security operations as loosely coupled and addresses scalability.
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Best practice for multi-language content in common areas

I've got a site with some text in header/footer/nav that needs to be translated between an English and Spanish site, which use the same design. My intention was to set up all the text as content to facilitate. However, if I use a standard dialog with the component's path set to a child of the current page node, I would need to re-enter the text on every page. If I use a design dialog, or a standard dialog with the component's path set absolutely, the Engilsh and Spanish sites will share the same text. If I use a standard dialog with the component's path set relatively (eg path="../../jcr:content/myPath"), the pages using the component would all need to be at the same level of the hierarchy.
It appears that the Geometrixx demo doesn't address this situation, and leaves copy in English. Is there a best practice for this scenario?

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We have software component ST-ICO of release 150_700 with Patch level 5
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the service market place and found that 'Baseline Package United
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What is the typical timeframe to install SRM on development server and as well as on the Production server ?
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Hi
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Best practices for ARM - please help!!!

Hi all,
Can you please help with any pointers / links to documents describing best practices for "who should be creating" the GRC request in below workflow of ARM in GRC 10.0??
Create GRC request -> role approver -> risk manager -> security team
options are : end user / Manager / Functional super users / security team.
End user and manager not possible- we can not train so many people. Functional team is refusing since its a lot of work. Please help me with pointers to any best practices documents.
Thanks!!!!

In this case, I recommend proposing that the department managers create GRC Access Requests. In order for the managers to comprehend the new process, you should create a separate "Role Catalog" that describes what abilities each role enables. This Role Catalog needs to be taught to the department Managers, and they need to fully understand what tcodes and abilities are inside of each role. From your workflow design, it looks like Role Owners should be brought into these workshops.
You might consider a Role Catalog that the manager could filter on and make selections from. For example, an AP manager could select "Accounts Payable" roles, and then choose from a smaller list of AP-related roles. You could map business functions or tasks to specific technical roles. The design flaw here, of course, is the way your technical roles have been designed.
The point being, GRC AC 10 is not business-user friendly, so using an intuitive "Role Catalog" really helps the managers understand which technical roles they should be selecting in GRC ARs. They can use this catalog to spit out a list of technical role names that they can then search for within the GRC Access Request.
At all costs, avoid having end-users create ARs. They usually select the wrong access, and the process then becomes very long and drawn out because the role owners or security stages need to mix and match the access after the fact. You should choose a Requestor who has the highest chance of requesting the correct access. This is usually the user's Manager, but you need to propose this solution in a way that won't scare off the manager - at the end of the day, they do NOT want to take on more work.
If you are using SAP HR, then you can attempt HR Triggers for New User Access Requests, which automatically fill out and submit the GRC AR upon a specific HR action (New Hire, or Termination). I do not recommend going down this path, however. It is very confusing, time consuming, and difficult to integrate properly.
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Best Practices For Household IOS's/Apple IDs

Greetings:
I've been searching support for best practices for sharing primarily apps, music and video among multple iOS's/Apple IDs. If there is a specific article please point me to it.
Here is my situation:
We currently have 3 iPads (2-kids, 1-dad) in the household and one iTunes account on a win computer. I previously had all iPads on single Apple ID/credit card and controlled the kids' downloads thru the Apple ID password that I kept secret. As the kids have grown older, I found myself constantly entering my password as the kids increased there interest in music/apps/video. I like this approach because all content was shared...I dislike because I was constantly asked to input password for all downloads.
So, I recently set up an individual account for them with the allowance feature at iTunes that allows them to download content on their own (I set restrictions on their iPads). Now I have 3 Apple IDs under one household.
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With the 3 Apple IDs, what is the best way to share apps,music, videos among myself and the kids? Is it multiple accounts on the computer and some sort of sharing?
Thanks in advance...

Hi Bonesaw1962,
We've had our staff and students run iOS updates OTA via Settings -> Software Update. In the past, we put a DNS block on Apple's update servers to prevent users from updating iOS (like last fall when iOS 7 was first released). By blocking mesu.apple com, the iPads weren't able to check for or install any iOS software updates. We waited until iOS 7.0.3 was released before we removed the block to mesu.apple.com at which point we told users if they wanted to update to iOS 7 they could do so OTA. We used our MDM to run reports periodically to see how many people updated to iOS 7 and how many stayed on iOS 6. As time went on, just about everyone updated on their own.
If you go this route (depending on the number of devices you have), you may want to take a look at Caching Server 2 to help with the network load https://www.apple.com/osx/server/features/#caching-server . From Apple's website, "When a user on your network downloads new software from Apple, a copy is automatically stored on your server. So the next time other users on your network update or download that same software, they actually access it from inside the network."
I wish there was a way for MDMs to manage iOS updates, but unfortunately Apple hasn't made this feature available to MDM providers. I've given this feedback to our Apple SE, but haven't heard if it is being considered or not. Keeping fingers crossed.
Hope this helps. Let us know what you decide on and keep us posted on the progress. Good luck!!
~Joe

Basic Strategy / Best Practices for System Monitoring with Solution Manager

I am very new to SAP and the Basis group at my company. I will be working on a project to identify the best practices of System and Service level monitoring using Solution Manager. I have read a good amount about SAP Solution Manager and the concept of monitoring but need to begin mapping out a monitoring strategy.
We currently utilize the RZ20 transaction and basic CCMS monitors such as watching for update errors, availability, short dumps, etc.. What else should be monitored in order to proactively find possible issues. Are there any best practices you all have found when implimenting Monitoring for new solutions added to the SAP landscape.... what are common things we would want to monitor over say ERP, CRM, SRM, etc?
Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions!

Hi Mike,
Did you try the following link ?
If not, it may be useful to some extent:
http://service.sap.com/bestpractices
---> Cross-Industry Packages ---> Best Practices for Solution Management
You have quite a few documents there - those on BPM may also cover Solution Monitoring aspects.
Best regards,
Srini
Edited by: Srinivasan Radhakrishnan on Jul 7, 2008 7:02 PM

Best practice for integrating a 3 point metro-e in to our network.

Hello,
We have just started to integrate a new 3 point metro-e wan connection to our main school office. We are moving from point to point T-1?s to 10 MB metro-e. At the main office we have a 50 MB going out to 3 other sites at 10 MB each. For two of the remote sites we have purchase new routers ? which should be straight up configurations. We are having an issue connecting the main office with the 3rd site.
At the main office we have a Catalyst 4006 and at the 3rd site we are trying to connect to a catalyst 4503.
I have attached configurations from both the main office and 3rd remote site as well as a basic diagram of how everything physically connects. These configurations are not working ? we feel that it is a gateway type problem ? but have reached no great solutions. We have tried posting to a different forum ? but so far unable to find the a solution that helps.
The problem I am having is on the remote side. I can reach the remote catalyst from the main site, but I cannot reach the devices on the other side of the remote catalyst however the remote catalyst can see devices on it's side as well as devices at the main site.
We have also tried trunking the ports on both sides and using encapsulation dot10q ? but when we do this the 3rd site is able to pick up a DHCP address from the main office ? and we do not feel that is correct. But it works ? is this not causing a large broad cast domain?
If you have any questions or need further configuration data please let me know.
The previous connection was a T1 connection through a 2620 but this is not compatible with metro-e so we are trying to connect directly through the catalysts.
The other two connection points will be connecting through cisco routers that are compatible with metro-e so i don't think I'll have problems with those sites.
Any and all help is greatly welcome ? as this is our 1st metro e project and want to make sure we are following best practices for this type of integration.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Jeff

Jeff, form your config it seems you main site and remote site are not adjacent in eigrp.
Try adding a network statement for the 171.0 link and form a neighbourship between main and remote site for the L3 routing to work.
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HTH-Cheers,
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