Adding an Environment

You can create a new environment or import existing environments to your portal.

  1. On the DivePort title bar, select ADMIN > Environments.

    The Environments Closeddialog box opens.

  2. Click New.

    The Add Environment Closeddialog box opens.

    Add environment dialog box.

  3. In the Name box, enter a name for the new environment, and then click OK.

  4. The new environment is added to the environments list, and DivePort assigns an ID to it.

  5. To customize the appearance of an environment, click the Closedchevron to the left of the environment name, and select Settings.

    Location of chevron and context menu.

    The Environment Settings Closeddialog box opens.

    Environment Settings dialog box.

  6. Edit the settings that you want to change, and then click OK.

  7. To allow or restrict user access to the environment, click the Closedchevron to the left of the environment name, and select Access.

    Location of chevron and context menu.

    The Environment Access Settings Closeddialog box opens.

    Environment access settings dialog box.

  8. Use this dialog box to change the default access or add users or groups, and then click OK.
  9. Click OK to close the Environments dialog box.

  1. On the DivePort title bar, select ADMIN > Environments.

    The Environments Closeddialog box opens.

    Environments dialog box.

  2. Click Import.

    The Import Environment Closedwizard opens.

    Import environment dialog box.

  3. Browse to the location from which you want to import an environment, select a portaldb file, and then click Next.

    The Import Environment dialog box opens.

  4. Select an environment from the list, and then click Next.
  5. An Import Environment confirmation box opens.

  6. Click OK.

    The imported environment is added to the Environments list.

  7. To customize the appearance of an environment, click the Closedchevron to the left of the environment name, and select Settings.

    Location of chevron and context menu.

    The Environment Settings Closeddialog box opens.

    Environment Settings dialog box.

  8. Edit the settings that you want to change, and then click OK.

  9. To allow or restrict user access to the environment, click the Closedchevron to the left of the environment name, and select Access.

    Location of chevron and context menu.

    The Environment Access Settings Closeddialog box opens.

    Environment access settings dialog box.

  10. If the default access allows, DivePort users and groups can access the environment. Use this dialog box to grant users or groups with non-default access rights, and then click OK.

  11. Click OK to close the Environments dialog box.

  • If any users, groups, or portlet types are found in the imported environment that do not exist in the current portal, you will see a warning to that effect. Missing users and groups are ignored.
  • Portlet errors, such as Cannot locate Marker cause an error indicator Error icon. to display on the toolbar. If this occurs, you can edit the page to modify the portlet instance.
  • The environment ID number is preserved, resulting in duplicate IDs on the portal.
  • If you copy a page, the Page ID is preserved.
  • When DivePort searches for an environment ID or page ID, it uses an algorithm to find the closest environment or page with that ID.
  • If you are using click actions that span environments, and you import an environment with click actions, links between pages in the original environment are preserved and links in the new environment work as well.

 

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