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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 the business needs. For example, you can change the name of a General Information section to Basic Properties.
To change a section name within a Management Center properties view:
Procedure
- Open WebSphere Commerce Developer and switch to the Enterprise Explorer view.
- In 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 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.
- Open the file that to change and identify the property group to work with.
To identify the property group to work with, first determine the property view, the property pane, and then the property group itself.
- Within the file, locate the <wcfPropertyGroup> tag that to change. This 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 the section name.
What to do next
After you complete the customization:
- Right-click LOBTools Project; then click Build OpenLaszlo Project to produce an updated ManagementCenter.swf file under the workspace_dir\LOBTools\WebContent directory. This is the default environment setting.
- Test the changes by viewing them in the Management Center, using this URL: https://hostname:8000/lobtools.
- Deploy the changes to the production environment.
Related concepts
Management Center user interface