Overview of the new way to design the user interface

The Alfabet 11.9 user interface consists of other configuration items than the user interface for prior releases. The main configuration items are:

• Content Areas

  Content areas are substituting the start pages formerly defined in guide pages and the object views including object cockpits and object profiles. They offer advanced configurability for the user. While the solution designer working with Alfabet Expand provides a default configuration for content areas, users can then decide to change the content area according to their needs. They can add, remove and re-order content.

• Data Workbenches

  Data workbenches are tabular views providing inline editing functionality. Additionally, they offer advanced configurability and reporting functionality to the user. Users can change the table structure, filter the data and build reports about the data in the table. The user defined reports can be saved by the user and added to the user's version of conent areas.

A complete overview of the elements in the new structure and instructions about how to define them is available in the user profile configuration guide.

When you configure new functionality, please consider the following principles:

• Editors and wizards should be avoided. The aim is to provide editability directly in tables (data workbenches) and property groups.
• Substitute object views with class-based content areas.The aim is to provide flexible configurability of workspaces to the user.
• Substitute dashboards and configured reports displaying a collection of subordinate reports with content areas.. The aim is to provide flexible configurability of workspaces to the user.
• Substitute reports based on a CaptureClass template with data workbenches They provide editability without the need to open an editor.
• Substitute tabular reports with data workbenches. They provide editability without the need to open an editor.
• Make coloring compatible with the new custom theme concept. This currently applies to coloring defined for enumeration items and for indicator cards.