GUI customization

Custom workspaces

The NFM-P supports custom workspaces that allow you to configure and arrange workspace elements to suit your operational requirements. You can save and select custom workspaces and update saved workspaces after an NFM-P upgrade. You must have the required scope of command permissions to customize workspaces. Permissions for workspaces are set by a system administrator. See Chapter 2, NFM-P custom workspaces for more information about custom workspaces.

Span of control

The GUI displays objects and allows object configuration based on the span of control of the user and user preferences. By default, the GUI displays the objects that are included in the View Access and Edit Access spans of the current user. To reduce the number of objects displayed, you can configure user preferences to show only the objects in the Edit Access span of control of the user; see To configure NFM-P user preferences . The user preferences setting affects the display of objects in the GUI. You can temporarily override the user preferences setting when you configure filters to search lists; see To filter using span of control .

For more information about span of control, see the section on creating a span of control in the NSP System Administrator Guide.

User preferences

The NFM-P allows you to configure workspace elements and functions to suit your operational requirements. You can set many preferences using the User Preferences form accessed from the main menu. User preferences are specific to a particular user; the settings are associated with the user ID and are applied to the system when that user is logged in. See To configure NFM-P user preferences for more information about user preferences.

You can set tab preferences to show or hide tabs on forms; see To set local tab preferences for configuration forms . You can also configure custom workspaces; see Chapter 2, NFM-P custom workspaces.

Tab preferences

Some NFM-P property forms contain numerous tabs, which you can display, hide, and arrange in a preferred sequence according to your operational requirements. On some forms, tabs are hidden by default. You can temporarily display hidden tabs, and you can configure and save your tab display preferences; see To set local tab preferences for configuration forms and To temporarily display hidden tabs on property forms .

You can configure a workspace to use local tab preferences or custom tab preferences. Local tab preferences are configured using the tab selector and are saved for a specific user. When your current workspace uses local tab preferences, saved local tab preferences become the default that is displayed when a form opens. Custom tab preferences are saved as part of the workspace, and are not user-specific. See To configure tab preferences .

Local tab preferences can be exported and shared; see To export local tab preferences and To import local tab preferences .

An administrator can configure system preferences to enable or disable tab preferences and to define the default local behavior for hidden tabs. See the section on system preferences configuration procedures in the NSP System Administrator Guide.

Localized language support

The GUI supports localized language display. Localized language display, also known as internationalization, displays GUI text in a specified language. The localized language setting applies to most GUI objects, except system components and database objects. Contact Nokia technical support for more information about localized language support.

Note: The NFM-P supports localized language settings using predefined strings, and does not translate data to different languages.

The XML API does not support language localization.