Big Button Panel

Displays a navigation panel that combines a larger, category-defining image with a list of links (to a navigation item, navigation code, content record, URL, or URL shortcut). You can also use this iPart to create links that make it easy for staff to perform routine tasks for contacts such as running reports, registering for events, and ordering on their behalf.

• Name - Enter a name for the content item. This text appears during design mode (configuration).
• Title - Enter the text to display above this iPart on the rendered page. If blank, no title displays.
• Do not render in design mode - Select this option to prevent content record data from being loaded in the content editor. This improves performance during design time (configuration).
• iPart CSS class - (optional) Enter the name of a CSS class that will be applied to the iPart at runtime. Add this CSS class to an appropriate style sheet. Using such classes lets you apply special formatting to targeted iParts in a reusable way.
• Display a border around this content - Select this option to display a border around this iPart on the rendered page.
• Display content within a collapsible panel - Enable to allow users to minimize the panel within the page, to work with dense pages more efficiently.
• Show the content as collapsed - Enable to display the panel minimized by default.
  Tip: Be sure that the Title makes clear what data is hidden from view.
• Panel image - (optional) Enter the URL to an image to display within the panel. The URL can be absolute (http://example.com/myImage.jpg//example.com/myImage.jpg) or relative (~/images/myImage.jpg).
• Mode - Select a mode for the Big Button Panel:
  • Navigation - Select this mode if you only want to offer a list of links. The options to filter by a URL parameter and to trigger working On Behalf Of someone are not available in Navigation mode.
  • Actions - In this mode, links can also contain URL parameters that use dynamic filters. For example, you can pass the ID for the selected contact to the target page, which you can then use in iParts or to run reports for the contact. An additional option is also available to trigger working On Behalf Of someone.
• Open links in a pop-up - Select this option to open links clicked within the Big Button Panel in a pop-up window. This option is useful, for example, if you want to quickly run a report or view information about the selected contact.
• Navigation item - (only available in Navigation mode) Either select a navigation item or enter a navigation code for content to display within the panel.
  • Child levels to display - If the navigation item selected has child navigation items within the sitemap, enter the number of levels to display. If you enter 0, all descendants are displayed. If you enter 1 or more, only that number of navigation levels is displayed. 
• Additional links / Actions - Click Add, enter the link information, then Save to add links to display within the panel.
  • Link Text - Enter the text to display for the link. If left blank, the text is automatically generated based on the title of the navigation item, content, or page title.
  • Link Target - Enter the target of the link, which can include URLs, URL shortcuts, navigation paths, content paths, or navigation codes.
  • URL Parameter - (only available in Actions mode) Add a URL parameter if the Link Target contains iParts or an SSRS report that can accept a URL parameter value as input. You can use dynamic variables in the URL parameter if needed. For example, if you are linking to a report that can filter results based on the value of a ContactKey URL parameter, enter ContactKey=@selecteduser, so that you can easily run the report for the currently selected user. You can use the following dynamic variables:
    • Filter by ContactKey and UserKey properties:
      • @LoggedInUser and @Me: Both filter by the currently logged in user.
      • @SelectedUser and @SubjectContact: Filters by a selected contact, such as contacts selected through On-Behalf-Of or user impersonation.
    • Filter by ID:
      • @SelectedID: For authenticated users, this variable filters by a selected ID, such as contacts selected through On-Behalf-Of or user impersonation.
      Pass in date properties:
      • @Date: Passes in the current date.
      • @Now: Passes in the current date and time.
  • OBO - (only available in Actions mode) Select this option if you want to set the currently selected contact as the On-Behalf-Of contact.