Web UI Settings

This section is used to describe the various options available in the System Setup > Users & Groups > System Settings > Web UI Settings.

Some settings may be controlled by licenses that may not be enabled for your system.

Note: Enter the ID—not the Name—of the Object Type.

Control Override Meta-Attribute

This setting is a way to define the control type for an attribute in the workbench on the attribute itself. This means that an admin user can define the control type without needing to open the Attribute Management screen in the Web UI or setting the override control type on the attribute itself when configured on a screen / list via the Web UI designer. Ultimately, this gives a user workbench control over everything about an attribute's configuration, even how it displays in the Web UI.

With this setting, the control type can be controlled in workbench and Web UI by following these steps:

  1. Create a description attribute that is made valid / available for the Attribute object type.
  2. In STEP Workbench, go to Users & Groups (as shown in the above image).
  3. Under Web UI Settings > Control, override meta-attribute, populate the parameter with the description attribute created in step 1.

After setup, users can also control the override setting from the description attribute (set up in step 1) for the specific attribute itself. Refer to the example below:

The following is a list of the attribute values that can be used and is dependent on the validation base type.

Override Control Type Validation Base Type Control override meta-attribute values for workbench (case sensitive)
Checkbox LOV type=Check
Radio LOV type=Radio
Radio with clear option LOV type=Radiowithclearoption
Rich Text Text, Text (exclude tags), Numeric Text, Numeric Text (exclude tags) type=Richtext
Text Area Text, Text (exclude tags), Numeric Text, Numeric Text (exclude tags) Type=Textarea
Text Box Text, Text (exclude tags), Numeric Text, Numeric Text (exclude tags) type=Textbox
Typeahead LOV type=Typeahead

For override control in the Web UI, refer to the information in the Override Control Type Rule topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation (here) and read more about (and review examples) of the control type overrides available. Users should also be familiar with the Attribute Value Component (here) and Attribute Value Group Component (here) topics, also.

If override control is set up in Web UI also, when changes are made in workbench, it also changes (where applicable) in Web UI and vice versa. If a user types in an incorrect / invalid control type in workbench, then no changes are made in the Web UI.

Default Context

This setting determines the default context that will be displayed when signing into the Web UI by a user for the first time. It does not control how many contexts are available to the user once they are signed into the Web UI. This means that if the setting is set to an English context and a user wants to view an object in French, then the user can change the context to French. It will stay in the French context every time the user signs into Web UI until it is changed by the user.

Default Workspace

This setting determines the default workspace that will be displayed when a user signs into the Web UI for the first time. However, after a user signs into the Web UI, they can change the default workspace if desired.

When working in the Approved workspace, the 'Approved' workspace indicator is highlighted.

Web UI Supplier Classification Object Type

This option determines the object type that is 'assigned' to a Web UI user via the supplier user group and its associated classification(s). These object types connect the 'root node' for each of the created suppliers. Filling in this information is only required if you are setting up a Web UI that will include a supplier hierarchy. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Web UI Supplier Products Classification Object Type

Working in conjunction with the selected 'Web UI supplier classification object type,' this option identifies the root node where the supplier's products reside. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Assets Classification Object Type

This option identifies the object type that was created for storing the supplier's assets. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Batches Classification Object Type

This option identifies the root node where the batch classification objects reside. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Batch Classification Object Type

This option identifies the object type for the batch folders that reside under the batches classification object type. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Supplier Privileges Entity to Classification Reference Type

This option links supplier entities to the corresponding classification.

Important: When configuring the entity to classification reference type, you must set 'Externally Maintained' to 'Yes,' and set 'Allow Multiple References' to 'No.'

This setting is available when the Supplier Self-Service Onboarding commercial license is enabled on a system. Contact Stibo Systems to begin the process of enabling a license or licenses for your system. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Web UI Supplier Entity Classification Object Type

Working in conjunction with the selected 'Web UI supplier classification object type', this option identifies the root node where the supplier's entities reside.

This setting is available when the Supplier Self-Service Onboarding commercial license is enabled on a system. Contact Stibo Systems to begin the process of enabling a license or licenses for your system. For more information regarding a Supplier Item Web UI setup, refer to the Supplier Web UI Setup Guidedocumentation here.

Proof View Stylesheet Attribute

The REST API proof view uses style sheets that are defined in an XML file. This XML must exist as an Asset in the STEP database.

For a standard product proof view, a default set of style sheets is utilized. If for certain products, there is a need to use a different set of style sheets, loaded as an asset to STEP, the metadata attribute specified in this option is used to point to that asset. Thus, different products may display in different styles depending on the style setups in the different XML files. The population of the metadata must have the ID of the asset and it must exist and must be a valid XML file. Otherwise, the 'default' styles are used.

Note: This option refers to the REST API proof view, not the InDesign proof view.

Step-users Web UI Batches Folder

The value entered is the ID of the classification folder into which an operator on the User Web UI may create batch folders and link products into them as a sort of private 'collection' of products.

Step-users Web UI Assets Folder

The value entered is the ID of the classification folder into which an operator in the User Web UI may upload into or download from. It is expected that the Assets folder that is used for the uploads is only a temporary holding area for the assets and that they will subsequently be moved into their 'proper' folder within the assets hierarchy in the STEP system.

Note: The 'Step-user' referred to in this option is one that has logged in to the User Web UI.

Context Help Metadata Attribute

The Context Help metadata attribute functionality allows a user to select the description attribute that contains the help text for use in Web UI. An example of what the help text does is shown in the image below. After the attribute has been created, the ID of the attribute should be entered. For more information about using the Context Help metadata attribute, refer to Attribute Help Text in Web UI in the Web User Interfaces documentation here.

Link Type for Vendor Classification to Product Link

This setting is where the Reference Type that has been defined to use for products associated to a Web UI users' Supplier Products Folder is added. Once configured, products created through the Supplier Item Web UI automatically link to the supplier's classification structure. As shown in the image below, the Reference Type ID is entered and will be made available for use in the Web UI.

Enable All-view for Users that are a Member of Multiple Suppliers

If set to 'Y,' this setting enables a supplier user that is a member of multiple supplier groups to have views across all the groups when looking at tasks. For more information about the multiple views for suppliers, refer to the All-View Across Multiple Suppliers section of Supplier Web UI Setup Guide topic here.