A functionality level defines which Information Console user interface features are visible and usable by members of an Encyclopedia volume security role or roles. By default, every uses can access all functionality levels. Functionality levels corresponding to iHub security roles like Intermediate, Advanced, and Administrator, are provided in the comments of the functionality-level.config file. For example, by default every functionality level shows Log out, Options, and Help links on the Information Console banner.

The Intermediate and Advanced levels add a Search link to the documents page and the capability to add tabs, and the Administrator level adds a Customization link, as shown in Figure 3‑1.

Actuate Information Console provides five functionality levels by default. Four functionality definitions specify a corresponding Encyclopedia volume security role that provides access to that functionality level. Table 3‑3 shows the functionality levels and their corresponding security roles. The Administrator level is the Information Console Administrator, not the Encyclopedia volume administrator.

When modifying the configuration file, ensure that functionality levels in the configuration file specify a corresponding security role to enable access to that functionality level. You can modify the built-in levels but you cannot delete them.

The following example shows the definition of the Basic functionality level:

Every functionality level entry in the configuration file must have the five components shown in the following sections.

Enclose the feature within <FeatureID> and </FeatureID> tags. When you omit a feature from a functionality level, the corresponding side menu or banner item is not visible to anyone using that functionality level. For example, the Search feature is not available to the Basic functionality level, so the Search link does not appear in the banner for a user at the Basic functionality level.

The ID identifies the feature for Information Console. The label key appears on the side menu for Documents, Jobs, and Channels, or in the banner for Search and Customization. The link specifies the action that is executed for the feature. The small and large icons represent the feature in the side menu. Only the side menu features use the small and large icons.

Although you can customize the labels and links of all five features, do not change the <ID> or <Labelkey> tag values. Information Console uses these tags to identify the features and perform resource management. The Labelkey provides the resource to use for the feature’s text label.

Changing the Link tag’s value specifies a different action to execute. Changing the icon files changes the side menu’s appearance. The small icons are used by the Treeview skin and are 16x16 pixels. The large icons are used by the Classic skin and are 32x32 pixels. The Tabbed skin does not use icons. Link and icon file names are relative to <context root>.

Specify one subfeature to a line and enclose each subfeature within <SubfeatureID> and </SubfeatureID> tags. Each subfeature is associated with a feature. You cannot include a subfeature in a functionality level if its corresponding feature is not available to that functionality level.