Using Configurable Portal widgets
Configurable Portal widgets provide you with the ability to configure the behavior, content, and layout of a portal by configuring instance options.
By using configurable widgets, you can configure widget behavior, visual appearance, and content to update the information presented on the widgets. Configurable widgets also reduce the amount of work required to implement and maintain widgets for your users.
Configurable Portal widget benefits
Configurable Portal widgets offer the following benefits:
- Configurable behavior: Configure widget instance options to achieve behavioral variations tailored to your business environment.
- Reusability: The ability to update instance options enables you to reconfigure widgets having to create new widgets from scratch.
- Visual experience: Improve the usability and aesthetics of widgets and their conformance to your organization's look and feel by configuring visual aspects including colors, alignment, and styles.
- Content modification: Control the data sources or content that you want to display on the portal by mapping the widgets to data sets and configuring filters or parameters to control the information presented.
- No code or low code configuration: Update the data, behavior, and presentation of the widgets with minimal code or by updating the instance options.
For more information on using configurable widgets in your customer portals, see Using portal widgets.
Widget instances
You can use widget instances to configure the location, properties, and CSS specific to that instance. For more information, see Configure widget instances.