Access all the useful applications from a unified application from the Applications widget from your employee portal. You can see list of related applications when you browse topics and launch the application.

Before you begin

Role required: sp_admin

About this task

Using the application launcher with the Employee Center Pro, You can provide one-click access to the applications and configure the instance options to control the appearance of the widget, such as the icon and description. For more information, see App Launcher.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Self-Service > Employee Center.
   The Employee Center home page is displayed.
2. To configure the appearance, press and hold the control key, right-click the Applications widget, and select Instance Options.
3. On the form, select the options:

   Table 1. Instance options for Applications

   Field	Description
   Title of widget	Title of the widget, for example My applications
   Application count	Number of the applications you want to display on the widget
   Card display view	Display view preference of the card. Either the app icon or the title is required with other options. Select the app icon or the title from the following options. Icon, Title, Description Icon, Title Icon, Description Title, Description Icon only Title only
   Load configuration	Order in which the page and widgets data loads. Select one of the following options: Asynchronous: First the page loads, then the widgets data loads. Users see content appear in the widgets as soon as each individual widget loads. Synchronous: Page and widget data loads at the same time. The page remains blank until all the data loads.
   Show empty state	Option to show the widget with empty state message.
   Widget behavior during high load	Option to show the view from the available options: None Lite view: Select this option to display a message that the portal is experiencing heavy usage. Regular view: Select this option for regular view.

4. Click Save.
5. Click View all to see all the applications.

What to do next

After instance option configuration, your employees can access both custom and azure applications, manage the appearance of the widget, and access applications from topics.