Creating Custom Navigations

You can give users quick access to just the screens they need to perform their jobs. For example, a records clerk might only need access to job and training history records, while a shift supervisor would need access to information about employees on his or her shift. To meet these requirements, you can create a navigation page that includes links to certain screens. You can also specify a particular Help topic to appear along with the screen.

For example, a records clerk might have a navigation page that looks like this:

NOTE: Users must have sufficient Functional Security rights to view the pages referenced in a link. For example, a user must have "Supervisor" privileges or higher to view the records of other employees.

You'll create the navigation page in your HTML editor, such as Microsoft FrontPage, or a text editor, like Windows Notepad. If you're using an HTML editor, you'll enter the link directly in the HTML source code. To edit source code in FrontPage, select the HTML tab. The syntax for the link is as follows:

<A HREF="https://ServerName/ActiveLearner/Templates/WC_Main.ASP
?LicCode=LicenseCode
&ReqPage=PageName
&HelpPage=HelpTopic.htm">

 

ServerName	domain or IP address of your Active Learner server, such as 206.7.11.47 or mycompany.com
LicenseCode	license code assigned during the installation of your Active Learner server. Contact your Active Learner administrator for this information.
ReqName	name of the screen that should be displayed. Refer to the list of Management Center screens.
HelpPage	file name of the Help topic that should appear with the screen. The &HelpPage link is optional. If you do not specify a Help topic, the default topic for the screen is loaded. Refer to the list of Help topic file names.

Hint When you view an Active Learner page, its link appears in the Address box at the top of the Internet Explorer window. (You must not be in FullScreen mode, and you must select ToolBars/Address Bar on the View menu.)

Example:

To create this link:

Update training history records

Enter this command in the HTML source code:

<A HREF="https://206.7.11.49/ActiveLearner/Templates/WC_Main.ASP
?LicCode=AL5_VAL
&ReqPage=LIST_TRAININGHISTORY
&HelpPage=Training_History_add.htm">
Update training history records</A>

(Your server name and license code would be different than this example.) 

File Name References:

Screen Names

Help Topics

Adding Queries to a Custom Navigation

In another section of this Overview, you'll learn about Finding Answers to Training Questions. That section describes the powerful query capabilities of the Management Center. For example, you can display a list of enrolled classes for all employees on shift A. You can then save the steps that produce this list as a "query" that can be run again anytime. If you make your saved query public, then others can also run it.

Once you've learned how to perform and save queries, you may want to add them to a custom navigation page. The link is similar to the one you learned on the previous screen.

<A HREF="https://ServerName/ActiveLearner/Templates/WC_Main.ASP
?LicCode=LicenseCode
&ReqPage=QueryView
&QVID=QueryID">

The QVID is found in the first column on the Query View list.

Example:

To create this link:

View class enrollments for Shift A

If the ID of the saved query is 6, enter this command in the HTML source code:

<A HREF="https://206.7.11.49/ActiveLearner/Templates/WC_Main.ASP
?LicCode=AL5_VAL
&ReqPage=QueryView
&QVID=6">
View class enrollments for Shift A</A>

(Your server name and license code would be different than this example.)