Composing view URLs


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By default, the Explorer client website opens to the Welcome page, where the user can begin browsing and searching the repository. The default URL of the site is: http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient or http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx. Under some circumstances or for some users, you might want the website to open to a specific view with a specific document or object tag filter, optionally disable other navigation, and show the items as thumbnails. You can achieve these results by composing a URL that specifies the view to open and other parameters. You can then place the URL in a hyperlink on a different site or in a shortcut on the user's desktop.

The Explorer client URL accepts the optional parameters described in the following table.

Explorer client URL parameters
Parameter	Description
DEFVIEW	Optional display mode in which to show the results pane. May only be used with VIEWID. If this parameter is set to THUMBNAIL, items in the view pane appear as thumbnail images. If this parameter is set to any other or no value, the items appear in a grid view.
DOCFILTER	Optional ID of a document filter to apply to the specified view. The filter specifies which documents are included using property matching. If the filter specifies property value criteria, the property values must be specified in placeholders in the URL. The criterion operator in the filter definition will be used and should not be specified in the URL. If no value is specified in the URL for the property value criteria of a filter, the filter always evaluates to True.
NAVSTATE	Optional display state of the navigation pane in the browser. May only be used with VIEWID. If this parameter is set to HIDE, the pane is collapsed and the results pane expands to full window width. If this parameter is set to any other or no value, the navigation pane is visible.
TAGFILTER	Optional ID of an object tag filter to apply to the specified view. Typically, this filter is used to specify which assets are included using indirect linking. If the filter specifies property value criteria, the property values must be specified in placeholders in the URL. The criterion operator in the filter definition will be used and should not be specified in the URL. If no value is specified in the URL for the property value criteria of a filter, the filter always evaluates to True.
VIEWID	The ID of the view to open. When a document view is specified, all documents will be listed that match the filter specified by DOCFILTER or are related to a tag that matches the filter specified for TAGFILTER. When a tag view is specified, all object tags will be listed that match the filter specified by TAGFILTER or are related to a document that matches the filter specified for DOCFILTER. Required for use with the Meridian Asset Management Module.
VIEWMODE	Optional display mode of the detail pane. If this parameter is set to DETAILS, the details page of the first item in the result set will be shown.

The view and filter IDs can be found in the BlueCielo Application Manager as the names that are automatically assigned to them.

Following are some examples of using the client URL parameters:

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5

Opens the view named DOC_E915.

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5&DOCFILTER=123456

Opens the view named DOC_E915 and applies the document filter named 123456.

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5&TAGFILTER=222222

Opens the view named DOC_E915 and applies the tag filter named 222222.

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5&DOCFILTER=123456&TAGFILTER=222222

Opens the view named DOC_E915, applies the document filter named 123456, and applies the tag filter named 222222.

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5&DOCFILTER=123456&SITEID=ABC

Opens the view named DOC_E915, applies the document filter named 123456, and passes the value ABC for the filter criterion with property SITEID.

http://<ServerName>/ExplorerClient/Home.aspx?VIEWID=DOC_E91E5&DOCFILTER=123456&SITEID=ABC&NAVSTATE=HIDE&DEFVIEW=THUMBNAIL

Opens the view named DOC_E915, applies the document filter named 123456, passes the value ABC for the filter criterion with property SITEID, hides the navigation pane, and displays the results pane in thumbnail mode.