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Scenario:
A user is granted access to a series of Valence apps for the 1st time. They start looking into the apps they have access to but are curious about things like:
"What files does application-x update?"
"What functionality is included with application-y?"
"Does application-z have a mechanism to prevent multiple users from changing the data at the same time?"
"If I upload this Excel spreadsheet into the app, and click "Commit", what impact does that have?"
So, I'm fairly certain I know how I would approach this from a "custom" point of view. I'd create a either a PF or IFS file that contains the program documentation, and pull this documentation up in a window. The window can be pulled up through a help button on the app. This could be extended so that a list of documentation materials will be made available (pdf's, doc's, url's to youtube videos or even embedded videos).
My curiosity is could CNX develop a way to add this material through the portal's App maintenance application? I don't know how this would be deployed in terms of "where would the help button be". Maybe it wouldn't be anywhere and we have to add it as a Valence specific widget (valence.help.button or something). However, the key point being that the configuration for the content of the help box/window would be stored at the App maintenance application. Hope that makes sense.
A user is granted access to a series of Valence apps for the 1st time. They start looking into the apps they have access to but are curious about things like:
"What files does application-x update?"
"What functionality is included with application-y?"
"Does application-z have a mechanism to prevent multiple users from changing the data at the same time?"
"If I upload this Excel spreadsheet into the app, and click "Commit", what impact does that have?"
So, I'm fairly certain I know how I would approach this from a "custom" point of view. I'd create a either a PF or IFS file that contains the program documentation, and pull this documentation up in a window. The window can be pulled up through a help button on the app. This could be extended so that a list of documentation materials will be made available (pdf's, doc's, url's to youtube videos or even embedded videos).
My curiosity is could CNX develop a way to add this material through the portal's App maintenance application? I don't know how this would be deployed in terms of "where would the help button be". Maybe it wouldn't be anywhere and we have to add it as a Valence specific widget (valence.help.button or something). However, the key point being that the configuration for the content of the help box/window would be stored at the App maintenance application. Hope that makes sense.