Core Plugins/Hooks

This page describes the Plugins and hooks offered by the module.

For general information on plugins, see Plugins.

Plugins

Network Indicator

This plugin contains a colored icon that shows the current connection status to the server as well as network activities and the maintenance mode.

Theme Switcher

Menu or toolbar (depending on the location of the plugin assignment) for selecting a BPC theme. The BPC is reloaded with the selected theme after the selection.

See also Theme Switcher

Breadcrumb

This plugin contains a breadcrumb that shows the user which branch he is in within an application.

See also Breadcrumb

Module-Navigator

This plugin contains a widget that allows users to navigate to the next or last module.

See also Module navigator

Share current view

This plugin offers a button to retrieve the URL to the current view from the BPC. This URL can be shared with other users.

Deployment

This plugin provides a button to transfer individual modules and BPC configurations from one BPC installation to another within the BPC.

See also Deployment

Replication Status

This plugin displays an icon that shows the status of a replication job in color. Additional information about the replication is displayed when the mouse is hovered over the icon.
By default, the color of the icon is green (OK), orange (WARNING) or red (ERROR). The tooltip contains information about the time of the last replication update as well as potential errors or warnings.

This plugin displays a button that redirects to external web URLs.

See also External Link

This plugin displays a button that redirects to internal BPC modules.

See also Internal Link

Hooks

Module Header

Display of plugins in the module header. This applies globally to all modules and their module headers.

Many modules offer additional hooks for integrating plugins in the module header. However, these only apply to the respective modules.

plugin hook module header

Global menu

Display of plugins in the global menu.

plugin hook global menu

BPC toolbar left

Plugins can be placed in the BPC toolbar on the left-hand side using this hook.

plugin hook toolbar left

BPC toolbar right

Plugins can be placed on the right-hand side of the BPC toolbar via this hook.

plugin hook toolbar right

Admin tab panel

Plugins can be added as tabs on the overview page in the administration area via this hook.

At this point, it is advisable to set a title via the cmpConfiguration in the plugin configuration if the plugin has no title defined.

plugin hook admin tabpanel