Core Plugins/Hooks

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

For general information about plugins, see Plugins.

Plugins

Network Indicator

This plugin includes a colored icon that displays the current connection status to the server, as well as network activity and maintenance mode.

Theme Switcher

Menu or toolbar (depending on where the plugin is assigned) for selecting a BPC theme. After selection, the BPC is reloaded with the selected theme.

See also Theme Switcher

Breadcrumb

This plugin includes a breadcrumb that shows the user where they are within an application.

See also Breadcrumb

ModuleNavigator

This plugin includes a widget that allows users to navigate to the next or previous module.

See also Module Navigator

Share Current View

This plugin provides a button to retrieve the URL for the current view in BPC. This URL can be shared with other users.

Deployment

This plugin provides a button that allows you 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 indicates the status of a replication job using color. Additional information about the replication is displayed when you hover over the icon with the mouse.
By default, the icon color indicates green (OK), orange (WARNING), or red (ERROR). The tooltip contains information about when the replication was last updated, as well as any potential errors or warnings.

Online User List

This plugin displays users who are currently logged into BPC.

See also Online User List

Notifications

This plugin displays a button showing the number of unread notifications. A window displaying the notifications appears when the button is clicked.

See also Notifications

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

Security Cockpit

This plugin displays an icon that is color-coded and shows the current overall rating from Security Cockpit in the tooltip.

See also Security Cockpit

Chat

This plugin displays an icon to open a simple, stateless chat. New messages are sent to all logged-in users. The chat history is not saved and is lost when you log out, reload, or close the page.

See Chat

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 into the module header. However, these apply only 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 on the left side of the BPC toolbar using this hook.

plugin hook toolbar left

BPC Toolbar Right

Plugins can be placed on the right side of the BPC toolbar using this hook.

plugin hook toolbar right

Admin Tab Panel

This hook allows plugins to be added as tabs on the overview page in the administration area.

At this point, it’s a good idea to set a title via ` cmpConfiguration ` in the plugin configuration if the plugin hasn’t defined a title.

plugin hook admin tabpanel