An add-on module is a link to any URL that supplements your Comply Plus system. This can be anything from a useful internet or intranet web page to a custom Comply Plus page provided by Sphera. Where an add-on module is available and how it is used depends on the following properties:
● Basic or Parameterized:
● A basic add-on module is simply a link to a URL. Wherever the add-on module is placed, users click it to open its URL.
● A parameterized add-on module functions as a search field using a custom or external search engine. (Example: A parameterized add-on module could provide a Google search from within Comply Plus.) Wherever the add-on module is placed, users enter and submit a search term to get search results in a new window.
● Local or Global:
● A local add-on module can be "licensed" (made available) only at the site where it was created. It is placed on the Add-On Modules page and (optionally) on the SDS Search Center, as viewed from this site. (See Add-On Modules and SDS Search Center, respectively.)
● A global add-on module can be licensed at one or more sites. At each site where it is licensed, an administrator selects whether it appears only on the site's Add-On Modules page or also on the SDS Search Center.
Note: Unlike certain other data items in Comply Plus, add-on modules created at the Corporate site are not automatically global. In the context of add-on modules, the Corporate site is the same as any local site.
To view the add-on modules
available at your site:
Starting at the Application Administration page (How do I get there?), do the following:
● In the menu on the left, under OTHER, click Add-On Modules.
The administrative Add-On Modules page opens, showing all local add-on modules created at your site and all global add-on modules. The properties of each add-on module are shown in the following columns:
● Action:
Not including the edit (
) and delete (
) icons used to edit and
delete your site's add-on modules, this column indicates each add-on module's
current status at your site with one of the following icon combinations:
Add-on module is not
currently licensed at your site and does not appear to users at your site.
Add-on module is licensed at your site. Currently, it appears on
the Add-On modules page only.
Add-on module is licensed at your site. Currently, it appears on
both the Add-On modules page and the SDS Search Center.
● Add-On Module: The name of each add-on module.
● In Use: The number of sites where each add-on module is currently licensed. Click this number to see a list of these sites.
● Global: Indicates whether each add-on module is global (Yes) or local (No).
If you have permission to manage add-on modules, see the following topics for details:
● Creating an Add-On Module: Create a new add-on module to allow users access to a new URL.
● Editing an Add-On Module: Change an add-on module's name, URL, basic/parameterized status, or local/global status.
● Selecting Where an Add-On Module Appears: Select whether and where an add-on module appears at your site.
● Deleting an Add-On Module: Permanently delete an unwanted add-on module.
