Profiles and Role Centers
Profiles are collections of Microsoft Dynamics NAV users who share the same Role Center. A Role Center is a type of page on which you can place different parts. Each part is a container in which you can host other pages or pre-defined system parts, such as an Outlook part or parts for adding tasks, notifications, or notes.
Configuration and personalization are ways to customize a RoleTailored client to suit the daily requirements and tasks of groups of users or individual users.
Configuration: Modifications that an administrator implements, such as presenting a custom home page to all users of a Role Center.
Personalization: Modifications that an end user makes, such as changing the user interface of a page to fit individual requirements and preferences.
Configuration
An administrator, SUPER user, or Microsoft Certified Partner performs configuration tasks. This person configures the Role Center for a specific role and then assigns users to the Role Center. For example, when Susan, an order processor, uses the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client, she sees the Order Processor Role Center, which has been customized to help her perform her daily tasks. In configuring Susan's Role Center, the administrator has added or removed UI elements, including items in the navigation pane, page parts, and FactBoxes.
Personalization
End users perform all personalization tasks. Examples of user personalization are:
Resizing columns.
Changing the contents of drop-down menus.
Customizing the navigation pane.
Adding or removing FactBoxes.
Organizing items in the Quick Access pane.
Saving queries or filters.
Choosing columns in a list place.
Working with Configuration and Personalization
The following table identifies topics that describe configuration and personalization.
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Learn how to create a profile and assign users to a profile |
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Learn how to work with Role Centers |
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Learn how to start the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client in Configuration mode to configure a Role Center |
How to: Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows Client in Configuration Mode |
Learn how to configure a Role Center |
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Walk through the steps involved in configuring the Order Processor Role Center |
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Walk through the steps involved in personalizing the Order Processor Role Center |