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<style>p { margin: 0; }span.fr-emoticon.fr-emoticon-img { background-repeat: no-repeat !important; font-size: inherit; height: 1em; width: 1em; min-height: 20px; min-width: 20px; display: inline-block; margin: -0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; line-height: 1; vertical-align: middle; } span.fr-emoticon { font-weight: normal; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "NotoColorEmoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", "EmojiSymbols"; display: inline; line-height: 0; } blockquote { border-left: solid 2px #5e35b1; color: #5e35b1; margin-left:0; padding-left:5px;}blockquote blockquote{ border-color: #00bcd4; color: #00bcd4;}blockquote blockquote blockquote{ border-color: #43a047; color: #43a047;} table.grid{ border-collapse: collapse;} table.grid td, table.grid th { border: 1px solid #ddd;} .fr-fic.fr-dib{ display: block; margin: 5px auto;}.fr-fic.fr-dib.fr-fir{ text-align: right; margin: 5px 0 5px auto;}.fr-fic.fr-dib.fr-fil{ text-align: left; margin: 5px auto 5px 0;}.fr-fic.fr-dii{ float: none; margin: 5px auto;}.fr-fic.fr-dii.fr-fil{ float: left; margin: 5px auto;}.fr-fic.fr-dii.fr-fir{ float: right; margin: 5px auto;}img.fr-dib.fr-fir { margin-right: 0; text-align: right;}img.fr-dib.fr-fil { margin-left: 0; text-align: left;}img.fr-dib { margin: 5px auto; display: block; float: none;}img.fr-bordered { box-sizing: content-box; border: solid 5px #CCC;}img.fr-shadow { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px 0px #cccccc;}img.fr-rounded { border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-background-clip: padding; -webkit-background-clip: padding-box; background-clip: padding-box;}</style><p><strong>In this guide we will cover:</strong></p><p><strong>- Configuring the Custom Tab</strong></p><p><strong>- Adding the Custom Tab to an Asset Type</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Configuring the Custom Tab</span></strong></p><p data-pasted="true">Using Iframes within custom tabs will allow you to view a specified URL from within your asset.</p><p><br></p><p>To add custom tabs to your assets you must navigate to Configuration &gt; Custom Objects &gt; Custom Tabs and then set the entity to Assets.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjcwMTY5NjA5LWI0MjQtNGY2Yy04Zjk1LTc2ODg0NzRjYjg3MSJ9.FHJd4l7RxA2KHJOnnpTO1yk0nkChpYVFwdxZQ6_yTkg" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="1218" style="width: 1220px; height: 175.175px;" height="175"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 1. Setting custom tab entity.</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Then when you create your tab, give it a name and set the &quot;Type&quot; to be &quot;Iframe&quot;. Then, enter the URL of the site you would like to embed into this tab.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p data-pasted="true">Dollar variables can be added to the URL, or you may want to Iframe a report for analysis of assets. This can be done in the format of:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>https://{YOURHALODOMAIN}/report?id={REPORT ID}</strong></p><p><br></p><p>It is important to note that by default &quot;reports&quot; will be the value used in the URL, you must change this to &quot;report&quot; in order for the report Iframe to fill the tab screen. For more information on linking to reports, check out this guide: <a href="https://usehalo.com/haloitsm/guides/1771/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Report filters in the URI parameters for report links</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjQ2ZmRmMzI2LTYzNDEtNGNhMC1hNmIxLTNkOTI5NDlhZTJiMiJ9.TJbRhXc4ieQ-aIjKdk2vOcUXHu28dG61b5GRITzHjMs" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="406" height="454"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 2. Creating a custom tab for an Iframe</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Adding The Custom Tab to an Asset Type</span></strong></p><p>Navigate to Configuration &gt; Asset Management &gt; Asset Type and then go to the &quot;Layout&quot; tab. Change the Tab Layout to &quot;Custom&quot;.</p><p><br></p><p data-pasted="true">From here, you can set the visibility of the Tab by clicking on the pencil icon on the custom tab field.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjBiOGE0NWE5LWVkMmQtNGI2YS1iYmQ4LTQ2OWI0ZDQ5YjA1NSJ9.5X2cs_3S778zg1gmB8twX-d-g_rapXWqLbnGE-uOwys" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="1215" style="width: 1217px; height: 361.454px;" height="361"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 3. Custom tab layout</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6ImJmZmU2MWVhLTEwNDYtNDJjMy1iZWRhLTNiMTVlNTI4MTg4OCJ9.koa5ugNxX-mu3iPqDs_w97VoCIOlQ90kg_pSeXzXe1c" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="712" height="321"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 4. Set visibility of tab</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Now when you view an asset of that asset type, the tab will show.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjU4MTVjYjk4LWVkYzQtNGViZC1hM2FkLTJlMTcxYzc3ZWEzYiJ9.9kgnve1_6QVlYwv0I4ZrYbng9YBTXSLJRhPXMM92as0" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="1220" style="width: 1222px; height: 631.639px;" height="632"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 5. New custom tab against the asset</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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