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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 id="isPasted"><strong>In this guide we will cover:</strong></p><p><strong>- Hierarchy Used for Screen Layout Overrides</strong></p><p><strong>- What are Screen Layouts?</strong></p><p><strong>- Override Locations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hierarchy Used for Screen Layout Overrides</span></strong></p><p>The screen layout(s) that will be used within varying areas of the system will be determined by the following hierarchy:</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;"><br></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">- Customer Area (v2.244+)</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">- Agent</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">- Global</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;"><br></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Screen layouts can be set for the following entities:</p><ul><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Bulk Action Menu</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Navigation Menu</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Customer</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Site</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">User</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Supplier</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Agreement</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Supplier Contract</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Purchase Order</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4285em;">Prospect</li></ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What are Screen Layouts? </span></strong></p><p>Screen layouts allow you to customise the tabs and system fields that show against selected entities, useful for streamlining views and enforcing access restrictions.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Screen layouts are configured under Configuration &gt; Advanced settings &gt; Screen Layout profiles. From here you will need to use the dropdown in the top right to control which entity you would like to configure a screen layout profile for.&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6ImFkZDM3MTQ4LTc5M2YtNDFmMy1hNWQ3LTBjMjYxYTkxNmNmZiJ9.OcLtFN08GyO5lZH5ZX-Grpic59arieuRvSD62oOLVx4" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="489" style="width: 491px; height: 414.309px;" height="414"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 1. Screen Layout Profile Entity</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Each entity will have slightly different options in terms of what is available to configure for it&#39;s screen layout profile, but they mostly follow the same structure. When setting up a screen layout profile you will need to configure:</p><p><strong>Tab Layout - </strong>Here you can control which tabs within the entity show and the order they appear.</p><p><strong>Details Screen Layout (only applicable to some entities) - </strong>Here you can control which fields within the entity&#39;s details appear and the order they show.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>System field visibility (only applicable to some entities) -</strong> Here you can control which system fields for the entity show.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Multiple screen layouts can be created for the same entity, allowing you to have different layouts for different agent and/or areas.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Override Locations</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Customer Areas (v2.244+)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From v2.244+ screen layout profiles can be set for <a href="https://www.usehalo.com/guides/2449" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">customer areas</a> for the following entities:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Customer</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Site</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">User</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Set these under Configuration &gt; Tickets &gt; Areas &gt; change Use to Customers &gt; New.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6ImJmNmVkNjgxLWJjMWUtNDkzMy1hZjRiLWYzOWViY2VmMjM3NCJ9.S3Ug8gHeWhVGrmEiE4Ph0hhB3X6G1a3kHAo93Xcitac" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="1740" style="width: 1742px; height: 991.234px;" height="991"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 2. Customer Area Screen Layout Override</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The layouts chosen here will only apply when viewing customers, sites or users within this area. When agents are, this screen layout will override all other screen layouts set.&nbsp;<br></span></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Agent</span></strong></p><p>Within the Agent&#39;s profile (Configuration &gt; Teams &amp; Agents &gt; Agents or &quot;My account&quot;) &gt; Preferences tab, scroll to the &quot;Screen Layouts&quot; dropdown.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjdhMTk3ZmI5LWJhMmYtNDg1ZC04NGVhLWZjNmQxZGE2ZDNiNCJ9.802iDAjKq2-QBkL1eoXtPhH3vBfsJ5XdHJv-REuVFfA" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="442" height="605"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 3. Agent screen layout override</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Global</span></strong></p><p>In Configuration &gt; Advanced Settings, scroll to the &quot;Screen Layouts&quot; section. Here you can make new Screen Layout Profiles through the button shown, then set the global defaults below that.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://halo.haloservicedesk.com/api/attachment/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6ImNjNGE4YWQzLTUzZGEtNDNkOC1hYThiLTdmNjNjOTZmYjdjMyJ9.lEqKF2QA6t8HXY4mvREMAWw5eaW4hWxNen8dkGtuVyM" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" width="309" height="522"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fig 4. Global screen layout setting</span></strong></p>
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