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SmartSimple’s Tab Bar functionality allows a user This article covers the Application Connectivity Summary feature, including how to manage multiple tabs within the same instance access it, how it is used, and an explanation of SmartSimpleits various components.  

In many use-cases, such as configuration, it The Application Connectivity Summary diagram is useful used to create multiple tabs within a help administrators visualize the layout of their SmartSimple instance to simplify taskssystem by rendering the consumer-provider relationship between all applications. The tab bar feature allows you to run multiple tabs This both helps promote a more profound understanding of the workings of a given SmartSimple instance simultaneously within a single browser tab. In this way, the feature helps as well as serves as a  tool to improve productivity and user experience aid in SmartSimple.  You will also have the option to enable multitasking, which builds upon the previous split screen features, and allows one to display two tabs of SmartSimple within the same browser window, facilitating effortless side-by-side comparisontroubleshooting. 

A typical external user is unable to edit list views, although they may select between varying list views to change their screen. Only users with the role of [[Global User Administrator|System Administrator]] are able to edit list views.  '''Note:''' A '''Default '''List View should always remain in the system as a generic list of basic details, with no filter assigned to allow free searching.  ===Giving Roles Access How to view the Tab Bar FeatureApplication Connectivity Summary:===To enable Tab Bar Access for users of your system based on their roles, you must be a Global Administrator. Consider which roles in your system should have access to the Tab Bar feature. In most cases, internal users such as staff or reviewers should be given Tab Bar access, while external users, such as applicants, don’t typically need to access this feature.    # Signed in as Global Administrator – Administrator — Click on the '''Menu Icon ''' (9 square grid button).  [[File:Menu Icon.png|thumb|none|70px|Menu Icon]] # Under the "'''Configuration" sub-section''' subsection, select "Global Settings'''Tracking Applications'''."  [[File:Global SettingsTracking Applications.png|thumb|none|150px170px|Global SettingsTracking Applications]]# Go to In the "Security" Tab. Then to "System Feature Permissions." [[File:Security Tab.png|thumb|none|100px|Security Tab]] [[File:System Feature Permissions.png|thumb|none|500px|System Feature Permissions]]# Navigate to the “Feature Permission” Tabupper left-hand corner, and scroll down to “Enable Tab Bar Access.” Add the desired roles and click Save. [[File:Feature Permission Tab.png|thumb|none|150px|Feature Permission Tab]] [[File:Enable Tab Bar Access.png|thumb|none|275px|Enable Tab Bar Access]]# Users must reload their page in their browser before they will see the Tab Bar option in their user menu. Alternately they can logout and log back in. You can reload the page by holding the control (CTRL) key (or the command key⌘ on Mac OS X) and pressing the F5 key on your keyboard.  ===Giving Roles Access to the Tab Bar Feature===If your role has been given access to use the Tab Bar Feature you can toggle this feature on or off. Utilizing Tab Bar functionality is beneficial if you wish to easily compare two separate records in your instance, or if you wish to configure settings and quickly view the results of your recent changes. If Tab Bar Access has previously been enabled for your role by your Global Administrator, then follow these steps to enable the tab bar functionality. If Tab Bar Access has not been previously enabled on your instance by your Global Administrator, follow the steps in the previous section.  select '''To Enable:Application Connectivity Summary''' # Go to the User Menu and under the “Actions” select “Enable Tab Bar.” (If you do not see button, this option, a Global Administrator will need to Enable Tab Bar access within your instance as outlined in display the previous section. Contact your Global Administrator for assistanceApplication Connectivity Summary Diagram.) [[File:Enable Tab Bar User MenuApplication Connectivity Summary Button.png|thumb|none|200px220px|Enable Tab Bar User MenuApplication Connectivity Summary Button]]# You can now add new tabs by pressing the New Tab button (signified by a plus sign) towards the bottom left corner of the browser window, and can close each tab with the “x” located on the right side of the tab.# You can now have multiple tabs of SmartSimple open on a single instance, within a single browser tab. [[File:Tab Bar ActiveApplication Connectivity Summary Diagram.png|thumb|none|350px520px|Tab Bar ActiveApplication Connectivity Summary Diagram]]

{| class="contenttable" style="height: 170px448px;" border=".51" width="12081204"|-||'''Setting'''||'''Description'''                ||'''Example'''|-||Show Details Toggle||The Show Details toggle displays the details of objects displayed in the Connectivity Summary Diagram. This includes the UTA Connection Roles, Consumer Creation Buttons, and Association Based Consumer Creation Buttons.||[[File:Show Details Toggle.png|thumb|none|170px|Show Details Toggle]]|-||UTA View||The Universal Tracking Application (UTA) View displays all UTAs within your instance and the Consumer/Provider relationship between them (signified by the directional arrows).||[[File:UTA View.png|thumb|none|250px|UTA View]]

||SettingLevel View||Description                The Level View shows all Level 1, 2, and 3 entities and the Consumer/Provider relationships between them (signified by the directional arrows).||Example[[File:Level View Dropdown.png|thumb|none|250px|Level View]]

||New Tab ButtonProperties Panel||This button is used to create Upon selecting a new tabdesired UTA or UTA Level in the diagram, the Properties Panel will appear on the right side of your screen. Upon pressing this buttonThis panel displays the object type for the object you have selected, as well as a new tab will open, which can be found in list of what it consumes and/or provides. Also featured within the tab bar at panel is the bottom of Edit Settings Button as well as the screenFocus Button.||[[File:New Tab ResizedProperties Panel.png|thumb|none|110px200px|The New Tab ButtonProperties Panel]]

||TabsEdit Application Settings Button||Select The Edit Application Settings Button opens a tab to open modal window containing the UTA Settings for the page from that tabselected UTA. This is convenient for troubleshooting and configuration.||[[File:Tab Bar ResizedEdit Application Settings.png|thumb|none|300px200px|The Tab BarEdit Application Settings Button]]

||Multitask Focus Button||The Multitask Focus Button is used to allow for split-screen viewing narrow the view of two tabs at a timethe Connectivity Summary Diagram to just the selected UTA/Level Entity and its relevant Consumer/Providers. The two tabs shown in this mode will be This makes it easier to see the connections of the last two tabs selectedentity by hiding non related entities. Select this button Making it easier to toggle the functionality on and offtroubleshoot connectivity issues. ||[[File:Multitask Focus Button.png|thumb|none|110px90px|The Multitask Focus Button]]

||Close Tab Edit Connection Settings Button||The Close Tab Edit Connection Settings Button is used to close opens a tab from modal window containing the tab bar which you do not wish to use anymore. Upon selecting, Connection Settings for the selected tab will closeLevel 1, 2, or 3 Entity. This is convenient for troubleshooting and you will be returned to the previous tab which you were viewingconfiguration.||[[File:Close Tab ButtonEdit Connection Settings.png|thumb|none|110px200px|The Close Tab Edit Connection Settings Button]]