Edit the homepage

You can edit the homepage for the users of Collibra to encourage exploration by providing relevant and contextual content.

This topic describes how to edit the homepage, including how to preview and publish it.

Prerequisites

You have a global role that has the System administration global permission.

Steps

1. Open the homepage.
   Tip The homepage appears when you sign in to Collibra Data Intelligence Platform. You can also go to the homepage from any page by clicking the application logo.
2. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Edit Page.
   The homepage opens in the editor mode.
   Tip If another administrator has edited or is editing the homepage, a message indicating so is shown on the homepage, for example, Draft saved 8 minutes ago by John. You can, however, still edit the homepage.
3. Edit the sections as needed.
   How to edit the sections

   

   No.	Description
   	Enter a title for the homepage.
   	In the first box, enter a greeting. If you want the first name of a user to show in the greeting, enter {Name}. For example, if you enter Hello {Name}, when a user named Jane Doe signs in, the following greeting is shown to her: Hello Jane. If the user does not have a first name, the username is shown. In the second box, enter an introduction. Add an image. How to add an image  Hover your pointer over the current image, and then click Add Content. The Add Content dialog box appears. Enter the required information. Add Image by Link: The link to the image you want to show. If you leave this field blank, the default Collibra homepage image will be shown. Alt text: A meaningful description of the image. If the image fails to load, this description is shown in place of the image. The description also helps screen-reading tools to describe the image. Click Save.
   	In the first box, enter a heading that indicates that users can perform a search, for example, What are you looking for?. In the second box, enter the text you want to be show in the search field to guide users, for example, Search in Collibra.
   	In the box, enter a heading that indicates that users can find content, for example, Where would you like to go?. The top section contains the cards that will be shown on the homepage. The bottom section contains the cards that will not be shown on the homepage. To move a card from one section to another, drag the card to where you want it in the section. While a total of 5 cards are available, you can show up to 3 cards on the homepage. Tip On the My Quick Links card, you can add, edit, rearrange, and delete quick links.

   No.	Description
   	Enter a greeting. If you want the first name of a user to show in the greeting, enter {Name}. For example, if you enter Hello {Name}, when a user named Mabel Cable signs in, the following greeting is shown to her: Hello Mabel. If the user does not have a first name, their username is shown.
   	Enter the text you want to show in the search field to guide users, for example, Search in Collibra.
   	The top section contains the cards that will be shown on the homepage. The bottom section contains the cards that will not be shown on the homepage. To move a card from one section to another, drag the card to where you want it in the section. While a total of 5 cards are available, you can show up to 3 cards on the homepage. Tip On the Your Quick Links card, you can add, edit, rearrange, and delete quick links.

   Tip 

   • If you want to pause editing the homepage or want to publish the edited homepage later, in the upper-right corner of the page, click Close EditorX, and then click Close Editor. This action saves all your changes but shows the last published homepage in the view mode.
   • If you want to discard all your changes and see the last published version, click , and then click Delete Draft. You can then continue to make new changes to the homepage.
   • If you want to discard all your changes and see the Collibra version of the homepage, which is the original version, click , and then click Restore Collibra Version. You can then continue to make new changes to the homepage. Instead of making new changes, if you want to publish the Collibra version, click Publish.
4. Optional: Click Preview.
   A preview of the homepage is shown.
   Tip If you want to make more changes to the homepage, click Back to Editor.
5. To publish the homepage, click Publish.
   The edited homepage is published to all the users.