UI Page Structure and Terminology

he EmpowerID web user interface comprises pages within the UI container role as well as the user interfaces provided by microservices applications (e.g., IAM Shop, My Identity, etc.). Understanding the defined structure of the user interface within the UI container role is beneficial for supporting the EmpowerID platform and communicating with EmpowerID support staff.

Key features of the pages in the UI container role include:

A responsive design web application built using Microsoft http://ASP.NET MVC and HTML5.
A brandable user interface that can be customized and styled using CSS and JavaScript.
The ability to "override" out-of-the-box pages with custom pages by copying your custom page of the same name into a mirrored folder structure called "Overrides."
Pages can be classified based on a few specific templates that are repeated for different types of objects (e.g., People, Groups, etc.).

Navigation Sidebar

The Navigation Sidebar is the primary tool for navigating through the pages of the EmpowerID website and searching for people and various types of resources.
Notably, the sidebar is "security trimmed," meaning that the number of sections and links visible to a user depends on the level of access granted by your organization.
Additionally, the sidebar includes the Global Search control for quick and easy searches.

Find Pages

In the EmpowerID system, each object type has a Find page that displays the objects of that type stored or referenced in the Identity Warehouse.
The URL for Find pages is: https://%yourserver%/ui#Common/Find/%ObjectName%
On the server, Find pages are located under %InstallFolder%\EmpowerID\Web Sites\EmpowerID.Web.PortableAreas.Common\Views\ObjectTypeSearch
Find pages usually consist of one or more tabs listing objects of that specific type
Optionally, Find pages can also feature a Tree pane of locations on the left and an action pane of workflows and page actions on the right.
Management Roles Find Page in the EmpowerID UI

View One Pages

View One pages display a single instance of any object. For example, when clicking on a group link in the Find Group page, the next page to load is the View One page for that group.

Key characteristics of View One pages include:

They are typically read-only and used to display information about an object and any related data.
Multiple View One pages can exist for a specific object type to display only relevant fields when a single type has various subtypes (e.g., Account for AD versus Account for Office 365).
The specific View One page to be loaded is determined by logic on the SQL view and configured in ResourceTypeFormIdentifiers, which define each subtype and the View One and Editone to load.
View One pages are located:
- %InstallPAth%Root\UI\Web Sites\EmpowerID.Web\EmpowerID.Web.PortableAreas.Common\Views\ViewOne\Details
View One Page for a Management Role in the EmpowerID UI

Edit One Pages

Edit One pages display a single editable instance of any object. For example, when clicking on a group link in the group's View One page, the next page to load is the Edit One page for that group.

Key characteristics of Edit One pages include:

Multiple Edit One pages can exist for a specific object type to display only relevant fields when a single type has various subtypes (e.g., Account for AD versus Account for Office 365).
The specific Edit One page to be loaded is determined by logic on the SQL view and configured in ResourceTypeFormIdentifiers, which define each subtype and the View One and Edit One to load.

Edit One pages are located at:

%INSTALLPATH%\Root\UI\Web Sites\EmpowerID.Web\EmpowerID.Web.PortableAreas.Common\Views\EditOne

Each Edit One page sends its edited data to one or more workflows for processing.

Edit One page for a Management Role in the EmpowerID UI

ResourceTypeFormIdentifiers

ResourceTypeFormIdentifiers determine the specific View One and Edit One pages to load for an object, based on the logic configured in the SQL view. These identifiers define each subtype and their corresponding View One and Edit One pages.

You can view and configure ResourceTypeFormIdentifiers in the EmpowerID UI by visiting the following URL: https://%yourserver%/ui#Common/Find/ResourceTypeFormIdentifier

ResourceTypeFormIdentifier Find Page in the EmpowerID UI

Report Pages

Report pages use the same template as Find pages and are designed to show some specific view of the data

Reports Page in the EmpowerID UI

Run Workflow Page

Workflows in EmpowerID can be executed as either anonymous or authenticated:

Anonymous workflows run from the following URL: https://%yourserver%/ui#aw/%workflowname%
Authenticated workflows run from the following URL: https://%yourserver%/ui#w/%workflowname%