Using Page History

Page History lists the last 50 pages that you have visited since you last logged in. You can use this list of pages to:

• Quickly revisit pages you've visited recently.

Accessing some pages from Page History may require fewer clicks than accessing them through an application's Search feature or through the Navigator pane. Using Page History to revisit pages is also handy if you've forgotten the exact steps for accessing the page.

• Bookmark a page using your browser's Favorites or Bookmark feature.

For pages that you access very often or so infrequently that you forget how to find the page, add the page to your browser's Favorites or Bookmark list. Like any favorite/bookmark, you can customize the link name and organize links into folders.

• Share the address (URL) for a page with another person who uses the MatrixOne application.

Copy and paste the URL for a page into an email message. Recipients can click the link and go right to the page. As always, if the person isn't already logged in, they will have to do so and the person must have the appropriate access rights to view the page. If the user doesn't have the access rights to view the page, an error message displays.

Page History includes all pages that you visited by clicking links on the:

• My Desk menu
• Actions menu
• global Toolbar
• Navigator pane menus and trees

Page History does not include pages that you visited by clicking links:

• In page Action menus, such as Edit Details, Copy Selected, etc.
• Within tables, such as a link to edit an attribute listed in a table
• For individual IconMail messages, although the IconMail page from the toolbar is included and the attachment page for a message (when you click the Attachment category for a message).

Page history includes all the pages listed above that you visit, even pages for items that are subsequently deleted. For example, suppose you visit the Properties page for a part and then delete that part from the database. Page History will still list the Properties page. If you click the link to go to the Properties page, the system displays an error message.

To use Page History to revisit a page, bookmark pages, or share links to pages

1. Click Page History from the global toolbar.

The Page History page opens, listing up to the last 50 pages you visited since you logged in. If you just logged in or your session times out, no pages are listed. The most recent pages are listed at the top.

For each visited page, Page History shows:

Link Name--For links from the My Desk or Actions menus, the Link Name is the same as the link name on the menu. For links within the Navigator pane, the Link Name is the name of the item whose information you are viewing, such as the part name. Click the link to go to the page.

Suite/Category--For links from the My Desk or Actions menus, this is the application the link is for, such as Sourcing or Team. For links within the Navigator pane, it is the category within the item's menu or tree, such as Attachments. If the link is for the root category, showing the Properties page for the item, this column is empty. For links from the toolbar, "Toolbar" is displayed here.

Address (URL)--The URL for the page, which you can copy and paste into an email message to invite another MatrixOne applications user to visit the page.

2. To revisit a page that you visited during this session, click the link for the page name under the Link Name column.

Depending on where that type of page normally appears, the page either appears in the main application window or in a popup window. For example, search pages and create pages appear in popup windows. Pages that contain a table with rows of items of a particular type, such as a Parts page, and pages that show properties for an item display in the main application window.

The popup window with Page History remains open but is in the background.

3. To copy the address (or URL) for a page so you can invite another user to visit the page:
1. Right-click in the Address (URL) column for the page and choose Select All from the shortcut menu. (Alternatively, use the browser's shortcut for selecting text in a field. For example, in Internet Explorer, triple-click with the left mouse button anywhere in the field. In Netscape, double-click.)
2. Right-click again in the column and choose Copy from the shortcut menu (or press Ctrl+C).
3. Go to the email message or document that you want to include the URL in.
4. With the insert cursor positioned where you want to paste the URL, right-click and choose Paste from the shortcut menu (or press Ctrl+V).
5. Send the email or document to the recipient as appropriate.
4. To bookmark a page so you can return to it quickly using your browser's Favorites or Bookmarks list:
1. Right-click on the link for the page name under the Link Name column.
2. From the shortcut menu, choose the appropriate option for your browser:

- For Internet Explorer, choose Add to Favorites. Rename the page name as needed to ensure that you'll recognize it in the future and specify an appropriate folder.

- For Netscape, choose Add Bookmark. After creating the bookmark, you can edit its name and place it in a folder as needed.

5. To update Page History with pages that you have visited since you opened Page History, move the window to the front and click Refresh from the page Actions menu.
6. When you're finished using Page History, click Done.

Accessing a Bookmarked Page or a Page in a Link Sent to You

To access a MatrixOne application page that you previously added as a favorite or bookmark, choose the page name from the browser's list of favorites/bookmarks.

If you receive an email message that contains a link to a MatrixOne application page, click the link. If the URL isn't clickable, copy and paste it into your browser's address (URL) field.

For both ways of accessing an application page, if you are already logged in and have the appropriate access to the page, the page opens. If you aren't already logged in, you'll have to do so before the page displays.

Depending on where that type of page normally appears, the page either appears in the main application window or in a popup window. For example, pages that contain a table with rows of items of a particular type, such as a Parts page, and pages that show properties for an item display in the main application window. Search pages and create pages appear in a popup window. If you are just logging in and the link is for a page that displays in a popup window, the main application window appears in the background, open to your preferred Home page.