Design a Portal with Display Types

Display types enable you to control the layout and appearance of a Directory Manager portal and its pages. They also enable you to expose the required functionality and data fields in the portal.

You can associate multiple identity stores with a portal and design a different portal for each identity store. Adding links to the navigation bar, adding pages to the portal, and adding fields to pages are some customization examples. In this way, the portal offers a different design and functionality for each associated identity store.

You can customize the following for a portal:

• Search Forms: control the fields to be displayed on different search forms and search result pages in a portal. See the Customize Search Forms and Customize Search Results topics.
• Quick Search: control the schema attributes for quick search to run on. See the Customize Quick Search topic.
• Properties: control what properties of directory objects you want to display in a portal. See the Customize Properties Pages topic.
• Toolbars: customize the buttons on the portal toolbars. See the Customize the Toolbars topic.
• Navigation Bar: customize the left navigation bar in a portal. See the Customize the Navigation Bar topic.
• Bad Words List: restrict users from entering bad or offensive words while using a portal. See the Manage the Bad Words List topic.
• Import/Export Attributes: specify schema attributes to be used for importing/exporting members and additional owners for groups. See the Specify Attributes for Import/Export of Group Owners and Members: topic.
• Create Object Wizards: control the schema attributes displayed in the portal for creating different object types. See the Customize the Create Object Wizards topic.
• Query Attributes: control which schema attributes to display in the portal for creating queries for Smart Groups ad Dynasties. See the Specify Smart Group Query Attributes topic.
• Property Validation: manage the schema attributes for user profile validation and group attestation. See the Manage Property Validation Attributes topic.
• Organizational Hierarchy: specify user attributes for display on the organizational hierarchy chart. See the Specify Attributes for Organizational Hierarchy topic.
• Card View: specify the attributes to be displayed on an object card. See the Specify Attributes for the Object Card topic.
• Object List View: specify the attributes to be displayed for similar groups on the Similar Groups tab in group properties. See the Specify Attributes for Object List View topic.

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Design settings are available for a standard Directory Manager portal, and not for a Self-Service Password Reset portal.