This section provides an example of how to configure the layout of components on a page. The layout defines the appearance of the page—how many areas are on the page, whether components are arranged horizontally, vertically, in tabbed areas, and so on.
HPE recommends that you plan in advance which components you want to place on your page and how they should be arranged, and then configure your page layout accordingly.
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Background
Adam, an administrator at ACME corporation, wants to set up a page with two components in tabs on the left side of the page, and a vertical area (with components arranged one above the other) on the right side of the page.
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Open a page
Adam opens a new page, which has a horizontal layout by default:
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Split the page
Adam then clicks Split to divide the layout into a left and right pane. The layout is now oriented vertically:
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Create a tab layout in the left pane
Within the layout on the left side, he clicks Switch to tabs to create a tabbed area in the left pane:
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Result
Within the layout, Adam now adds components to the two areas; the components added to the left side of the screen (Top View and View Explorer) are displayed in tabs, and the components added to the right side (Hierarchy and Geographical Map) are displayed vertically:
