Where do I find tiles?

Tiles are in the same group as before; however, some groups are stacked together (under “Me @ MSU” or “Annual Processes”) to take less space in the navigation.

Previous Location	New Location
Enterprise Business Systems	Enterprise Business Systems
My Approvals & Workflow	My Approvals & Workflow
My Time & Payroll	Me @ MSU → My Time & Payroll
My Personal Information	Me @ MSU → My Personal Information
My Training & Career	Me @ MSU → My Training & Career
My Benefits	Me @ MSU → My Benefits
Supervisor Tools	Supervisor Tools
Actions	Actions
Reports	Reports
Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure	Annual Processes → Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure
Annual Academic Raise	Annual Processes → Annual Academic Raise

 

The EBS Portal now has a condensed, two-level, navigation!

Watch the quick video (3 min., 32 sec.) for a tour of the EBS Portal.

The top header row of the EBS Portal has these features:

• “Open Menu”: an alternate way to navigate (and personalize) 
• Clicking the MSU logo takes you back to the first tab in the tab strip
• As you navigate the “Home” button becomes the name of the page you are on; opening it allows you to navigate back one step
• There is an option to search for tiles by name or keyword
• The help icon takes you to a page-specific help document
• The notifications icon shows when a notice is available
• The “Profile” has log off, recently/frequently used tiles, and settings

The tab strip is arranged based on feedback from employees:

• Build “ My Home ” to meet your needs (always first unless disabled)
• “ Enterprise Business Systems ” gives you quick access to other systems
• “ My Approvals & Workflow ” presents tasks awaiting your approval
• Employees who manage other people's information more than their own find their spaces next: “ Supervisor Tools ,” “ Actions ,” and “ Reports ”
• “Me @ MSU”: familiar pages with your own information:
  • My Time and Payroll
  • My Personal Information
  • My Career & Training
  • My Benefits
• “Annual Processes,” tiles only used part of they year, is at the end 
  • Annual Academic Raise
  • Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure

 

Learn five ways to navigate the EBS Portal (1 min., 12 sec.):

• Predefined tabs across the top
  See “Rearrange Tabs” below
• Customizing “My Home”
  See the three “My Home” sections below
• “Open Menu” in the upper left can take you to any group of tiles, and directly to any tile placed in “My Home”
• “Recent Activities” and “Frequently Used” tiles lists are in your “Profile”
• Search for tiles in the EBS Portal header, including searching by relevant keywords

We were asked, “why aren't the position posting forms part of the ‘HR/Payroll Forms & Cost Redistributions’ forms launchpad?” 

It makes sense, so we moved them.

People with relevant Unit Administrator roles will find those forms in “HR/Payroll Forms & Cost Redistributions,” which is still under the ”Actions" grouping of tiles.

Watch the 1 minute, 8 second second "Posting Forms" video for a demonstration.

Any rearrangement of tiles that you “personalized” from the prior EBS Portal may be available to import. Learn how with the "Importing Personalization" video (1 min., 6 sec.).

If you had personalized the EBS Portal previously, you may be prompted to import those preferences into the updated EBS Portal.

1. Choose “Start importing now”
2. Select the personalized groups which you would like to import 
3. Select “Import”

Those groups will now appear as sections in your “My Home” tab.

You can further edit "My Home;" see the “Rearrange My Home” section of this page.

“My Home” is your place to build a layout customized to how you do your work. Watch the "Adding Tiles" video to learn more (1 min., 24 sec.).

To add tiles to your “My Home” space:

1. Go to the tab page with the tile
2. Open the “Profile” (person icon) at the top of page
3. Select “Add Tile to My Home”
4. In the corner of the tile, select “Tile Actions” (three dots icon)
5. Select the “Add to My Home” button
6. Go back to “Profile”
7. Select “Exit Add Tiles Mode”

“My Home” now contains those tiles.

Once you've added tiles to your “My Home” page, arrange and size them however you like. Watch the "Rearrange My Home" video to learn more (2 min., 24 sec.).

To modify the layout of “My Home”:

1. Go “Profile” (person icon) at top 
2. Select “Edit My Home”
3. Create new Sections
4. Drag tiles to those sections
   Keyboard users: Use the spacebar to select the context-help and use “Move”  
5. You can also drag sections around
   Keyboard users: Hold down the control key and use the right or left arrow key to reorder.

Optionally, you can resize tiles:

1. Open “Tile Actions” (three dots icon)
2. Choose the tile size:

Link		as needed
Flat Wide Tile	half	twice normal
Flat Tile	half	normal
Wide Tile	normal	twice normal
Tile	normal	normal
Option	Height	Width

 

When complete

1. Go back to “Profile”
2. Choose “Exit Edit Mode”

Note that changing the size of the tile may:

• Truncate the title of the tile
• Remove the subtitle, icon, count, or additional information like “New Windows Opens”

Tiles can be deleted from “My Home” by selecting the “X” in the upper-right corner of the tile while in edit mode.
Keyboard users: Select the tile and hit the Delete key on your keyboard

You can change the order of the tabs at top, and hide “My Home” if you choose to not use it, you can turn it off. Watch the "Rearranging Tabs" video to learn more (1 min., 5 sec.).

To rearrange the tab strip:

1. Use the “Open Menu” button (upper left)
2. Go to “All Spaces”
3. In the “Pinned Spaces” area, drag items in the list to rearrange
   Keyboard users: Hold down the control key and use the up and down arrow keys to move the spaces

To hide or show tabs

1. Use the “Open Menu” button (upper left)
2. Go to “All Spaces”
3. In the “Pinned Spaces” area, unpin a group to hide, or pin to re-add
   Keyboard users: Navigate to the space you want to pin or unpin, switch to browse mode, use the control and down arrow to select the pin button, switch back to forms mode, then use the space bar to toggle the pin on or off

Disable/enable “My Home”

1. Start in the “Profile” icon (upper right)
2. Select “Settings"
3. Go to “Spaces and Pages”
4. Use the checkbox to toggle “Show My Home” on or off
5. Choose “Save”

Choose a different theme or toggle on and off items like “Frequently Used,” “Recently Used,” and the “My Home” tab. Watch the "Other Settings" video to learn more (1 min., 57 sec.).

To make any change below start in the “Profile” (person) icon at top of the EBS Portal, then select “Settings”…

Change theme:

1. Go to “Appearance”
2. Choose the desired theme
3. Choose “Save”

“Recent Activities”/"Frequently Used" on or off:

1. Go to “User Activities”
2. Turn on/off “Track my recent activity and frequently used apps” with the checkbox
3. Choose “Save”

Disable/enable “My Home”:

1. Go to “Spaces and Pages”
2. Turn off/on “Show My Home” with the checkbox
3. Choose “Save”