Changing a folder's required properties

A folder's required properties includes the folder name, display name, and description.

You must be logged on as a folder owner or an authorized user with the appropriate folder privileges.

To change a folder's required properties:

Note: If you are already in the Folder Manager that you want to work with, skip to step 4.

  1. In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab.

  2. Navigate to Path: Content Areas > Name of Content Area > Folders.

  1. In the Actions column, click Edit next to the folder you want to work with to display the Folder Manager.

Note: If you do not see the folder that you want to work with, this means that you have not been granted the appropriate folder access privileges. See your content area administrator to request folder access.

  1. On the Required tab, edit any of the required properties:

Folder Type

Displays the folder type. The folder type is specified when the folder is created.

Name

Enter a name for the folder to be used internally by Oracle Portal.

Notes:

  • The name must be unique within the content area, and is limited to 60 characters. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and the underscore (_) character. Do not use spaces or other special characters.

  • If you are using direct access URLs to access folders, do not edit this name as this change's the object's path and may cause your path link to break.

Display Name

Enter a display name which appears on the Navigator and throughout the product.

Note:The name must be unique within the content area, and is limited to 256 characters. Any character is allowed including spaces, punctuation, and special characters.

Description

Enter information to describe the purpose or contents of the folder to end users.

Note:The description is displayed in the folder's sub banner.

  1. Click Apply.

  2. Click OK.

Note

  • You can also extend a folder's attributes to permit search and group by functionality across mulitple types of content, store additional information about folders, or to pass information to procedures. See "Adding attributes to a folder type."

Related Topics

What is a folder?

Granting access privileges to your folder