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.. _home_page_and_navigation_target:

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EDG Home Page and Navigation
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Many EDG views are oriented toward a particular type of asset collection, such as *taxonomy*, *ontology*, *data asset collection*, etc.
Every view has a header that provides breadcrumb navigation, global lookup, and special application links.
There is also a collapsible left-navigation menu and that provides direct links to all of the asset collection types and to
other top-level functions and views.
The entire left-navigation menu can be toggled down to icons via the left-arrow at the top, and the main menu sections
can be expanded/collapsed by selecting the +/- |dashboard nav bar| in the top right hand corner of the section.

.. figure:: _images/edg_home_page.jpg
  :alt: TopBraid EDG Home Page
  :align: center
  :class: edg-figure

  **TopBraid EDG Home Page**


The main home view provides access to top-level EDG searches and other personalized widgets.
See below for customizing the EDG landing page.

* *Create New*: Initiates creating a new EDG collection. (see more below)
* *Global Lookup*: This searches across all EDG resources by label prefix. (see more below)

.. index:: Workflow

* *Workflow summary*: Shortcut to the logged on users open workflows.
* *My Tasks*: This widget is a personal view of open tasks assigned to the user.
* *What’s Happening*: Lists important actions of users in the EDG system.
* *Search the EDG*: Application wide faceted searching across selected EDG resources. (see more below)
* *Recently Viewed Collections*: This widget is a personal view of the last 5 collections viewed by the user.
* *My Governance Roles*: This widget shows which Subject Areas a user is a member of and their Governance Role within that Subject Area.
* *Asset Collection Summary*: Counts of each Collection in the EDG system. Users actual count may differ depending on permission to collections.
* *Left navigation menu*: Collapse by clicking the arrow at the top. (see more below)
* *System Announcements*: Announcements can be set by Administrators. (see more below)


.. include:: ./left_navigation_menu.rst
.. include:: ./additional_ui_controls.rst
.. include:: ./collection_type_pages.rst
.. include:: ./user_directory.rst
.. include:: ./announcements.rst
.. include:: ./customizing_the_home_page.rst

.. |dashboard nav bar| image:: _images/dashboard_nav_bar.png
  :width: 140px

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