Favorites

Favorites help you to quickly find diagrams, catalog lists, dashboards, and search results. This is useful, for example, when you often edit a diagram, a catalog list, a dashboard, or a search result or when you need them frequently for another reason.

Your favorites are displayed on your individual myBIC page. There you have a central overview of all content that is important for your daily work. This way, you do not have to search for the same content again every time you log in.

Every user can create, rename, and remove their own favorites. In addition, you can activate email notifications for favorite diagrams. This way, you are automatically informed about changes to these diagrams.

Favorites are always linked to a specific stage and a specific focus. This means that your favorites are displayed differently depending on the selected stage and focus. You can find more information about this in the following subchapters.

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Your personal favorites are not stored in the browser. They are therefore available to you regardless of the browser and device you use.

How do I add a favorite?

Every user can mark diagrams, catalog lists, dashboards, and search results as a favorite. You can find your favorites depending on the focus on your individual myBIC page.

Favorites are stage-dependent. Therefore, please pay attention to the stage you are currently in. You can mark a diagram, a catalog list, a dashboard, or a search result as a favorite in several stages.

Favorites are also focus-dependent. This means that every favorite is assigned to the focus in which it was marked. Which favorites are displayed on your individual myBIC page therefore depends on the currently selected focus. A favorite that you have marked in the Process Management focus, for example, is only visible in this focus. If needed, you can mark the same favorite separately in several focuses.

Diagram

Every user can mark a diagram as a favorite. To mark a diagram as a favorite, open the Diagrams menu item in the left menu bar. Then select the desired diagram from the diagram list and open it with a single click. In the header bar, a star button appears next to the diagram name.

If the diagram is not yet a favorite in the current stage, the star button is called Add to favorites. You then only see the outline of the star. Click on the star button to add the diagram to your favorites. Afterwards, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen.

The star is now filled. You are informed by email about changes to the diagram in the stage in which you marked the diagram as a favorite. This also applies to indirect changes, for example through changed or reused catalog items. In the Public workspace stage, for example, you receive a notification when the diagram is deleted or when changes to the diagram are checked in.

Note

You can only add checked-in diagrams to your favorites or remove them from your favorites.

Catalog list

Every user can mark a catalog list as a favorite. To mark a catalog list as a favorite, open the Catalog menu item in the left menu bar. If at least one catalog item is available in the list, a star button appears in the header bar.

If the catalog list is not yet a favorite, the star button is called Add to favorites. You then only see the outline of the star. Click on the star button to add the catalog list to your favorites. In addition, the stage in which you are marking the catalog list as a favorite is displayed to you.

Afterwards, a dialog opens. Enter a name in the input field under which the catalog list is to be saved as a favorite.

After saving, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen. Your favorite catalog list is displayed on your individual myBIC page depending on the selected focus in your content language. There you see the name you entered and the number of existing items.

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If you have saved a filtered catalog list as a favorite, it is automatically updated. This happens when a catalog item with the corresponding filters is added or removed in the same stage.

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If you switch from your favorite catalog list to the catalog, the results are displayed in the language in which you marked the catalog list as a favorite. If your current language setting differs from the language of the displayed catalog items, you receive a notification.

Dashboard

Every user can mark a dashboard as a favorite. To mark a dashboard as a favorite, open the Diagrams or Catalog menu item in the left menu bar. Then switch to the Dashboard tab.

If you move the mouse pointer over a dashboard tile in the Diagrams menu item, a star button appears in the upper right corner of the tile. If the dashboard is not yet a favorite, the star button is called Add to favorites. You then only see the outline of the star. Click on the star button to add the dashboard to your favorites.

If you move the mouse pointer over a dashboard tile in the Catalog menu item, a context menu appears in the upper right corner of the tile. Open the context menu. If the dashboard is not yet a favorite, you see the Add to favorites option there. Click on this option to add the dashboard to your favorites.

After you have clicked on the star button or on the option, a dialog opens. Enter a name for the favorite in the input field.

Then click on the Add to favorites button to add the dashboard to your favorites. Afterwards, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen. The new favorite is displayed together with your other personal favorites on your individual myBIC page in the selected focus in alphabetical order.

In addition, your favorite dashboards are sorted alphabetically and displayed at the top of the respective dashboard.

Search results

Every user can mark a search result as a favorite. To mark a search result as a favorite, open the Search menu item in the left menu bar. Perform a search and then switch to the Options panel in the right sidebar. There you find the Add to favorites option.

After you have clicked on the option, a dialog opens. Enter a name for the search result in the input field.

Confirm your entry with the Save button. Afterwards, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen. The new favorite is displayed together with your other personal favorites on your individual myBIC page in the selected focus in alphabetical order.

How do I remove a favorite?

Every user can remove favorites they have saved themselves. After removing, the favorite is no longer displayed on your individual myBIC page in the selected focus. If the favorite is saved in several focuses, it is only removed from the focus in which you are currently located.

To remove a favorite, open the myBIC menu item in the left menu bar. For every personal favorite, you see a context menu in the tile. For catalog lists, dashboards, and search results, you find the context menu in the tile heading. For diagrams, you find the context menu to the right of the diagram name in the Favorites tile. Open the context menu and select the Remove from favorites option.

Afterwards, the favorite is removed from your myBIC page in the current focus. In addition, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen.

Alternatively, you can also remove a personal favorite directly in the respective menu item. If you have previously added a favorite, the star is filled. The star button is then called Remove from favorites. Click on the star button to remove the favorite in the current focus.

Afterwards, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen. The diagram, the catalog list, or the dashboard has been removed from your favorites and the star is only displayed as an outline.

For favorite search results, open the Search menu item in the left menu bar. Then switch to the Options panel in the right sidebar. If the search query was previously marked as a favorite, you find the Remove from favorites option there.

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The start diagram set by the administrator and the default favorites cannot be removed.

How can I rename a favorite?

Every user can rename favorites they have saved themselves. If you have saved the favorite in several focuses, the renaming only applies to the currently selected focus.

To rename a favorite, open the myBIC menu item in the left menu bar. For every personal favorite, you see a context menu in the tile. For catalog lists, dashboards, and search results, you find the context menu in the tile heading. For diagrams, you find the context menu to the right of the diagram name in the Favorites tile. Open the context menu and select the Rename favorite option.

After you have clicked on this option, a dialog opens. Enter a new name for the favorite in the input field. Click on the Rename button to apply the new name. If you want to cancel the process, click on the Cancel button.

After you have clicked on the Rename button, the name of the favorite is updated immediately. The name is applied in all content languages.

How can I activate or deactivate notifications for favorites?

Every user can activate or deactivate notifications for favorites they have saved themselves. As soon as you have marked a diagram as a favorite, you are informed by email about changes in the stage in which you favored the diagram. This applies if the Turn notifications on option is activated in the context menu.

To deactivate the notifications, open the myBIC menu item in the left menu bar and switch to the desired focus. Then open the context menu of the personal diagram favorite in the Favorites tile. Click on the Turn notifications off option there. You then no longer receive email notifications for this diagram.

To activate the notifications again, open the context menu of the personal diagram favorite again. Click on the Turn notifications on option there. Afterwards, you receive emails about changes to the diagram again.

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Please note that you do not receive any information about changes to the diagram that were made while the notifications were deactivated.

You can also activate the notifications directly when you mark a diagram as a favorite. After you have marked a diagram as a favorite, a confirmation message appears in the lower right corner of the screen. Click on the hyperlink there to activate the notifications directly.

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You cannot deactivate notifications for default favorites.