Dear Sitecore Family,
A very small yet useful post today.
Sometime back, we saw how to add a Component with a DataSource. In case you missed it, here’s how we do it.
When we add a presentation Component from Page Editor which requires a Datasource, we need to go and Set associated content for it.
Now, for a Business user, its difficult to know that he or she needs to select a Datasource, in case we have some good documentation for it, then its ok. So it becomes the responsibility of the developer, to make things easy for the Business User.
Challenge:
How do we make things easy for the Page Editor User/Business User?
Solution:
While creating the Sublayout, we are provided with an option as shown below:
By default, the value is “Default” which means No — Let’s make it Yes from the DropDown
After this, whenever the Business User tries to add that particular component onto the page, he/she will find the checkbox to be disabled.
And, on adding it on the page, the Properties Dialog will open immediately,
which in a way, notifies the Business User that some action needs to be taken — Add a Datasource.
Hope you liked the post!
Happy Sitecoring! 🙂
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