Configure custom In Focus Verticals (Atlas 5.0+)

The "In Focus Verticals" web part in Atlas can be added to a page and linked to an In Focus web part to provide the end user with some additional buttons on the UI that can be clicked to change the type of results being shown, or the filters being applied to those results.

The default verticals All Items and Related Items are available on the majority of Atlas Listing Pages when a workspace is deployed, with the related items filtering based on the tagging of the workspace you are viewing from.

Please note that configuring custom verticals requires some knowledge of Microsoft 365 search and Atlas metadata. If you are unsure how to achieve a specific requirement please get in touch with your support team or CSM.

In this article:

• Add the In Focus Verticals web part to a page
• Link the Verticals to your In Focus web part
• Add or edit Verticals for your page
  • Settings section
    • Inspecting the Verticals on a Listing page
    • Remove an existing Vertical
  • Item Display Style section
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Add the In Focus Verticals web part to a page

The In Focus Verticals web part can be added to any page which includes an In Focus web part. An In Focus Search box web part is not required, but can be provided alongside Verticals so that users can query the results further if needed.

Assuming you already have an In Focus web part on your page returning relevant results, or you want to customise an existing Atlas Listing page with additional verticals, Edit the page and add the In Focus Verticals web part with the teal coloured icon:

   

Once added you will see example verticals "All" and "Recent changes" in the web part, but we can remove those in the next steps and configure our own.

Link the Verticals to your In Focus web part

You need to edit your In Focus web part on the page to ensure it is linked to the verticals. Click the "pencil" icon next to your In Focus web part, and in Connections section of the configuration panel toggle Connect to a verticals Web Part to "On".

Next, choose your Verticals web part in the Use verticals from this component field:

   

Finally, be aware of the second dropdown - Display data only when the following vertical is selected. Once you have configured your specific Verticals we will need to come back here to update the list to ensure all your verticals show results.

You should only have one set of verticals for each In Focus web part, but you might have multiple In Focus web parts and verticals to go with each one in the same page. In this case you should rename each of your Verticals web parts so it is easy to pick the right one from the dropdown.

Add or edit Verticals for your page

If you are adding this web part to a page for the first time rather than editing an existing set of verticals, you will see the following example verticals All and Recent changes:

   

Starting from scratch will require more effort than editing an existing Listing Page, so consider whether you can simply create a copy of an existing Listing Page and modify it to save yourself some times and effort. Examples for configuring custom Verticals are described in this article: Configuration Examples for custom In Focus Verticals

Settings section

Inspecting the Verticals on a Listing page

In the following steps we will look at the Events Listing page, but please understand that this can be applied to any Listing page to understand how the verticals work. This lets us for example add a vertical for My Events, which will filter the items based on Atlas User Preferences, but this filtering could be applied to any type of Atlas content. For now though we'll just look at how the Verticals are configured.

The Events Listing page already has an In Focus Verticals web part added so we can start by editing that page, then editing the In Focus Verticals web part. On the Events Listing Page we see All Events and Related Events as the default verticals. Click the "pencil" icon to edit the web part - this will open a configuration panel on the right hand side of the page:

   

Click the Configure search button and a larger panel will appear with the existing verticals in it. In this case for Events the verticals are All Events and Related Events:

Note that the screenshot above does not include the whole panel and you can scroll to the right to see more fields. This is a great way to get started if you need some simple examples to work from.

Remove an existing Vertical

You can remove an existing vertical using the X on the far right of each line, so if you were starting with the example verticals you can remove them - otherwise it may be more efficient to modify a vertical instead of deleting and recreating.

Item Display Style section

In this section of the configuraion panel you can choose between Button and Tab item styles for the Verticals in the configuration panel for the web part:

When choosing the style you can see the web part updated immediately so you can choose whichever style you prefer based on how they look.

Still need help?

If you still need help, please contact your CSM or support team with your requirements.