Migrating dashboard pages from 10.x to Axpert 11

Migrating dashboard pages from 10.x to Axpert 11

Page builder and Widget builder interfaces are no longer available in Axpert 11 and instead Axpert cards are introduced to display them as widgets in application main page.  This article will explain the ways of retaining and maintaining the old dashboard pages that are built in 10.x after migrating to Axpert 11.
  1. Using node app
    1. Add following web.config keys like in earlier versions pointing to the node app
      1.     <add key="NodeAPI" value="https://{ip}:{port}/api/" />
      2.     <add key="HomeBuilderImagePath" value="https://{ip}:{port}/images/userfiles/" />
  2. Using axpert web services (without node app)
    1. Enable Homepage as Cards = false in Global settings
    2. Enable this web.config key: <add key="homepagews" value="true"/>
    3. Set both homepage and dhomepage fields in axusers / axusergroups as shown below.
    4. If there were any images used on widgets, then copy the images to "webcode\{customfolder}\WidgetImages\"
The above settings will help running the same dashboard page(s) defined in 10.x as is. If any changes to be done, we can connect 10.9 web instance to the same schema and modify the pages.