For each section, you specify a Section URL, and Section Type.

The Section URL should be a virtual path within the EfficiencySpring site that you wish the section to operate from. If the section URL begins with an "/r/" (Data Manager) or "/f/" (File Manager), then toolsets files will not be copied out to the Section URL's location, as ASP.NET Routing will be utilized to map the Section URL to the proper runtime folder. Otherwise, a folder will be created for the new section, and runtime files will be copied into it.

The Section Type dropdown box will determine what toolset files are copied into the folder and what configuration settings are available.

In this tab, you can specify multiple submenu items for the section, where they appear, and who can access them.

For each submenu item, an Item Name can be entered; this is the text that will appear within the submenu. The URL textbox is used to specify the destination of the menu link; it should either be a full virtual path, such as "/admin/users/add.aspx", or a full path to an external site, such as "http://www.myexternalsite/home.aspx". The Location dropdown box determines which submenu you would like the submenu item to appear on, with the three default options being "Dropdown", "Sidebar", and "Not on a Submenu". The last option is handy when you want the submenu item to only appear on the installation's sitemap.

The Target textbox can be used to specify a frame or new window the destination for the link will appear in.

The Order textbox is used to specify the order of the submenu item in relation to the others.

The Level textbox is used to specify whether the submenu item is a child of another submenu item, when used in dropdown menus). A value of 1 indicates no; a value of 2 indicates the submenu item is a child of the last submenu item with a Level value of 1.

The Optional Rights Check dropdown can be utilized to limit which users can see the submenu item, based on the group rights of the section being created. If a type of right is chosen, then another setting will appear which will allow you to specify another section to validate group rights security against.

Finally, you may also check whether or not the submenu link should appear on the installation's sitemap.
 

There are several more settings listed under the Navigation tab if the section being created is a Data Manager section.

Under Field Grouping Setup, you may specify how the fields are grouped togethor. For every structure element within the Structure Element configuration, a setting called Header is available. When structure elements are looped through on the add, edit, and view pages of a Data Manager section, a new field grouping is triggered whenever the Header setting changes and the new setting is not an empty string.

If "Tabs" are selected, then you can also specify whether users move through the groupings in a "Wizard" or free form fashion.

Under Start Page and Redirect Behaviors, you may also specify the Data Manager page that should appear after a record is added or edited using the Add Redirect and Edit Redirect settings respectively. If "Other" is specified for either, then another text box will appear letting you specify what URL the user should be directed to after an add or edit.

You may also specify the default page that will load when clicking on a results row by setting the Results Redirect field.
 

The first setting in the Security tab, Section is Turned On, determines whether the section will load up for a user, even if the user has rights to a section. It is an easy way to quickly turn a section on or off without needing to update the menu or group rights settings.

You may also specify whether the section should automatically establish an SSL connection if it is navigated to.

A CAPTCHA dropodown is also available. If a CAPTCHA method is selected, anonymous users will be required to confirm they are human through use of an image-based text copying test. This test is enabled on Data Manager add pages and the Comments feedback dialog boxes. You can choose between EfficiencySpring's internal CAPTCHA generator or the industry standard ReCAPTCHA component, which also supports Audio-based tests.

You may also specify the rights each specific group has within the section (the explanation of each group right is available within the Group Administration documentation).

For Data Manager sections, there are a variety of other available settings.

A section can be configured to only run as a nested section using the Use as Child Section Only setting. When checked, EfficiencySpring's security will prevent the section from operating as a standalone Data Manager or File Manager section.

The Allow Record Copying checkbox can be used to control whether users with Import Rights for the section can copy records.

The Allow Bulk Updates of Records dropdown can be used to control who has the ability to make bulk updates to records from the search results page. If "Everyone" is selected, then those with Edit rights to the section will be able to perform bulk updates.

The Validation Type setting can be used to determine whether client-side validation will run on the section's Add and Edit pages, or whether the validation will all be done on the server. For security reasons, server-side validation cannot be disabled.

The Record Overwrite Protection setting can be used to prevent two or more users from accidentally overwriting each others changes within the same record. If one user begins making updates to a record, and another user updates the record first, a message will appear requiring the first user to reload the record to incorporate the changes of the other user.

The Save XML Snapshots setting specifies whether a copy of a record's information should be saved in an XML format during each add and edit. This save includes the primary data fields of the record, and any data from inline subrecord fields. Data from Drilldown type subrecords are not included in the XML snapshot. When this feature is enabled, users are able to load in and view prior versions records that have snapshots stored.

The Save Granular History setting determines whether field-by-field change history should be saved to the obj_history_field table. This setting increases the amount of database activity needed to add or update a record, however provides a full archive of a record's prior values.

Duplicate Checking can also be enabled for a Data Manager section. One or more structure elements later on can be configured as Duplicate Check fields within the Structure Elements configuration. If the Duplicate Checking Mode is set to "All", then a user entering a new record will receive a warning if all of those fields for an existing record matches the data the user just entered for the same set fields. If the mode is set to "Any", then only one of the Duplicate Check fields need to encounter a match for a warning to be displayed. For both modes, you may specify whether a user is allowed to override the duplicate check warning, and save the record anyway.

You may also specify Record Ownership settings within a Data Manager section. A Record Ownership Type of "All" indicates any user with View access to the section is allowed to see any record within the database table the section maps to. A setting of "Group" indicates that each record within the section will belong to a group, and a user must belong to that group in order to see the record. A setting of "User" indicates that users can only view records within the section that they have entered themselves. Finally, a setting of "Section" indicates that users can only view records within the data table that were entered through the section (Five sections pointing at the same data table, for instance, could maintain their own separate lists of records if each had Record Ownership Type set to "Section"). The Allow Viewing of Unowned Records checkbox can be used to specify whether users can view, but not edit, records that they do not own.

The Separate Data Between SharePoint 2013 Sites field determines whether data should be filtered so SharePoint apps that access the section's records can only see records added through that SharePoint 2013 site.

For File Manager sections, you can use the Additional File Types Allowed field to specify a semi-colon delimited list of file extensions to be allowed for upload and display within the section. This list is added to the EfficiencySpring's centralized list of allowed file extensions.
 

This tab is available for Data Manager, File Manager, and Content Manager sections.

The Enable Commenting checkbox turns on interfaces that will enable users with Feedback rights to submit comment posts to the displayed record, file, or content page.

The Enabled Threaded Forum checkbox turns on a fully functional message board for the displayed record, file, or content page. Users with Feedback rights can post new messages. Each post can have a file associated with it if the section has a File Manager Storage setting specified.

The Enable Facebook Comments checkbox embeds Facebook's commenting thread capability into the displayed record, file, or content page.

The Enable Facebook Like Button checkbox embeds Facebook's Like button into the displayed record, file, or content page.