Switching Between Cloud Platforms

On the cloud, your company might have multiple platforms configured, and you could have roles in each platform that provide access to the same apps. If so, the widget includes the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform preference that allows you to switch between platforms. Content, however, is specific to a platform and cannot be moved between platforms.

If this preference is not available in a widget, you only have access to that widget in a single platform. Multiple platforms do not apply to on-premises installations.

When you change the preference, what happens depends on whether you have loaded any content into the widget:

  • If the widget does not contain content, it switches to the selected platform and displays a brief confirmation message.
  • If the widget contains content, an alert message displays allowing you to clear that content and change the platform, or cancel. If you click Change, the widget displays the content in the Recent list of the Home page, but you cannot work with it because it exists on a platform other than the one in use by the widget. The content is removed from the list at the next page refresh.

You could add multiple widgets to a dashboard tab, and you can set the platform for each widget to use. If two widgets use the same platform, you can drag content from one widget to the other. If the widgets use different platforms, what happens when you drag content depends on whether you have loaded any content into the target widget:

  • If the widget does not contain content, it switches to the selected platform and displays a brief confirmation message.
  • If the widget contains content, an alert message displays allowing you to clear that content and change the platform, or cancel. If you click Change, the widget clears the existing content and displays the dragged content.