Pins

    Pins are key elements within Slingshot, that allow you to access and share relevant resources for yourself or your team. Resources that might be stored in different cloud storages or spread around the web, they can all be organized in Slingshot lists.

    What are Pins?

    Pins are simple links to different types of resources, including files from cloud storages, URLs, and analytics dashboards. You can manage multiple lists of pins, designed to organize, manage and share your resources.

    Example of a list of pins within Slingshot

    How to Pin Content

    Pinning content is one of the most common ways to share resources within Slingshot. You can pin files or analytics dashboards by selecting them from cloud storages, existing pins, content shared with you, or uploading from your device. To pin URLs, you just add the URL and a title.

    Pin option in Slingshot

    [!NOTE] You can also pin dashboards to different workspaces and projects.

    Pinning from Anywhere

    1. Use the +Pin button.

    2. Choose the type of the resource (for example, Discussions) you want to pin.

    3. Navigate to the file in order to select it. Depending on the type of the item, you can browse through Tasks, Discussions, Documents, existing Pins within Slingshot, Dashboards, Data Sources, or Shared with Me files.

    Pinning by Uploading from your Device

    1. Use the +Pin button.

    2. Select Upload File.

    3. Select the file you want to upload.

    4. Choose the right permissions for sharing your file.

    Pinning from an Existing Pin

    1. Open the pin’s overflow menu.

    2. Select Add to Pins from the Productivity Boost.

    3. Navigate to the location where you want to add the new pin.

    4. Select the list, section, and then click on ->Pin.

    Pinning URLs

    1. Use the +Pin button.

    2. Select URL.

    3. Type or paste the URL and add/change the title, if needed.

    4. Click/tap on Pin Web Link.

    Pinning a Dashboard to a workspace or a project

    1. Open the workspace or the project that you want to pin a dashboard to.

    2. Open Dashboards and click/tap on the +Dashboard button.

    3. You will be presented with three options: to pin a dashboard, for example, from My Dashboards, use a dashboard template from See All Templates, or to create a dashboard. To move a dashboard to a workspace or project, click/tap on Pin.

    4. The pin dialog will open up. You can select dashboards from different Locations, Filters, etc.

      Choose a dashboard to pin

    5. When you are ready, click/tap on Pin.

    Organizing your Pins

    The Pins tabs in workspaces and projects have lists of pins, which can be further organized in sections. You can use sections to add divisions and better layout your pins.

    Pin option in Slingshot

    In addition, you can easily reorganize and move lists, sections and pins just by dragging them.

    In the Overviews tabs you have a single list of pins, which are meant to be key resources for your team to keep top of mind.

    Cloud Storages

    In Slingshot, you can add new connections to the following cloud storage providers:

    • Google Drive

    • OneDrive

    • Dropbox

    • Box

    • SharePoint

    You can configure cloud storages for personal use or to share content with others.

    Connecting to your Cloud Storages

    You can add a new cloud storage from the Pin dialog or using My Cloud Storage tab.

    1. Use the +Add button.

    2. Select the Cloud Storage.

    3. Sign in and grant Infragistics access.

    [!NOTE] Your My Cloud Storages tab can be enabled in Main Navigation (Settings).

    Types of Files Supported

    In Slingshot, file types are represented using different icons. The most common are:

    ICON FILE TYPE ICON FILE TYPE
    Word file icon Microsoft Word file Google Doc file icon Google Doc file
    Excel file icon Microsoft Excel file Google Sheet file icon Google Sheet file
    PowerPoint file icon Microsoft PowerPoint file Image file icon Image file
    PDF file icon Adobe PDF file Video file icon Video file
    Web link icon Web link Zip file icon ZIP file

    How to set file permissions?

    When you share files inside workspaces, you make these files available for the users inside the workspace. File permissions are meant to give the file owner control over who can access their files. Each time you pin a file, Slingshot will ask you what type of permission you want to set. You will see a dialog that looks like this:

    A dialog with three file permission types

    Here, you can choose between the following three permission types:

    • All Can Access - all Slingshot users can access the file.

    • Automatic Access - all users in the workspace can access the file.

    • Request Access - all users, including the users in the workspace have to request access from the owner.

    [!NOTE] Giving access to a file in Slingshot means you give view and edit permissions to the file.

    Learn more about each file permissions type and how to manage members' access in this topic.

    Using Drag and Drop

    You can use drag and drop to quickly add files or links from an external source into Slingshot's lists. The files added to Slingshot are uploaded to a folder named Slingshot uploads in the cloud storage of your preference.

    The first time you upload a file you choose a default cloud storage to be selected automatically in the future. If needed, you can change it later in the Drag and Drop location (General Settings).

    Working with your Content

    You can open any file by clicking/tapping on it. MS Office files can be opened online or using a native app locally on your device.

    Overflow options for a file

    In addition, you can set a default method using the Open Files setting (General Settings).

    Finally, you will be editing your files often. Depending on the platform, you can use different applications like MS Word or Excel, as Slingshot relies on invoking 3rd party applications to do the job.