Contexts

Contexts determine what commands a user will see in the ribbon. Essentially, a context has its own "version" of the ribbon that is separately customized according to the user's specific functions. For instance, you can specify a context for team members that has links to only project-related functions, or an admin-only context that contains administrative and system functions. A user can have multiple contexts, and can choose them from a drop-down menu at the top of the ribbon.

By default, the Governance Portal is equipped with 2 contexts:

Default GRC: This is the basic default for the user and contains all the major functions in the Governance Portal. It is not recommended to change the Default GRC context. It is supposed to be used by the administrator. If required to be edited, a new tab should be added and ribbon items should be added to the newly created tab. The existing tabs in the Default GRC context should not be altered.
System: This context is available only to administrators and contains Governance Portal system, admin, and project settings.

Clients upgrading to v 4.2.1 and above will receive an additional context i.e. Audit along with the preceding system-defined contexts. Please note that clients upgrading to v4.2 of the Governance Portal from an older version will not receive the Audit context.

Audit: This context allows you to access the core functionalities associated to projects. All project functionalities have been brought together under one roof, so that you do not have to configure them separately at various areas of the Governance Portal. Ribbon items in the Project context allows you to directly view the saved searches pertaining to areas such as, Current Projects, Pending Projects, Completed Projects, Assigned Tests, Assigned Test Reviews, Assigned Findings, Assigned Finding Reviews, All Tests, All Findings, and All Projects. This context also allows you to access direct links for Entity Hierarchy, Project Schedule, Project Hierarchy, Document Library, Testing Templates, and Ad-hoc Searches.

Note: The Offline Workbench option allows you to connect to the Project Workbench, the offline interface of the Project Portal. For more information, see Using the Project Workbench

In addition, you can create new contexts and customize them to tailor to specific users.

Notes:

Administrators can define the default context that the user will see upon logging in from the user management screen.
Users can also select their default contexts from their user account settings.
The ribbon elements (i.e. tabs, groups, and links) for all contexts can be modified in the Ribbon Management screen. For more information, see Ribbon Management.
Access and security for the individual link is controlled via pages and is not context specific. See Manage Pages for more information.