- In Federation Services Admin go to Federation > Widget Instances
- Click the Plus button.
- Select the Widget Definition for the new Widget Instance and click the Continue button
Name: The name of the Widget Instance that will be display in Federation Services Admin when creating Federation Services Views Field: The facet field associated with this Widget Instance. You can put na if this Widget does not require a field but there must be a value. Label: The label that will be displayed in the Federation Services View when this Widget is displayed (only if the Widget shows a label).
Options is a custom field. See below
Note: Custom Fields are also defined are part of the Widget Definition
and act as additional configuration for the widget. Common examples include sort order,
chart size, and whether to allow the widget to perform bulk actions. In the above case,
the user is defining what facts to search on, and how to label them in a drop-down. When
developing a widget, all custom fields should have a default value.
Click Save to finish creating your new Widget Instance.