Configure Bookmarks Library Items to give your users links to the resources they need at work in Kandji’s Self Service app
- Create a Bookmarks Library Item
- Add bookmarks to the Bookmarks Library Item
- Edit or delete a bookmark
- Considerations for Multiple Bookmarks Library Items
On iOS and iPadOS, Bookmarks are only supported on Self Service versions 1.4.4 and later.
Create a Bookmarks Library Item
Create a Bookmarks Library Item to hold bookmarks (links) for resources.
- In the Kandji web app sidebar, select Library.
- In the upper-right corner, click Add new.
- Select Bookmarks.
- Click Add & Configure.
- At the top of the Library Item, in the Add a title field, add a title.
- Optionally: click Select Blueprint and select one or more Blueprints.
Add bookmarks to the Bookmarks Library Item
You can add one or multiple bookmarks to the Bookmarks Library Item. Within a category, bookmarks are displayed in alphanumerical order. You can edit Self Service settings to change the order in which categories are displayed.
- Click Add Bookmark.
- In the URL field, enter the appropriate URL. Bookmarks support the following URL schemes:
- http:// or https://
- Opens in the default browser, which is Safari unless the user has selected a different one.
- mailto://
- Opens in the default mail app, which is Mail unless the user has selected a different one.
- On iOS and iPadOS, if the user hasn't yet configured a mail account, tapping a mailto:// bookmark results in an error.
- file:// (only supported on macOS)
For more information about file paths in macOS, please refer to Apple's documentation.- Opens a file from a specified path.
- Using three consecutive slashes, such as file:///path/to/file when defining file paths is recommended.
- macOS asks the user to grant Self Service the ability to read the folder that contains the file. After a user grants read access to the folder once, macOS should not ask again.
- http:// or https://
- Optionally, in the Icon field, drag a custom icon or click upload.
- In the Title field, enter a title.
- Optionally, select a Category of Self Service for this bookmark to be displayed in (see Self Service settings to edit your more categories).
- Optionally, select the checkbox for Recommended.
- When you open Self Service on macOS, Self Service displays Recommended apps, items, and bookmarks by default.
- When you open Self Service on iOS and iPadOS, Self Service displays Recommended apps and bookmarks at the top of Self Service by default.
- In Self Service for macOS, recommended bookmarks are displayed with a star icon.
- Click Done to save your work and return to the list of bookmarks.
- Repeat to add more bookmarks.
Edit or Delete a Bookmark
- At the right side of the bookmark entry, click the ellipses.
- Click Delete or Edit.
- Click Close to return to the list of bookmarks without saving your changes, or click Done to save your changes and return to the list of bookmarks.
- Click Save to save the changes to the Bookmarks Library Item.
Considerations for Multiple Bookmarks Library Items
- You can create as many Bookmarks Library Items as you wish. Self Service displays the aggregate of all applicable bookmarks for each section.
- If you create a bookmark in your Bookmarks Library Item, but it already exists in another Bookmarks Library Item that's assigned to one more assigned Blueprints, Kandji displays a dialog to ask if you want to "Save Duplicate Bookmarks?"
- You may want to display a bookmark for the same URL in multiple categories depending on your needs. Using a separate Bookmarks Library Item for each category is one way to achieve that goal.