We're in implementation phase. I'm trying to come up with a nice way to group a lot of saved searches and reports together for a couple people. I've considered center tabs and center categories, but the categories can't be limited by role, and having separate tabs for roles seems like it'll get clunky fast. Ideally, I'd have something like shortcuts links in a portlet on the dashboard, but I don't want to force publish shortcuts/favorites, and I'd like something a little more consistent. What should I be looking at?

Sounds like a good use for the Navigation Portlet

I believe the navigation portlet will do what you want It’s a bundle you can install Search for bundle 186103

Thanks, checking it out.

The center category will not appear if the user doesn’t have access to the searches