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About Applet Toggles

Applet toggles allow users to switch back and forth between different applets within the same view. This is useful when you want to display different types of data or present the same data in a different way. There are two types of applet toggles, static and dynamic:

• Static applet toggles. Allow users to toggle between applets by selecting the name of the applet from the Show drop-down list.
• Dynamic applet toggles. Automatically toggles between applets based on the value of a field in a parent applet.

When configuring applet toggles, consider the following:

• For applets involved in a toggle cycle the search spec on the form applet in the view will be applied first. Therefore, to apply a search specification on a list applet in a toggle cycle, you also need to add the search spec for the form applet.
• Dynamic toggle applets must be based on the same business component.
• Static toggle applets do not have to be based on the same business component.
• You cannot configure more than one applet toggle in a view.
• Applet toggles cannot be cached and therefore may have a negative affect on performance. Each time a user navigates to an applet, all available applet toggles are loaded. For more information, see Performance Tuning Guide.