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About Screen Views

Screen view objects represent groups of views (categories) or single views in the user interface. They allow you to group related views together and control where the links appear in the user interface.

The Type and Parent Category properties determine where the screen view appears in the user interface. Screen view types are:

  • Aggregate Category. Appears as a link in the link bar below screen tabs. Aggregate Categories are used to group all remaining screen view types.
  • Aggregate View. Appears as follows:
    • When no value for the Parent Category property is defined, the screen view appears as a link in the link bar below screen tabs.
    • When the Parent Category property is set to a valid Aggregate Category, the screen view appears as a link in the view drop-down list in applet headers.
  • Detail Category. Appears as a view tab. Detail Categories are used to group detail views.
  • Detail View. Appears as follows:
    • When the Parent Category property is set to a valid Aggregate Category, the screen view appears as a view tab.
    • When the Parent Category property is set to a valid Detail Category, the view appears as a link in a link bar below view tabs, or in other locations depending on the Web template. For example, the screen view can also appear in a view drop-down list or in another row of view tabs.

For a visual description of the UI elements and navigation levels, see About the UI Navigation Model.

Table 47 lists each navigation level and UI placement and it summarizes the approach to configuring each level.

Table 47.  Navigation Levels and Configuration Summary
Navigation Level
UI Placement
Object/Configuration

1

Screen tabs

Page Tabs (child object of Application)

See Defining Screen Menu Items.

2

Links in the link bar directly below screen tabs

(links to groups of views)

Screen View with the following properties:

  • Type = Aggregate Category
  • Parent Category = null

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

Links in the link bar directly below screen tabs

(links to single views)

Screen View with the following properties:

  • Type = Aggregate View
  • Parent Category = null

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

Links in the view drop-down list in applet headers

Screen View object with the following properties:

  • Type = Aggregate View
  • Parent Category = an Aggregate Category

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

3

View tabs

(links to groups of detail views)

Screen View object with the following properties:

  • Type = Detail Category
  • Parent Category = an Aggregate Category

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

View tabs

(links to a single detail view)

 

Screen View objects with the following properties:

  • Type = Detail View
  • Parent Category = an Aggregate Category

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

4

Links in the link bar below view tabs, or in alternate locations depending on the Web template.

Screen View object with the following properties:

  • Type = Detail View
  • Parent Category = Detail Category

See Process of Creating Screens and Screen Views.

    
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