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Creating a New Screen Home Page View

After all the underlying objects are created (business components, business objects, and applets), you can create a screen home page view to display the objects and data in the user interface.

This task is a step in Process for Creating Screen Home Page Views.

To create a new screen home page view

1. Choose File > New Object > View.
2. Use the following information to complete the New View Wizard:

   Property	Comment
   Project	Choose ScreenHomePage.
   Name	Follow the naming convention of Target Business Component Screen Homepage View. For example, Account Screen Homepage View.
   Title	Follow the naming convention of Target Business Component Home. For example, Account Home
   Business Object	Name of home page business object. For example, Account. See Creating a New Business Object for the Screen Home Page View.
   View Web Template	Choose View 25 50 25; this View Web template will provide a three column layout.
   Applets	Select the applets you want to appear on the screen home page view. Typically, these include the following: Layout Control SI Applet Target Business Component Home Screen Homepage Banner Public and Private View Link List Applet Recent Record Target Business Component List Applet Screen Home Task Assistant List Applet Target Business Component Home Search Virtual Form Applet Target Business Component Home Add Virtual Form Applet Rapid Search Virtual For more information about the Rapid Add and Rapid Search applets, see Creating New Screen Home Page Applets.

3. In the View Web Layout editor, verify the layout of the screen home page view.

   The applet locations on screen home page views are described in the table below:

   Applet	Location
   Rapid Search	Left top
   Rapid Add	Left bottom
   Homepage Banner	Center To
   Public and Private View Link	Center bottom
   Edit Layout	Right top button
   Screen Home Task Assistant List Applet	Right top
   Recent Record	Right bottom

4. Navigate to the View Web Template Items for the view, and verify that the Applet Mode property is set correctly for each applet and verify the following Item Id properties for applet locations:

   Applet	Applet Mode	Item Id
   Rapid Search	Query	102
   Rapid Add	Edit	103
   Homepage Banner	Base	202
   Public and Private View Link	Base	203
   Edit Layout	Base	901
   Screen Home Task Assistant List Applet	Base	302
   Recent Record	Base	303

   For detailed information about creating views, see Process of Creating Views.