7.8 Creating Page Groups

You can make the pages within your application easier to access by organizing them into page groups. To use page groups, you create a group and then assign pages to the group.

Tip:

Page groups do not have any function other than to aid developers in organizing their application pages.

7.8.1 Viewing Page Groups

The section describes different ways to view page groups.

To access the Page Groups page:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

  2. Select the application.

  3. Click the Utilities icon.

  4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

    The Page Groups page appears.

    A Search bar displays at the top of the page. Available controls include:

    • Select columns to search - Resembles a magnifying glass. Click this icon to narrow your search. To search all columns, select All Columns.

    • Text area - Enter case insensitive search criteria (wildcard characters are implied) to search for a page group by name and click Go.

    • Go button - Executes a search or applies a filter.

    • View Icons - Displays each group as a large icon. To edit a group, click the appropriate icon.

    • View Report - Displays each group as a line in a report. To edit a group, click the name.

    • Actions menu - Use the Actions menu to customize the report view.

  5. To view the pages associated with a group, click Pages by Page Group.

7.8.2 Creating a Page Group

To create a page group:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

  2. Select the application.

  3. Click the Utilities icon.

  4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

  5. On the Page Groups page, click Create.

  6. Enter a name, a description (optional), and click Create.

7.8.3 Editing a Page Group Definition

When you create a page group you specify a name and description.

To edit the Page Group definition:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

  2. Select the application.

  3. Click the Utilities icon.

  4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

  5. Select a page group.

  6. On the Page Group page, edit the name or description and click Apply Changes.

  7. To move to the next Page Group definition, click the Previous (<) and Next (>) buttons and repeat the previous step.

7.8.4 Assigning a Page to a Page Group

To assign pages to a group:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

  2. Select the application.

  3. Click the Utilities icon.

  4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

  5. Click the Page Assignments tab.

    The Page Assignments page appears.

  6. Click the page number.

    The Page Attributes page appears.

  7. Locate the Name region and select a group from the Group list.

  8. Click Apply Changes.

See Also:

You can also associate a page with a group by editing the page attributes and selecting the group, or when running the Create Page Wizard. See "Editing Page Attributes in Page Designer," "Editing Page Attributes in Component View," and "Using the Create Application Wizard"

7.8.5 Viewing Pages by Page Group

To view pages by page group:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

  2. Select the application.

  3. Click the Utilities icon.

  4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

  5. Click the Pages by Page Group tab.

    The Pages by Page Group page appears. Clicking a page number takes you to the Page Attributes page. Clicking the page Name links to the page.

  6. To create a new group, click Create and follow the on-screen instructions.

7.8.6 Deleting a Page Group

To delete a page group:

  1. Remove all pages from the group to be deleted. See "Viewing Pages by Page Group."

  2. Access the Page Group page:

    1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

    2. Select the application.

    3. Click the Utilities icon.

    4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Page Groups.

  3. Select a page group.

  4. Click Delete.

    A confirmation page appears.

  5. Confirm your request.