About Explorer Views in the User Interface

The explorer view is a way of displaying data in a compact hierarchical format. Typically, you can access the explorer view by clicking the Explorer hyperlink in the link bar below the screen tabs. Figure 4-17 shows an example of the explorer view.

The explorer view is an expandable tree view. The tree control is displayed in a frame on the left side of the content area. You select the control for the tree that you want to view, and the detail information for the selected tree element appears in the frame to the right.

Any folder in the tree preceded by a plus sign (+) contains other folders. Click the plus sign to expand the folder and reveal its contents. The list to the right always reflects the contents of the folder currently selected in the tree. Use the minus sign (-) to collapse the information back into the folder.

Caution: If you do not have access to a parent record, you will not be able to access any of that record's related child or grandchild records in the explorer view, even if you have access to the child or grandchild records.

Figure 4-17 Example of Explorer View