Choose a Set of Fields for a Layout

When you create either a Table or Form-Over-Table layout, you are prompted to choose an option for the layout’s initial set of fields. You can choose all fields for the layout or instead show only a subset of the available fields.

This option applies to the primary layout and to any dependent layouts when you create a set of dependent layouts. It does not apply to flexfields or other polymorphic business objects.

Here are the options in the New Layout Setup wizard:

Option Description
All fields (except audit fields)

All eligible fields except audit fields. Audit fields are fields, like "created by" and "last update date", that are frequently included by a given framework. The add-in maintains an internal list of audit fields for each known REST framework.

  • This is the default option.


All fields All eligible fields for the selected business object.
Only required fields

Only eligible fields required for create or update.

  • The default option is used instead in these cases:
  • A layout has no required fields
  • A layout has an attachment business object
  • A child layout has a business object that does not support either create or update


Compact view

"Compact view" is only available for ADF REST catalogs. If the business object for the primary layout has a compact view defined, this option is shown.

  • If compact view is chosen for the primary layout and one of the child layouts has a business object with no compact view, the default choice is used instead for that child layout.
  • See What You May Need to Know About ADF REST Attribute Hints in Developing Fusion Web Applications with Oracle Application Development Framework


Note: This feature has no impact on layouts created with prior versions of the add-in.