Overview of Using Application Composer

Use Application Composer to create fields, objects, and relationships. Then, modify user interface pages for all users, or only some.

This chapter explains:

• How to define custom objects

• How to define custom fields for either a custom object, or a standard object

• How to secure custom object data

Other chapters in this guide describe additional tasks flows that are available in Application Composer. For example, learn how to modify user interface pages, create object workflows and custom subject areas, and how to write Groovy scripts. Refer to the table of contents for these other chapters.

Also refer to the Groovy Scripting Reference guide, available in the documentation library, for specific examples and use cases about changing your implementation.

You can access Application Composer by selecting Application Composer from the Navigator menu, under the Configuration category. To test your changes, use the Navigator to switch to the desired application.

Tip:

Navigate quickly and easily between your application's runtime pages and Application Composer design time pages using the Favorites and Recent Items menu.

Note: Application Composer doesn't support recursive navigation and may cause errors. For example, if you try to access the Account object from a custom object record, which has the same custom object subtab, and then attempt to access the Account record again from the custom object subtab, you'll receive an error.