What You Can Configure

An individual detail page is divided into three sections: the header, the Action Bar, and a panels region (also known as the foldout). You can use Oracle Visual Builder Studio to configure a standard object's header and panels region so that the page shows the exact information that your users need. You can use CX Extension Generator in Application Composer to simplify the process of adding panels and subviews to standard objects. Using another tool, called Dispatcher, you can change which page opens when users click name links in the details and list pages.

Important: In the runtime UI the detail page is called the overview page.

Here's a screenshot of the three main regions on a detail page. You can configure both the header and the panels region (callouts 1 and 3 in the screenshot). The topics in this chapter illustrate the various configuration options available.

Smart Actions in the Action Bar

The Action Bar is a field at the top of many pages where users can type keywords to access and update information, and take actions. For example, here's a screenshot of the Action Bar with suggested actions, after typing create:

Standard objects are delivered with a set of preconfigured smart actions, but you can create your own using Application Composer. See Create Smart Actions.

Note: If you previously created custom smart actions for a non-fragments implementation, then you don't need to create new smart actions for use with fragments. Instead, update existing UI-based custom smart actions to specify the action type, either Add or Create, as well as the target object and any required field mapping. For existing REST-based or object function-based smart actions that you already created, edit the action and then save without making any changes. These steps ensure that your custom smart actions still work with new fragment-based extensions.

Prerequisites

Before configuring a standard object's detail page, make sure you have a project and workspace ready in Visual Builder Studio.

For instructions about how to create a project and workspace, see the Before You Begin chapter.