Configure Ideas

You can extend ideas by adding new fields or attributes, and creating page layouts.

Add actions and links to the already existing page layouts, or add new tabs to the existing page layouts to extend the Idea object. Another configuration is adding new fields to an existing object (standard objects) or create entirely new objects (custom objects).

Standard Objects

Standard objects come with tabs, and each of the standard objects lets you create and add multiple instances of the child object to one instance of the parent. You can add the child object as a tab to the parent object.

Custom Objects

Custom Objects are objects that you create using the Application Composer. You can create either top-level objects (objects without a parent) or child objects (objects created in the context of a parent).

Let's see some of the attributes of a child object:

• • Display Label - node name in Application Composer.
  • Plural Label - page title for the object's work area and the icon name in the Navigator.
  • Record Name Label - name of the field where you enter the record name.
  • Record Name Data Type - This can either be user-entered text or an autogenerated sequence to identify a record.
    • Use "Text" for users to enter their own names for each record.
    • Use "Automatically Generated Sequence" to automatically create the name for each record.
  • Object Name - internal name of the object.
  • Child Collection Name - This is automatically created and used to assign a generic function across the collection or list.
  • Security - define who can use the child object. In the Security node, set up which roles have the privilege to use the object.
    Note: If you create a subtab using Application Composer, and expose Custom Objects or configured child objects:

    • The Save As functionality won't save the Custom Objects.
    • The configured child objects aren't supported.