6.3 Managing Feature Pages

Learn about adding and removing Feature pages.

• About Feature Pages
  Feature pages provide application-level functionality. Examples of Feature pages include About Page, Access Control, Activity Reporting, Configuration Options, Email Reporting, Feedback, Login Page, and Theme Style Selection.
• Adding Features to an Existing App
  Add a Features page to an existing application by selecting Add Feature Page from the Tasks list on the Application home page.
• About Removing Features Created with the Create Page Wizard
  Remove features created with a wizard using build options.

6.3.1 About Feature Pages

Feature pages provide application-level functionality. Examples of Feature pages include About Page, Access Control, Activity Reporting, Configuration Options, Email Reporting, Feedback, Login Page, and Theme Style Selection.

Tip:

See Feature Page Types for details about available Feature pages.

Add Feature pages in the following ways:

• Create a new application. Run the Create Application Wizard and select options under Features. See Running the Create Application Wizard and Available Features in the Create Application Wizard.

• Create a new page. Run the Create Page Wizard. On the Features tab, select a feature. See Adding a New Page to an Application and Feature Page Types.

• Add to an existing application. Add a Features page to an existing application. Navigate to the application. On the Application home page, select Add Feature Page from the Tasks list. On the Features tab, select a feature. See Feature Page Types.

6.3.2 Adding Features to an Existing App

Add a Features page to an existing application by selecting Add Feature Page from the Tasks list on the Application home page.

To add a Features page to an existing application:

1. On the Workspace home page, click App Builder.
2. Select an application.
   The Application home page appears.
3. From the Tasks list, select Add Feature Page button.

   The Create Page Wizard, Feature tab appears.

4. Select a feature.

   For more details about Feature pages, see Feature Page Types.

   What appears next depends upon the Feature type you select.

5. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. To learn more about an attribute, see field-level Help.

6.3.3 About Removing Features Created with the Create Page Wizard

Remove features created with a wizard using build options.

When you add a feature using a wizard, the wizard creates one or more pages and other components and processes to seamlessly integrate it into your application. Each feature is associated with a build option which contains one or more components. You can use the associated build option to enable, disable, or permanently remove features.

Using Build Options to Include or Exclude Features

Build options have two possible values: Include and Exclude. If you select the build option status of Include, then the Oracle APEX engine considers the associated components (in this case features) as part of the application definition at runtime. Conversely, if you specify the build options status as Exclude, then the APEX engine treats it and any associated components as if it did not exist.

Removing Features Permanently

You remove features created with a wizard by first removing the components associated with the build option and then deleting the build option.

See Also:

• Including or Excluding Build Options
• Deleting Build Options and Associated Components