10.2.4 Creating a Calendar Using the Create Page Wizard

Use the Create Page Wizard to add a new page with a calendar.

To create a calendar using the Create Page Wizard:

1. On the Workspace home page, click the App Builder icon.
2. Select an application.
3. Click Create Page.

   Create a Page appears and features three tabs: Component, Feature, and Legacy Pages.

4. Under Component, select Calendar.
5. Page Definition:
   1. Page Number - The page number is an integer value that identifies a page within an application.
   2. Name - Specify a text name for this page.

      Tip:

      This text is also used for page Title. After page creation, you can modify the Title in Page Designer.

   3. Page Mode - Identify the page mode. To learn more, see field-level Help.
6. Data Source - Select a Data Source for the page:
   • Local Database - Data is sourced from the local database.
   • REST Enabled SQL Service - Data is sourced from a remote database, where the connection is defined using REST Enabled SQL. To create or maintain REST Enabled SQL references, navigate to Shared Components, REST Enabled SQL.
   • REST Data Source - Data is sourced from a RESTful web service defined using REST Data Sources. To create or maintain REST Data Sources, navigate to Shared Components, REST Data Sources.

   The steps that follow differ depending upon the selected Data Source. This task assumes the Data Source is Local Database.

7. Source Type - Specify the source of the new page. Options include:

   • Table:

     • Table/View Owner - Select the owner of the table on which you are building the page.

     • Table/View Name - Select the table or view on which the page will be based. When entering manually, note that the table name is case sensitive.

   • SQL Query:

     • Enter a SQL SELECT statement - Enter the SQL query.

8. Navigation - Expand the region and enable or disable navigation. If either flag is enabled, additional attributes appear. To learn more about an attribute, see field-level Help.
   1. Use Breadcrumb - Enable to create a breadcrumb entry for this page. By default, the page name is used as breadcrumb entry name.
   2. Use Navigation - Enable to create a navigation menu entry for this page.By default, the page name is used as navigation menu name.
9. Click Next.
10. Edit the calendar attributes:
    1. Display Column - Select the column which holds the text displayed for events on this calendar.
    2. Start Date Column - Select the column which holds the start date for events displayed on this calendar.
    3. End Date Column - Select the column which holds the end date for events displayed on this calendar. If End Date is specified, then the calendar displays duration based events.
    4. Show Time - Select Yes to show the time portion for events and also enable the Weekly and Daily calendar views. Select No to only show the dates for events.
11. Click Create Page.
12. To view page, click Save and Run Page.
    The rendered page appears.

Tip:

To learn more about external data sources, see Managing REST Enabled SQL References and Managing REST Data Sources.