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View definition components

The View designer in the BMC Helix Innovation Studio contains the following components that you can use while designing a view definition the Digital Service application UI.

Note

Application business analysts can customize the objects developed in their own applications and that are marked customizable by the developers, but cannot customize the objects developed in com.bmc.arsys. For example, objects in core BMC applications like Foundation, Approval, and Assignment cannot be customized.

Components

Description

Basic components

Record Grid

Displays record fields in a tabular format on UI.

For more information, see Creating-a-tabular-view-of-record-instances-by-using-a-record-grid.

Record Editor

Provides the following features:

  • Allows data editing for record instances
  • Supports data menus and includes all supported typed data widgets
  • Includes configurable logic to define dynamic expressions, cascading menus, and configurable actions for validation

For more information, see Creating-a-view-for-a-record-instance-by-using-record-editor.

Action Button

Launches an action in a view. For more information, see Configuring-actions-by-using-an-action-button.

Button Bar

Launches a block or container to accomodate a collection of action buttons in a single strip or block.

Container

Defines a region of a view that can include view components or nested container.

For more information, see Creating-a-layout-using-Containers.

Rich Text

Improves the appearance of text, including adding hyperlinks.

Tab Panel

A tab panel interface component is a container for resources associated with a tab. It is a set of layered pages where only one page is displayed at a time. For more information see, Configuring-a-Tab-Panel-view-component.

Form fields

Fields

Displays the record fields on the UI. You can use the following fields types in the View designer:

Attachment, Boolean, Date, Date/Time, Decimal, Dropdown, Floating, Integer, Select group, Text, Text area and Time.

Approval components

Approval console

Provides a visual experience for creating and managing an approval process.

Note: The Approval Service is deployed by default with the BMC Helix Innovation Studio. However,  the approval components are available in the View designer only when you define the dependency of your application on the Approvals library.

Related topic

Defining-the-user-interface-through-view-definitions