View Definitions


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View Pages

Each view has a view page, located at parenturl/viewname, where parenturl is the location of the workspace that contains the view, and viewname is the name of the view. For example, The view named libraries in the views workspace of the help source at https://www.lacibus.com is at https://lacibus.com/help/views/libraries

On a view page, you can define a view or edit a view definition. To do this, you:

Depending on the type of view, you may need to set more information.

Create a Description, Unknown, Constraint, Column or Action

On a view page:

  1. Click Add icon in the Description, Unknowns, Constraints, Columns or Actions section
  2. Enter the information for a description, unknown, constraint, column or action, as appropriate
  3. Click Proceed icon
Edit a Description, Unknown, Constraint, Column or Action

On a view page:

  1. Click Edit icon for the description, unknown, constraint, column or action that you want to change
  2. Edit the information for a description, unknown, constraint, column or action, as appropriate
  3. Click Proceed icon
Delete a Description, Unknown, Constraint, Column or Action

On a view page:

  1. Click Remove icon for the description, unknown, constraint, column or action that you want to delete
  2. A confirmation dialog will appear. Click OK
Set a (Ranked) Item Definition

On a view page, if item definition view use is selected, an Item Definition section will appear, or if ranked item definition view use is selected, a Ranked Item Definition section will appear. In that section:

  1. If there is not yet an item definition, click Add icon
  2. If there is an item definition already, click Edit icon
  3. Select the item definition unknown from the drop-down list
  4. Enter a description of the type of item described by the view. It will be used within sentences in dialogs, and should start with a lowercase letter.
  5. Select the display type from the drop-down list
  6. Select whether items should be created with default access levels. The default read level is the read level of the page on which the view is displayed. The default write level is the access level of the user creating the item. If use default access levels is set to false, the user creating an item will be asked to specify its access levels.
  7. Click Proceed icon


Define a Type of User Information

On a view page, if user information view use is selected, a User Information section will appear. In that section:

  1. If there is not yet a user information attribute, click Add icon
  2. If there is a user information attribute already, click Edit icon
  3. Select the user information unknown from the drop-down list
  4. Enter a description of the type of user information displayed by the view. It will be used within sentences in dialogs, and should start with a lowercase letter.
  5. Select the display type from the drop-down list
  6. Select whether items should be created with default access levels. The default read level is the read level of the page on which the view is displayed. The default write level is the access level of the user creating the item. If use default access levels is set to false, the user creating an item will be asked to specify its access levels.
  7. Click Proceed icon
Define a Type of Single Item Description

On a view page, if single item description view use is selected, a Single Item Description section will appear. In that section:

  1. If there is not yet a single item description, click Add icon
  2. If there is a single item description already, click Edit icon
  3. Select the described item unknown from the drop-down list
  4. Enter a description of the type of information described by the view. It will be used within sentences in dialogs, and should start with a lowercase letter.
  5. Select the display type from the drop-down list
  6. The value of use default access levels is not used, and can be set to either true or false.
  7. Click Proceed icon
Define a Key

On a view page, if the selected view use is a type of view that can have keys, a Key section will appear. In that section:

  1. If there is not yet a key definition, click Add icon
  2. If there is a key definition already, click Edit icon
  3. Select the key unknowns from the drop-down list. (You can select multiple unknowns).
  4. Click Proceed icon