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Adding a View to Site

If you have created a new class of objects, you might want to create a way for users to access them from sites. You might also want to create a new site view to provide a customized way of accessing existing objects. To do this, you must add a view to the custom Site class.

To Add a Custom View to Site

1.	Log on to the product as an APM administrator.

1.	From the Site window, click on the tool bar. The Enterprise window appears.

2.	Select the Customization Center view.

3.	On the Classes tab, select the Custom tab and click Lock for Customization.

4.	Double-click the Site class to open it.

Note: If the Site class is not yet customized, in the New Custom Class list, select Based on APM Class. Select the Site class and then click OK. The Site Class window appears.

5.	Select the User Interface view. Click the Views tabs. Click New View. The APM Forms Editor appears.

6.	In the Properties panel, Text box, enter a name for the site view.

7.	In the Window Type field, select Primary Window.

8.	By default, the view will be a Single-page format. If the view will be in a Multi-page format (with tabs), right-click View in the Outline panel, and select Convert to Multi-Page.

9.	If your view will have multiple pages, you can add more pages by right-clicking the view on the Layout panel and then selecting Add Page. Right-click the view again and select Sequence Pages. A Sequence Pages dialog appears. Click a page and use the up and down arrows to set the sequence.

10.	When you are finished, click OK. The dialog closes.

11.	Click each page and set its properties. Enter the title for the tab.

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Now you can begin adding controls to the view. Attributes, enumerated lists, methods, and relationships all appear in the Toolbox. Note that unless you override the default name for a custom relationship, it will appear in the layout using the relationship type (for example, References One) followed by the name of the linked class. You can add items from other related classes by opening the Class field in the Join Path panel, following the join path, and selecting the appropriate class.

Find the attributes or relationships that you want in the Toolbox, and drag the elements onto your view.

Note: If you add a relationship that references multiple objects (such as references many, or scopes), a table control (MCLB) will be used. When you add a table, you will probably want to modify the default table configuration for the view. To do this, see Adding a Table Configuration to a View.

13.	When you are finished, save the view and close the Forms Editor. Close the Site Class window.

14.	In the Customization Center view, Classes tab, Custom tab, click Unlock System.

15.	To view the changes in APM, you might need to generate the schema and cache files. Click the Generate list and then Schema. Click the Generate list and then Cache Files.

16.	Now you can test your customizations. Open a site and then navigate to your custom view.