This page describes how to define a record view and style your record header.

• To create related actions to display on your records, see Create Record Actions.
• To display a list of records, see Configure the Record List.
• To apply filters to your list of records, see Create User Filters.

Overview

Once you’ve configured the source of your record type, each row of your source data will be displayed as a record. To extend your data, you should consider what users will want to see and do from the context of each record.

Specifically, you’ll want to think about:

• Who will view the record?
• What information will they want to see when they view the record?
• What will users want to do from the context of the record?

Let's break it down with an example. If you are working with a Customer Support record type, first consider who will want to view the information on each record. In this example, support engineers and case managers need to view and monitor each submitted customer case.

Once you know who will view the record, what information they will want to see? The support engineer may only need to view who submitted the case, the details about the issue, and the date the case was submitted. The case manager, on the other hand, may want to view the total number of supported cases from the customer, their sentiment score, and their payment plan.

When you know who will view the records and what information each type of viewer will want to see, you can define your record views. Record views are design elements that you can use to tailor record data to a user’s interests and needs. You can have multiple record views to create a more comprehensive view of your data that benefits many users.

In the Customer Support record type, you could create two different record views: one for support engineers that displays the details of the case, and another for case managers that contains information about the customer’s sentiment score, case history, and payment plan.

Once you define your record views, learn how to create record actions so users can take action from the context of a record.

Define a record view

A record view is defined on the record type object and is comprised of an interface that displays information from a single record to end users. You can have multiple record views to surface different insights about each record depending on a user’s interests and needs.

Although each record in the record type will contain the same record views, the layout and data that display for each record is determined by the expressions used to define the views. By default, each record type will have at least three views:

• Summary view
• News view
• Related Actions view

The Summary view is displayed by default as the first view on a record. You can define the Summary view and up to 20 additional record views on your record type. The News and Related Actions views are configured out-of-the-box on the record type to display any news related to a record and any related actions associated with the record type. These two views are pre-configured to save development time, so they cannot be modified.

In order to define a record view, first create an interface object to display the record data. To easily pass data into your interface object, use the record type as a rule input in your record view interface. To learn more about creating a record view and passing the record data, see Create a Record View.

Define the Summary view

By default, each record will have a Summary view. This is typically the first view a user sees when clicking on a record in the record list. Users can navigate to this view from a column in a grid-style record list, or from the main text in a feed-style record list.

To define the Summary view:

1. In your record type, go to Views.

2. In the views grid, click Summary.

   

3. Enter an expression that calls your record view in the Interface field.
4. Click OK.

In the example below, the expression rule!P_PurchaseOrderDashboard(rv!identifer) is used to call the interface and pass in the record's ID. For more information on rv!, see Domain Prefixes.

Add a record view

In addition to the Summary view, you can have up to 20 record views.

To add another view:

1. In your record type, go to Views.

2. Click New View.

   

3. In View Name, enter the name you want the user to see. This is an expression field, so encase text values in quotes.
4. In Interface, enter your interface expression or an expression rule that calls your interface. For an example, see Create a Record View.
5. In Visibility, enter an expression to set the visibility for the view. The view will only be visible when the expression evaluates to true for the user.
6. From Related Action Shortcuts, select the related actions you want to display as buttons for this view. This section is blank if you haven't added any to the record type yet.
7. Click OK.

Configure the display of default record views

A record type has two record views that are configured out-of-the-box and displayed by default on each record:

• News view: This view shows the 20 most recent news events related to that record. Users can view and add comments to these news entries.
• Related Actions view: This view displays all related actions configured on the record type. Users can initiate related actions from this view.

Since these record views are auto-populated with related news events and related actions, they cannot be modified.

There may be cases when you don't want to display the News view or the Related Actions view on your records. For example, you may want to hide these views if your application doesn't utilize the News feed, or you've used the record action component to display related actions on your interfaces.

When you don't want to display the News or Related Actions views, you can hide them to prevent users from navigating or seeing these views on the records. You can determine whether or not the News or Related Actions view is displayed by selecting the Show News view or Show Related Actions view checkbox on the Views page.

When you choose to show or hide either of these views, you are determining the view's visibility. This means that if you configure the record type to hide a view, users will not be able to see or interact with the view anywhere in the application. For example, if you configure a site to display the News view, but you've hidden the view on the record type, the News view will not display on the site.

Hiding the Related Actions view does not determine the security of the related actions. Users can still perform related actions from related action shortcuts, the record action component, or by navigating to the URL for that related action if they have the proper security permissions to do so. To restrict permissions on related actions, configure the underlying process model's security.

Style the record header

Once you've created your record views, think about adding some final touches on the record's presentation. To start, each record will need a title that displays in a record header.

Record title

The record title appears at the top of each record view, in record tags, and in the hover card for that record.

The way you define the record title will vary depending on whether you plan to display your list of records as a grid-style or feed-style list.

For grid-style record lists, go to the Views page of the record type. You can configure a specific expression for each record title in the Record Title field. For example, the image below uses the expression rv!record[recordType!purchaseOrder.fields.purchaseOrder] to display each record's purchase order number as the title.

For feed-style record lists, the record title comes from the title parameter in a!listViewItem when you define the record list. Learn more about the listViewItem function

Record header

The record header appears at the top of each record view as the background and contains the title, breadcrumbs, and related actions. Record headers can be styled using colors or a billboard image. By default, the record header style is NONE.

Color backgrounds

Headers can display one background color for all records in a record type, or different colors based on an expression or variables within the record.

The record header will display the selected color style with the record title, breadcrumbs, and related action buttons in the card.

You can use one of the following options to set the background color:

• Static: Use the color picker to select the appropriate color or enter a hex code.
• Variable: Use the Color dropdown to select the record variable of your color. This picker returns the record variables of type TEXT.
• Expression: Enter an expression that evaluates to a valid hex color code.

Image backgrounds

You can configure headers to display one image or multiple images. One image from a document or a URL can be used for all records in a record type. Similar to color backgrounds, you can also configure image backgrounds to display different images based on variables within the record or using an expression.

The record header will display the billboard image of your choice, where you can style the overlay, height, and background color. The overlay will contain the record title, breadcrumbs, and related action buttons.

The following table lists the options you can use to style the image background:

Style	Options
Image Height	Short, Medium, Tall, and Auto.
Overlay Type	Bar and Full.
Overlay Position	Top, Middle, and Bottom.
Overlay Style	Dark, Semi-Dark, None, Semi-Light, and Light.
Background Color	Any valid hex code.

To configure the Document option for an image:

1. Select an image using the document picker.
2. Select the height of the image.
3. Select the overlay type and then select the overlay style. The style options for these can be found in the reference table above.
4. Select a background color to appear if your image is null, is an invalid value, or the user does not have permission to see the image.

To configure the URL option for an image:

1. Enter a secure URL of a static image you want as your billboard image.
2. Select the height of the image.
3. Select the overlay type and then select the overlay style. The style options for these can be found in the reference table above.
4. Select a background color to appear if your image is null, is an invalid value, or the user does not have permission to see the image.

To configure the Variable option for an image:

1. From the Color dropdown, select the record variable of your image. This picker returns record variables of type TEXT, INTEGER, and DOCUMENT.

   

2. Select the overlay type and then select the overlay style. The style options for these can be found in the reference table below.
3. Select a background color to appear if your image is null, is an invalid value, or the user does not have permission to see the image.

To configure the Expression option for an image:

1. In the expression editor, input an expression that evaluates to a valid document or image URL.
2. Select the overlay type and then select the overlay style. The style options for these can be found in the reference table above.
3. Select a background color to appear if your image is null, is an invalid value, or the user does not have permission to see the image.