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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcWGGLs96M8 Team Networking using Relay]
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*'''General Orientation'''
**[[Navigating the User Interface]]
**[[My Applications / App Center]]
** [[Relay]]: Integrated Social Networking
** [[Applications]]
** [[Views and Reports]]
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* '''Fundamentals'''
** [[Users]]
** [[Teams]]
** [[Roles]]
** [[Role Based Access Permissions]]
** [[Permissions Hierarchy]]
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*'''Design Concepts'''
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:* [[Application Design Guide]]
:* [[The Power of Objects|The Power of Objects]]
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:* [[Single Sign On]]
:* [[Platform Installation Guide | Self-Hosted Installation]]
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| Store data in a powerful "database on steroids".
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| Share common behaviors and attributes, like [[Forms]], [[Workflows]], [[Validations]], & [[Data Policies]]
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| Rapidly access records. Ensure uniqueness.
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|Β  || [[Record Locators]]
| Help users identify records they're searching for.
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| Summarize data in platform objects.
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| Pie charts, bar charts, graphs. "Drill down" into a segment, or view underlying data.
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|Β  || [[Database Views]]Β 
| Advanced reports using database queries and joins.
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|Β  || [[SQL Browser]]Β 
| Do SQL Language queries on your platform data.
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|Β  || [[Forms|Forms]]
| Determine how individual records appear.
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|Β  || [[Views]]
| Determine how records are shown in a table.
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|Β  || [[Dashboards]]
| Take command of your data with a variety of [[Widgets]].
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|Β  || [[Print Templates]]
| Format records by defining HTML and JSP templates.
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|Β  || [[Web Tabs]]
| Set up the tabs a user will see in the application.
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|Β  || [[Sidebars]]
| Customize the contents of the user's navigation pane.
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|Β  || [[Web Forms]]
| Interact with the platform from a remote site.
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|Β  || [[Workflows]]
| Automate business processes.
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|Β  || [[Data Policies]]
| Automatically act when data is changed or viewed.
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|Β  || [[Validations]]
| Make sure that incoming data is correct.
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| colspan="3"| &nbsp; '''Logic'''
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|Β  || [[Actions]]
| Create buttons the user can press.
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|Β  || [[Classes]]
| Create Java classes for more sophisticated programming.
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|Β  || [[Sites]]
| Create pages for customers and external users.
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|Β  || [[Pages]]
| Create custom Java Server (JSP) pages.
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|Β  || [[Static Resources]]
| Upload additional CSS and Javascript files.
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|Β  || [[Components]]
| Build custom controls for JSP pages.
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| colspan="3"| &nbsp; '''Global Resources'''
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|Β  || [[Users]]
| Manage users.
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|Β  || [[Tasks]]
| Organize tasks.
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|Β  || [[Appointments]]
| Track appointments.
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|Β  || [[Documents]]
| Manage documents.
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|Β  || [[Global Picklists]]
| Common choice-lists for use in any page.
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Revision as of 23:38, 1 June 2012

The AgileApps Cloud platform is a database in the cloud that doubles as a PaaS (Platform as a Service). That means you get a database on steroids that includes a suite of pre-built application templates, so you can run, customize, and build enterprise apps "in the cloud"--applications that are driven by workflow processes and data policies, and that support collaboration. (And because the applications run in the cloud, you don't have to worry about scalability, backups, database administration, network administration, upgrades, or maintenance!)

Where you go from here depends on what it is you want to do: