View Display Type

View Display Types offer an alternative to the (default) List Display, with more options to organize records when creating or editing a View:

• List Display

• This is the default view display type
• Records are displayed as rows and columns in a table

• Tree Display

• Optional, presents a sidebar with hierarchy tree to navigate to groups of records

• Thumbnail Display

• Optional, presents a thumbnail icon for each record

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• Calendar Display

• Optional, presents records in a calendar, based on a selected date field

List Display

In a List Display, records are displayed as rows and columns in a table.

• The List Display Type is selected from the Fields tab when creating or editing a View

Learn More: View Options

• The List Display offers the following options to customize the view: Fields, Order, Filter, Color Code

Tree Display

In a Tree Display, a navigation sidebar displayed, which presents groups of records. Choose a folder in the sidebar to display groups of records as rows and columns in a table.

• The Tree Display Type is selected from the Fields tab when creating or editing a View

Learn More: View Options

• The Tree Display offers the following options to customize the view: Fields, Order, Filter, Color Code, Group and Summary tabs

Thumbnail Display

In the Thumbnail Display, a thumbnail icon is displayed for each record. Thumbnail images can be associated with user-defined criteria (for example, to display an icon that indicates some status condition).

• The Thumbnail Display Type is selected from the Fields tab when creating or editing a View

Learn More: View Options

• The Thumbnail Display offers the following options to customize the view: Fields, Order, Filter, Thumbnail. The Thumbnail tab allows criteria to be specified with an associated thumbnail image

• Thumbnail images are selected from the image available in the Documents object
• If no image is specified, the default thumbnail image is displayed (file folder icon)

Example criteria settings for a Thumbnail Display:

Calendar Display

In the Calendar Display, records are presented in a calendar, based on a selected date field. A typical use is in an Events Management application, to show deadlines or other critical dates in a calendar view.

• The Calendar Display Type is selected from the Fields tab when creating or editing a View

Learn More: View Options

• The Record Identifier Fields are displayed in the calendar, along with the timestamp of the selected date field

• To change the information that is displayed in the calendar, modify the Record Identifier Fields in Record_Locators

Note: The Record Identifier Fields are displayed in the heading bar of each record, so if these values are changed, it will be reflected throughout the platform

• The Calendar Display offers the following options to customize the view: Fields, Order, Filter.