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New View Element Dialog Box

You can use the New View Element dialog box to add a new view element into a business view. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the New View Element dialog box when you perform one of the following:

  • In the Business View Editor dialog box:
    • Select Menu > New > Group/Aggregation/Detail.
    • Select New Group, New Aggregation or New Detail.
    • Right-click the business view or a category and select New View Element from the shortcut menu.
  • Right-click a business view or a category and select New View Element on the shortcut menu in the Catalog Manager.

The dialog box contains the following tabs:

You see these buttons in the tabs:

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the view element.

New View Element - General

Display Name

Specify the display name of the view element. An intuitive display name can help users easily understand the element.

Mapping Name

Specify the mapping field to which you want to map the view element. Select the ellipsis Ellipsis button to select the field.

Type

Select the type of the view element: Group, Aggregation, or Detail.

By Expression

Designer displays the option when you select Group as the type of the view element. Select it if you want to use an expression to retrieve values for the group object. After you select the option, Designer disables the Mapping Name text box.

Aggregate Function

Designer displays the drop-down list only when the view element is an aggregation. It contains the aggregate functions that you can use for the aggregation object. Select the function you need.

  • Distinct On
    Designer enables this option and you should set it when you select DistinctSum as the aggregate function. Select the ellipsis Ellipsis button to select the fields according to whose unique values to calculate DistinctSum in the Select Fields dialog box.

Customized

Designer displays the option when you select Aggregation as the type of the view element. Select it if you want to create a custom aggregation by writing a formula.

  • Settings
    Select to open the Formula Editor dialog box to compose a formula using resources in the current business view, which can return an aggregation.

Tip

Specify the tool tip of the view element, which displays when users hover over it in the business view resource tree at runtime.

Description

Specify the description of the view element.

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Security

Use this tab to specify user accessibility to elements of the business views in the current catalog data source. For more information about options in the tab, see the Edit Business View Security dialog box.

New View Element - Security

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