Grouping Pages

You can make the pages within your application easier to access by organizing them into page groups. To use page groups, you create a group and then assign pages to the group.

Page groups do not have any function other than to help developers organize their application pages.

Topics:

Viewing Page Groups
Creating a Page Group
Editing a Page Group Definition
Assigning a Page to a Page Group
Viewing Pages by Page Group
Deleting a Page Group

Viewing Page Groups

The section describes different ways to view page groups.

To access the Page Groups page:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.

The Page Groups page appears.

A Search bar at the top of the page. Available controls include:
- Search columns icon - Resembles a magnifying glass. Click this icon to narrow your search. To search all columns, select All Columns.
- Text area - Enter case insensitive search criteria (wild card characters are implied) to search for a page group by name and then click Go.
- Go button - Executes a search or applies a filter.
- View. Use this control to toggle between icon and report views. To change the view, click these icons:
  - View Icons (the default) displays each group as a large icon. To edit a group, click the appropriate icon.
  - View Report displays each group as a line in a report. To edit a group, click the name.
- Actions menu - Displays the Actions menu. Use this menu to customize the report view. See "Using the Actions Menu".
To view the pages associated with a group, click Pages by Page Group.

Creating a Page Group

To create a page group:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.
On the Page Groups page, click Create.
Enter a name, a description (optional), and click Create.

Editing a Page Group Definition

When you create page group you specify a name and description.

To edit the Page Group definition:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.
Select a page group.
On the Page Group page, edit the name or description and click Apply Changes.
To move to the next Page Group definition, click the Previous (<) and Next (>) buttons and repeat the previous step.

Assigning a Page to a Page Group

To assign pages to a group:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.
Click the Page Assignments tab.

The Page Assignments page appears. Clicking a page number takes you to the Page Attributes page. Clicking the page Name links to the Page Definition.
From the New Group list, select a group to which you want to assign pages and click Go.
Select the pages to be assigned and click Assigned Checked.

Reassigning a Page to a Another Page Group

To reassign a page to a page group:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.
Click the Page Assignments tab.

The Page Assignments page appears. Clicking a page number takes you to the Page Attributes page. Clicking the page Name links to the Page Definition.
Select a page.
From New Group, select a group to which you want to assign pages.
Select the pages to be reassigned and click Assigned Checked.

Viewing Pages by Page Group

To view pages by page group:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select the application.
Click the Utilities icon.
From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
Click Page Groups.
Click the Pages by Page Group tab.

The Pages by Page Group page appears. Clicking a page number takes you to the Page Attributes page. Clicking the page Name links to the Page Definition.
To create a new group, click Create and follow the on-screen instructions.

Deleting a Page Group

To remove a page group:

Remove all pages from the group to be deleted. See "Viewing Pages by Page Group".
Access the Page Group page:
1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
2. Select the application.
3. Click the Utilities icon.
4. From Page Specific Utilities, click Cross Page Utilities.
5. Click Page Groups.
6. Select a page group.
Click Delete.

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