Application-level items do not display, but are used as global variables to the application. You can use an application item as a global variable.
Topics in this section include:
To create an application-level item:
Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
When Application Builder appears, click Shared Components.
Under Logic, select Application Items.
The Application Items page appears.
To create an application item, click Create.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Once you create a application item, it appears on the Application Items page. You control how the Application Items page displays by making a selection from the View list. Available options include:
Icons (the default) displays each application item as a large icon. To edit an application item, click the appropriate icon.
Details displays each application item as a line in a report. To edit an application item, click the name.
You can view a history of changes to application items by clicking History at the top of the Application Items page.
Once you create an application-level item, you can edit it on the Create/Edit Application Item page.
To edit application-level item attributes:
Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
When Application Builder appears, click Shared Components.
Under Logic, select Application Items.
The Application Items page appears.
Select an application item.
The Create/Edit Application Item page appears.
To learn more about a specific item on a page, click the item label.
When Help is available, the item label changes to red when you pass your cursor over it and the cursor changes to an arrow and question mark. See "About Field-Level Help".
Click Apply Changes.
The Create/Edit Application Item page is divided into the following sections: Name, Security, Configuration, and Comments.
You can access these sections by scrolling down the page, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. When you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.