Object Views are made up of tabs containing Workshop modules. Workshop modules are configurable parts of the view used to display data, such as tables or charts.
Administrators and users with Object View Admin
application permissions in Control Panel can edit the configuration of object views. Some configuration options include changing the tab visibility or modifying tab content.
A change to an object view applies to all users and the entire object type. For example, if you edit the Airport
object type by working within the "John F Kennedy International Airport" object view, the changes you make will apply to all airports that share the same object type.
An object view starts with a default configuration based on the object type definition in the Ontology. The default configuration is generated using prominent
properties and links. You can find key properties and associated links in the Overview tab. This default view is dynamically updated based on the object type definition until the first view configuration edit is saved. After this first saved edit, the object view configuration is fully in the editor's control and all updates must be made manually.
You must have appropriate permissions to edit an object view. The permissions required to edit the object view for an object type depend upon whether the object type uses Ontology Roles:
Object View Admin
application permission in Control Panel as well as the Editor
role on the object type's input datasources.Ontology Editor
role on the object type.Configuration options include changing the tabs and widgets within the view and customizing the layout and conditional visibility. By default, an object view starts with a configuration based on the object type definition in the Ontology.
Administrators can also use Control Panel to configure profiles to use in object view. Profiles allow users to view object information relevant to their role.
To make changes to an object view, navigate to a relevant object type within Object Explorer. From the object view header, open the More menu, click Advanced, and then click on Edit object view.
After applying your changes, click on the "open" icon in the upper right corner to open the object in Object Explorer.
There are three main sections within the Object View editor: the object preview, the header, and the editor sidebar.
The preview shows your current working state for the object view configuration using a selected preview object and custom view, if configured. You may change the preview object and custom view in order to test your changes across different combinations of data.
The header includes controls for three functionalities:
Use the editor sidebar to edit configuration and navigate between the three different levels of object view configuration: Tabs, Sidebar, and Settings.
In the Tabs section, you can edit the order of tabs in the object view or delete them. Click on a tab to configure the widgets within them or add a new widget. You can also configure visibility settings and layout in the Visibility and Settings options of the tab settings.
In the Sidebar section, add, remove, or reorder configured groups for the object type. You can view these groups in a collapsible sidebar to the right of your object view. Click on a group to configure its contents, visibility, and title.
Use the Settings section of the editor sidebar to adjust the view width of your object view.
At each level of configuration, you can switch between the visual editor and the code editor, which allows you to edit configuration as YAML.