Overriding pages

Overriding system-generated pages.

In order to demonstrate what you can accomplish using page builder in Platform, we will use the Arcade Games example and take you through the process of creating an object, overriding system-generated pages, and then configuring how collected data is presented in the list view.

  1. Create the new Arcade Games custom object. Platform will automatically generate a set of page templates as well as a resource configuration, a validation schema, and a basic list configuration.
  2. Add custom fields to the Arcade Games object so that you can input the data you need when you create a new record. By default, all the custom fields you add here will be rendered on the -create, -edit, and -view pages.
  3. Configure these default pages using the components available from Storybook. All the system-generated pages can be found on the Platform Settings page.
  4. Once you have configured your -create, -edit, and -view templates, it can be helpful to configure the global navigation bar in order to make it easier to engage with your data. For example, you could add links to the Create page and the List view page.
  5. The default List view page will not contain any of your custom fields. If you want to view any of the data from your custom fields in the list view, you must manually add the columns you want to be displayed on the Edit default columns page.
  6. Configure how the data is presented within the list view. For example, by adding hyperlinks or changing the format of the text in a column.
  7. Finally, in order further enhance the usability of your data, you can override the default -list template to include features like bulk selection or a button that links to your -create page.
Creating an object and adding fields

This article covers how to create the Arcade Games custom object and set up our custom fields.

Overriding the default Create Record template

This article covers how to override the default settings of the arcade-games-create template.

Overriding the default Edit Record template

This article covers how to override the default settings of the arcade-games-edit template.

Overriding the default View Record template

This article covers how to override the default settings of the arcade-games-view template.


Last modified May 5, 2022: updates (47af3bc)