7.3.3 Creating Branches, Validations, Computations, and Processes

Learn about managing branches, validations, computations, and processes in Page Designer.

7.3.3.1 Creating Pre-Rendering Branches, Computations, and Processes

Create branches, computations, and processes that execute before rendering the page:

To create branches, computations, and processes that execute before rendering the page:

  1. View the page in Page Designer:
    1. On the Workspace home page, click the App Builder icon.
    2. Select an application.
    3. Select a page.
    Page Designer appears.
  2. In the left pane, select the Rendering tab.
  3. Expand the Pre-Rending node at the top of the Rendering tab.
  4. Determine the processing point. Right-click Before Header, After Header, or Before Regions to display the context menu for that processing point.
  5. Select the appropriate option: Create Branch, Create Computation, or Create Process.
  6. Edit the appropriate attributes in the Property Editor.

    Tip:

    To view help for an attribute, select the attribute in the Property Editor and click the Help tab in the central pane.

  7. Click Save or Save and Run Page.

Tip:

If you have changed the default display to group components by component type, then you must to navigate to the Processing tab to maintain pre-rendering components.

7.3.3.2 Creating Page Submission Branches, Validations, Computations, and Processes

Create page submission branches, validations, computations, and processes in the Processing tab.

To create branches, validations, computations, and processes that execute when the page is submitted:

  1. View the page in Page Designer:
    1. On the Workspace home page, click the App Builder icon.
    2. Select an application.
    3. Select a page.
    Page Designer appears.
  2. In the left pane, select the Processing tab.
  3. Navigate to After Submit, Validating, Processing, or After Processing as appropriate within the processing tree.
  4. Right-click the identifier or an existing component to display the context menu for that processing point.
  5. Select Create Branch, Create Validation, Create Computation, or Create Process.
  6. Edit the appropriate attributes in the Property Editor.

    Tip:

    To view help for an attribute, select the attribute in the Property Editor and click the Help tab in the central pane.

  7. Click Save or Save and Run Page.

Tip:

You can use context menus to duplicate, delete, and copy a component to other pages.