Grid Layout lets you manage large chunks of content. It offers you the flexibility to associate more layouts within the grid layout thus letting you structure your documents and content as per business requirements. Due to its unique capabilities, you must define name areas of the grid. You can add more styles and layouts to the name areas.

Configuring Grid Layout

1. Log in to Oracle Financial Services Cloud application with your credentials and select an active Config ID.
2. From the Dashboard, select Application Navigation.
3. From the left Navigation pane, select Configuration and then select Communication.
4. From the Navigation pane, select Layout.
5. To add new grid layout, select Add.
6. On the Creating Layout wizard, select Grid and select Continue.

   Note:

   In case of grid layout, you can also associate other layouts with the grid layout.

   Table 5-3 Add Identification

   Field	Description
   Name	Enter name for the layout.
   Long Name	Enter long name for the layout.
   Description	Enter description for the layout.
   Style Class Name	Select the style class that you want to associate with the layout. Note: You can associate more than one style to the layout.

7. On the Manage Associations page, expand Optional and start with adding style with grid layout attribute which will help you in defining the name areas.

   To add a Style to a Layout

   To add a style, you can use any of the following options and select Continue:

   • Create New Style
   • Use Existing Style(s)

   Creating a New Style

   Note:

   For grid layout, start by defining the grid area in the style.
   1. On the Create Style Add Identification page, enter the following details and select Continue:

      Table 5-4 Add Identification

      Field	Description
      Name	Enter name for the style.
      Long Name	Enter the long name for the style.
      Description	Enter description for the style.

   2. On the Creating Style Add Style Attributes page, enter name for the Style Class and select + against Add Attribute.
   3. Select Grid-template-areas attribute and select + against Add RowContinue.
   4. On the Grid-template-areas page, select + against Add Area Name to the rows.
   5. Enter the Area Name and select Continue. Repeat this as per your requrement for the number of areas and rows and then select Done.
   6. On the Creating Style Add Style Attribute page, add more attributes if required and select Continue.

   Using Existing Style

   1. On the Adding Style to Layout Setup Style page, select Use Existing Style(s) and select Continue.
   2. On the Select Style(s) page, select a grid-template-areas style that you want to add and select Continue.

      Note:

      You can add multiple styles to a layout from the list of existing styles.
   3. On the Adding Associations Attributes Add Style Attributes page, select Continue.

      Adding Layout

      You can either create new layouts or map existing layouts to the named areas of the grid template.

      Adding new layout to map to named areas

      1. On the Creating Layout Manage Associations page, select +Add against Layout.
      2. Select the type of layout that you want to create from the list and select Continue.
      3. In the Creating Layout Add Identification page, enter the following details and select Continue.

         Table 5-5 Add Identification

         Fields	Description
         Name	Enter name for the layout.
         Long Name	Enter long name for the layout.
         Description	Enter description for the layout.
         Style Class Name	Select the Style Class Name to apply.

      4. On the Creating Layout Attributes Add Layout Attributes page, specify the following and select Continue:

         Table 5-6 Add Layout Attributes

         Field	Description
         Layout Always Triggered	Select if you want to apply the layout everytime. By default, it is set to True.
         Style Area Name	Enter and select the area name which you want to associate with the layout.

      1. On the Creating Layout Manage Association page, select Suggested and expand Optional.
      2. On the Manage Associations, expand Contents.
      3. Select +Add.
      4. From the Adding content to Layout - Setup Content, select if you want to create new content or use an existing content.

         Creating New Content

         To create new content, follow the steps mentioned in the following topics:

         Adding Text Content In Communication Cloud Service

         Uploading Image Content In Communication Cloud Service

         Note:

         On the Add Content attributes Content Attributes, specify if you always want to trigger content. By default, it is set to True.
         Using Existing Content

         1. On the Adding Content to Layout Setup Layout page, select Use Existing Content(s) and select Continue.
         2. On the Select Content(s) page, select the content that you want to add and select Continue.

            Note:

            You can associate multiple content to a layout from the list of existing content.
         3. On the Add Content attributes Content Attributes, set if the content is always triggered. By default, it is set to True.
8. On the Manage Associations page, select Continue.
9. On the Creating Layout Manage Order page, set the order of the associated layouts and styles and select Continue.
10. On the Success page, you can view the details of the newly added layout. Select Finish to complete the process.