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Entity Settings

Below is the full list of settings found on any given Entity. This is the expanded view, which is available when toggling the slider in the top right. Below the image are explanations of every setting.

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deploy live: Submits all new entity and field changes, so they are rendered in the application.

backup: ???

delete: Removes the entity entirely. Record data is not lost from this action.

bulk update: ???

General

Active: Determines whether or not records from the entity is available in the application. It is often useful to deactivate unused entities instead of deleting them, in case you need to look at what once was.

System name: What the entity is called in the database and is sometimes used in configurations where a specific entity needs to be pointed out. This never changes.

Display name: What the entity is called from the point of view of the user, and can be changed at any point if needed. Below is what the plural name of the entity should be for the purposes of list views.

Description: Has no function. Is merely a reminder in the designer of what the entity is.

Icon/image: Choose an icon to display next to the entity selection in the application navigation menu. The button Icon-selector below helps with this. Example: image.png

edit instructions, header and script: Advanced menu to insert custom css and JavaScript to adjust the behaviourappearance and appearancebehavior of the records.

Workflow

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