homepageitems

See Branding for a discussion of how to configure HomePageItems as part of consistent branding of a module of functionality.

An HomePageItem is created by adding an HomePageItem record, which contains the following fields:

Read/Write Fields

The following Fields can be Read and Written To. These Fields can be used to load data from Blueprints etc.
They can also be included referred to in Calculations or in Templates.

Field ^*required	Title	Type	Details
Name *	Name	text	Name of this HomePageItem – this is used to refer to this HomePageItem when triggering it from another HomePageItem. It is not visible to the user. Maximum length – 60 characters
IconName	Icon	icon
Title	Title	text	The title is the text displayed to the user on the home page or in the menu. Maximum length – 80 characters
Description	Information Tip	text	Optional detail text that appears as an information tip next to the Title. Maximum length – 500 characters
SetName	Display Set Name	text	Enter the heading under which this HomePageItem should be displayed on the home page. Normally, you would group HomePageItems relating to a common set of functionality (‘module’) under a common heading. Maximum length – 30 characters
SetIconName	Set Icon	icon	Set IconName is an optional Icon that will be displayed alongside the SetName as part of the Set’s heading.
SetColour	Set Colour	colour	Set Colour is an optional HTML colour. It will be used as the colour of the group box under which this HomePageItem is displayed on the home page.
DisplayRecordType	Display Record Type	recordtype	Optionally set where this HomePageItem should link to when clicked. Link to an existing record, the Add Record page or a View page. Enter the name of the Record Type. To link to the default View for a RecordType, enter the RecordType name here and leave DisplayRecordName blank. To link to adding a record, enter the RecordType name here and type add into DisplayRecordName. To link to a named View, enter View here and type the View name into DisplayRecordName. To link to any other record (such as a Page), enter its RecordType name here and the record name into DisplayRecordName.
DisplayRecordName	Display Record Name	text	Optionally link to an existing record. Enter the name of a record of the type entered in DisplayRecordType. This will usually be a Page or View. OR enter ‘add’, then the link will go to the Add Record page for the DisplayRecordType, OR leave blank then the link will go to the Record Selection page for the DisplayRecordType Maximum length – 255 characters
SolutionName	Solution Name	text	Optional name of the Solution to which this HomePageItem belongs. This has no functional effect, but ensures that this record is included if a Solution is extracted as a Blueprint. Maximum length – 50 characters
FormScript	Form Script	formscript
ActionScript	Action Script	actionscript
NextRoute	Next Route	text	Maximum length – 100 characters
SequenceName	Sequence Name	text	If multiple HomePageItems are given the same SequenceName, then only one will be displayed at a time – the lowest SequenceOrder that satisfies the ShowCalc. By default, when that HomePageItem’s form is completed (and any associated ActionScript executed), then the next HomePageItem in the Sequence will be displayed (provided, of course, that it satisfies its ShowCalc if set). Maximum length – 60 characters
SequenceOrder	Sequence Order	number
ShowCalc	Show Calc	Calculation	This optional Calculation will determine whether this HomePageItem is offered to the current user.
isAdminOnly	Admin Only?	logical
ViewGroup	View Group	Group
EditGroup	Edit Group	Group