App configuration

This page provides an overview of the configuration options for content apps. You can create apps that are tailored to customer needs when you understand how to adapt the following descriptors and definitions.

  • Action bar definition: Organizes and displays available actions to users.

  • Action definition: Creates custom actions that can be performed within the app, such as publishing content, sending notifications, or triggering workflows.

  • App descriptor: The foundation of an app, defining its name, type, availability, and other key properties.

  • App Launcher layout definition: Configures the App Launcher layout, including the layout of groups, apps, and app permissions.

  • Column definition: Defines the arrangement and presentation of column content within a view, specifying the number, width, and behavior of columns.

  • Content view definition: Determines how content is displayed to app users. There are three views, listView, thumbnailView, or treeView.

  • Data source definition: Specifies how an app accesses and interacts with data, whether from internal repositories, external databases, or other sources.

  • Subapp descriptor: Used for organizing an app into logical tabs, each with its own configuration.

  • Workbench definition: Configures the authoring interface, including the layout of views, forms, and available actions.

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