Analytics exercise

Estimated duration: 1 hour

Introduction

It is important to know: where fields/processes come from, how to check filters/conditions that are set on pages, grids, forms, buttons, etc. This exercise will teach you how to know it.

What you are about to learn

  • How to find out what the source component is for text fields, buttons and grids.

Prerequisites

  • A personal training environment.

Contact your Novulo consultant if you do not have access to a personal training application for exercises yet. Most exercises only work in combination with a selected set of training data and not in any application.


1. Field names

Check what the database field names are for Code, Name and Product description long of a product. Also note from which component the fields originate.

If you get stuck at some point, read the following posts:

Solutions

Solution
  • M3391;
  • code,
  • name,
  • description_long.

If you have the trace formatter browser extension installed, you can enable “architect links”. By hovering over fields in your application, you can find out their database name:


2. Page analytics

Use the page analytics (or the Trace formatter) to find the ID of the product with the code BLE.

If you get stuck at some point, read the following posts:

Solutions

Solution
  1. Go back to the grid overview of Products and add the ID column.
  2. Use the trace formatter to hover over a field to see the ID number of the parent object.
  3. Use the page analytics in top right (when enabled) to view the current display values.

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