Automatic Screen Creation

Automatically create screens that are populated with data from the data source by dragging and dropping a mobile business object onto the Flow Design.

Setting the preferences for automatic screen creation

Set the preferences for automatic screen creation in the Device Application Designer Preferences. These preferences allow you to decide which screens to create when you drop a mobile business object onto the Flow Design canvas.

The Relationship Automatic Screens option means that all sub screens are created after the initial relationship screen is created.

By default, Delete Operation Screen is unselected, which means the Device Application Designer:
  • Creates the main screen with a table for the mobile business object.
  • Adds a Delete menu item to the main screen.
  • Adds an alert action of the question type, which goes back to the main screen to the menu item. Adding this action means the user is prompted to confirm before deleting.
  • Adds a save context action to the menu item.
  • Adds an operation action that performs the delete operation to the menu item.

If Delete Operation Screen is selected, a Delete screen is created.

Behavior of automatic screen creation

When using the auto creation feature, keep these points in mind:

If you drop more than one mobile business object onto the Flow Design canvas, only the main screens are created. If a screen has multiple related screens that can be created, use the assist option bob_assist_icon at the top of the screen to create the screens.

When using MBOs with multiple relationships, if different behavior is expected for the different types of relationships, you should manually create different screens to accommodate the different types of relationships instead of using the same screen for all relationships.