The Form View The Table View

1-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Identity Manager Figure 1–5 Table View The following applies to all table views: ■ To select a record in a table view, click it. ■ The data associated with a record is displayed in cells. Cells are also referred to as fields. ■ Forms contain column headings, which are boxes with labels above each column. Column headings display the name of the column. If a column contains a Lookup dialog box, which provides acceptable values for some field or attribute, then the column heading is displayed in blue. ■ The Design Console forms contain row headings, which are boxes with numeric labels at the beginning of each row. To view a detailed form view of a record, double-click its row header. To display a record in the form view, select the record in the table view. Then, click the applicable form tab at the bottom of the Workspace. ■ If a query returns more records than can be displayed in the Workspace, a vertical scroll bar is displayed along the right edge of the table view. Click the up or down arrows in the vertical scroll bar to scroll through the records of the table. ■ If the table view contains more columns than can be displayed in the Workspace, then a horizontal scroll bar is displayed along the bottom edge of the table view. Click the left or right arrows in the horizontal scroll bar to display additional columns not initially visible in the Workspace. ■ You can edit record information in the individual cells fields of the table view. Design Console Overview 1-9 To edit the information in a particular field, click it and make the desired changes. ■ Fields whose column headings are displayed in blue have Lookup dialog boxes. You can double-click these fields to access their Lookup dialog boxes, and select the desired value. When you edit the value in any field, the row header for the corresponding record changes to black. This indicates that the data in that field has changed and must be saved. ■ To select consecutive records, press the Shift key and use the mouse to select records. ■ To select nonconsecutive record rows, press the Ctrl key and use the mouse to select records. ■ To export a record, right-click the row heading. To select more than one record, press the Shift key before clicking the row heading. A dialog box is displayed. ■ Select Copy to Clipboard to copy the selected records to the Clipboard. You can paste copied records into a Microsoft Excel worksheet or a Microsoft Word document. ■ To save the records as a tab-delimited file, select Copy to File. ■ You can control the order in which the records in a table view are displayed by using the sort feature. To change the sort order of displayed records, click the heading of the column by which you want the records to be sorted. A triangle is displayed beside the column heading text. This indicates the direction, ascending or descending order, in which the records were sorted.

1.3 Special Field and Form Types

The actions of the basic features of the Design Console are standard for all forms. This section describes the standard actions of the Design Console and the field and window types in the Design Console main screen.

1.3.1 Data Fields

Data fields are display areas in forms that present information related to a specific record. For example, First Name can be a data field on the Users form. The label of a field can be displayed in black or blue. ■ A black label indicates that this field is a standard field. You can query, create, modify, or delete information in a standard field. ■ A blue label indicates that the data in this field is derived from a predefined list of values supplied by using a Lookup or a Date Time window. When you double-click this type of field, the applicable Date Time window or Lookup window is displayed. You can select a date, time, or a lookup value. The value of a field can be displayed in black or red. ■ If the field value is displayed in black, the data in this field is supplied by the user. You can query or edit the information in these types of fields. 1-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Identity Manager ■ If the field value is displayed in red, the data in this field is supplied by Oracle Identity Manager. These values are read-only. This prevents you from overwriting critical information.

1.3.2 Lookup Fields

A lookup field enables you to search for a value. Lookup fields are displayed in blue. The following procedure describes how to use lookup fields. To use lookup fields: 1. Double click the lookup field. The Lookup dialog box is displayed.

2. In the Lookup dialog box, to select a value, click the field, and then click OK.

Alternatively, you can select the field and press F4. Click Cancel to close the Lookup window without selecting anything. Figure 1–6 shows the Lookup dialog box. Figure 1–6 Lookup Dialog Box 3. If the Lookup dialog box contains a long list of values, enter the first few characters of the value in the Find box, followed by an asterisk , and click Search . Alternatively, you can scroll through the list of values to locate it. The Lookup dialog box displays the results that match your search.

1.3.3 Date and Time Fields

The Date Time window enables you to select a month, year, day, and time. This window is displayed when you double-click a field that is equipped with a an option to open this window. The Date Time fields have labels in blue. To select a date and time: 1. Double-click the field in which you want to enter a date and time. You can also display the Date Time window by selecting a field and pressing F4.