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Last modified: Sep 18, 2023

Presentation fields

Configuration of presentation fields for app.

In some cases it can be useful with presentation fields to easier differentiate instances of a single application.

By configuring presentation fields on an application, these values are extracted from the form data and included in the instance object. The data values are appended to the application title when the instance is displayed in the message box.

Configuration

Configuration of presentation fields is defined in applicationmetadata.json, which you can find in ythe application repository in the folder App/config.

Add a new section named presentationField that consists of the properties below.

NameDescription
idId for the presentation field. used to identify the presentation text when it is stored on the instance object.
pathDatamodel path to the presentation field. This value is the same that is bound to a component in the layout file of the app.
dataTypeIdId of the data type of the data model to retrieve the value from.

The complete presentation fields configuration in an application might look like this:

"presentationFields": [
  {
    "id": "Ansettelse",
    "path": "OpplysningerOmArbeidstakeren-grp-8819.Arbeidsforhold-grp-8856.AnsattAar-datadef-33267.value",
    "dataTypeId": "default"
  },
  {
    "id": "Navn",
    "path": "OpplysningerOmArbeidstakeren-grp-8819.OpplysningerOmArbeidstakeren-grp-8855.AnsattNavn-datadef-1223.value",
    "dataTypeId": "default"
  }
]

Result

The result in the message box will be the title of the application followed by the presentation texts in a comma separated list.

Instances with presentation fields in the message box
Instances with presentation fields in the message box