Development and tooling

Aggregation Fields

Aggregation Fields Liferay 7.4 U47+/GA47+ Aggregation fields perform basic calculations on the entries from a relationship table and display the resulting values. Available aggregation functions...

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Auto-Increment Fields

Auto-Increment Fields DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal 7.4 GA112+ Auto-Increment fields are configurable read-only fields for uniquely identifying object entries in a human-readable format. For example, an IT...

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Encrypted Fields

Encrypted Fields Self-Hosted and Self-Managed Only Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Liferay provides the encrypted field type for storing sensitive user data. To use encrypted fields, first add an...

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Formula Fields

Formula Fields Liferay 7.4 2023.Q4+/GA102+ Formula fields store read-only values calculated using numeric fields in the object definition. Example use cases include calculating an employee's...

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Using Read-Only Fields

Using Read-Only Fields Some use cases may require data fields to be read-only. For example, data integrity may require some field values to remain immutable, or you may need to prevent unauthorized...

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Layouts

Layouts Liferay 7.4+ Object layouts define how fields and relationships appear when creating and editing entries. All published objects include an autogenerated layout with a single tab that lists...

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Picklist Fields

Picklist Fields Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Picklists define lists of text values usable as single select or multi-select fields in object definitions. By default, single select fields appear as...

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Organizing Objects with Folders

Organizing Objects with Folders By default, object definitions are grouped in the Uncategorized folder, but you can add object folders to organize data models and manage access to definitions. ...

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Defining Object Relationships

Defining Object Relationships Liferay 7.4+ Relationships add fields and tables to object definitions for relating their entries to one another. Follow these steps to add relationships to object...

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Accessing Accounts Data from Custom Objects

Accessing Accounts Data from Custom Objects Liferay 7.4 U35+/GA35+ In some use cases, you may want to access account data from a custom object. For example, if you're building a custom returns...

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Designing Object Layouts

Designing Object Layouts Liferay 7.4 U31+/GA31+ Layouts define how fields and relationships appear when creating and editing object entries. Each layout can include multiple tabs containing...

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Adding Categorization to Fields Tabs

Adding Categorization to Fields Tabs Liferay 7.4 U31+/GA31+ You can add categorization blocks to fields tabs so end users can apply tags and categories to object entries. Follow these steps: ...

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Localizing Object Definitions and Entries

Localizing Object Definitions and Entries Liferay 7.4 2023.Q3+/GA92+ Liferay objects are integrated with the localization framework, so you can add translations for definition labels, and users...

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Managing Objects with Headless APIs

Managing Objects with Headless APIs Liferay 7.4+ You can create and manage objects from the Applications menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage...

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Relationships

Relationships Liferay 7.4 U47+/GA47+ Relationships add fields and tables to object definitions for relating their entries with one another. This provides access to entry data in different...

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Removing Relationships

Removing Relationships Liferay 7.4 U26+/GA26+ You can remove relationships from both draft and published object definitions. Removing a relationship permanently deletes its field from the related...

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Using System Objects with Custom Objects

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Restricting Access to Object Data by Account

Restricting Access to Object Data by Account Liferay 7.4 U58+/GA58+ In scenarios with multiple business accounts, you may want to restrict access to object entries by account. For example,...

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Validations

Validations Liferay 7.4+ Object validations set rules for determining valid field inputs. You can define validations with Groovy scripts, Liferay expressions, or a specified Composite Key...

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Using the Objects Model Builder

Using the Objects Model Builder [Liferay 7.4 2023.Q4+/GA102+](#model-builder-availability) For Liferay 7.4 2023.Q4+/GA102+, you must have Object Folder → View permissions to access the Objects...

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Adding Field Validations

Adding Field Validations Liferay 7.4 2023.Q3+/GA92+ Validations set rules for determining valid field entries. Each validation has its own trigger, conditions, and error message, which you can set...

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Expression Builder Validations Reference

Expression Builder Validations Reference Liferay 7.4 U67+/GA67+ With custom Objects, you can create field validations using Liferay's Expression Builder. This tool provides an integrated editor...

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Adding Filters to Views

Adding Filters to Views Liferay 7.4 U49+/GA49+ When designing a custom view, you can determine which fields appear as filter facets. Also, you can set default filters that apply automatically to...

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Views

Views Views define how entries appear in an object's application page. All published objects include an autogenerated table that displays all field columns alphabetically. However, you can design...

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Designing Object Views

Designing Object Views Liferay 7.4+ Views define how entries appear in an object's application page. Though each published object has an autogenerated view, you can create your own. Design custom...

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Deploying Object Widgets to Sites

Deploying Object Widgets to Sites Liferay 7.4+ When an Object is published, Liferay automatically generates a dedicated widget you can deploy to Site Pages. This includes both Site-scoped and...

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Setting a Default Sorting

Setting a Default Sorting Liferay 7.4 U18+/GA18+ With custom views, you can set a default sorting for tables. Follow these steps: Begin editing the desired view and go to the Default Sort tab. ...

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Renaming Table Columns

Renaming Table Columns Liferay 7.4 U21+/GA21+ With custom views, you can change and localize the display name for table columns so you can serve your global users and ensure the table's naming...

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Using Objects with Salesforce

Using Objects with Salesforce [Beta Feature](../../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) With Liferay, you can create objects that integrate with...

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Displaying Object Entries with Collections

Displaying Object Entries with Collections Liferay 7.4 U77+/GA77+ When you publish an object definition, Liferay creates a collection provider for it. For site-scoped objects, you can also create...

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Integrating Objects with Third Party Services

Integrating Objects with Third Party Services You can use Liferay Objects with popular data integration tools to create automated tasks for syncing Object data with external services. These tasks...

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Managing Data from External Systems

Managing Data from External Systems [Beta Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Liferay Objects provides low-code capabilities for...

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Using Objects with SugarCRM

Using Objects with SugarCRM [Beta Feature](../../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) You can create objects that map to SugarCRM objects (for...

Published Date: Jun 5, 24, 4:04 PM

Objects Application Permissions

Objects Application Permissions Liferay 7.4 2023.Q4+/GA102+ The Objects application is integrated with the permissions framework, so you can assign application and resource permissions to user...

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Understanding Object Integrations

Understanding Object Integrations Published custom objects are integrated with Liferay's core frameworks, so you can leverage Liferay's features to build unified experiences across the platform....

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Creating a Workflow Powered Application

Creating a Workflow Powered Application Subscribers Workflow Powered Applications require data from multiple stakeholders. These process-driven applications can go through multiple stages before...

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Deploying WARs (WAB Generator)

Deploying WARs (WAB Generator) You can create applications as Java EE-style Web Application ARchive (WAR) artifacts or as Java ARchive (JAR) OSGi bundle artifacts. Bean Portlets, PortletMVC4Spring...

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JARs Excluded from WABs

JARs Excluded from WABs [Liferay-generated web application bundles (WABs) are stripped of third party JARs that contain packages that Liferay exports already. Deploying the same third party...

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Troubleshooting Blade CLI

Troubleshooting Blade CLI If Blade CLI isn't working as expected, you may find answers here. The blade command is not available in my CLI The Blade CLI installer adds the blade command to your...

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Configuring Liferay Workspace

Configuring Liferay Workspace Liferay Workspace is simple to use, and you can learn the basics by starting at the beginning. If you're happily creating projects, deploying code, or using a Docker...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM