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Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Feature
Deployment Approach
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: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using System Objects with Custom Objects
Using System Objects with Custom Objects
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
App Builder
App Builder Available: Liferay CE/DXP 7.3 (deprecated and removed in 7.4) App Builder is a low-code application development solution for Liferay DXP. Build a data model, define the application's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Creating a Standard Application
Creating a Standard Application To create applications based on a custom object takes four steps: create the object, create at least one form view, create at least one table view, and deploy the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Generating Projects with Blade CLI
Generating Projects with Blade CLI Blade CLI exists to create, build, and deploy Liferay projects in Liferay Workspaces. Once created, these projects can be imported into an IDE or worked on...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Other Tools (Deprecated)
Other Tools (Deprecated) These tools are deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and they are planned for future removal. Modern browsers (and Liferay DXP) all support including JavaScript...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM

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