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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.

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Adding Fields to Objects
Official Documentation
Adding Fields to Objects Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Fields are data definitions that represent database columns and store different types of values. By default, all objects include these...
Aggregation Fields
Official Documentation
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...
Auto-Increment Fields
Official Documentation
Auto-Increment Fields DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Auto-Increment fields are configurable read-only fields for uniquely identifying object entries in a human-readable format. For example, an IT...
Using Read-Only Fields
Official Documentation
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...
Layouts
Official Documentation
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...
Views
Official Documentation
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...
Restricting Access to Object Data by Account
Official Documentation
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,...
Using the Objects Model Builder
Official Documentation
Using the Objects Model Builder [Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+](#model-builder-availability) For Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+, you must have Object Folder → View permissions to...
Validations
Official Documentation
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...
Adding Field Validations
Official Documentation
Adding Field Validations Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Validations set rules for determining valid field entries. Each validation has its own trigger, conditions, and error message, which you...
Expression Builder Validations Reference
Official Documentation
Expression Builder Validations Reference Liferay 7.4 U67+/GA67+ You can create object field validations using Liferay's Expression Builder. This tool provides an integrated editor for quickly...
Adding Filters to Views
Official Documentation
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...
Using Objects with SugarCRM
Official Documentation
Using Objects with SugarCRM [Release Feature](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) You can create objects that map to...
Objects Application Permissions
Official Documentation
Objects Application Permissions Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ The Objects application is integrated with the permissions framework, so you can assign application and resource permissions to...
Using Glowroot with Liferay
Official Documentation
Using Glowroot with Liferay Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Liferay bundles Glowroot, the open source Java application monitoring tool. The tool displays helpful statistics about your system...
Liferay Performance Use Cases with Glowroot
Official Documentation
Liferay Performance Use Cases with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Use Glowroot to diagnose and inform you on making performance improvements to your Liferay installation. Here are a...
Using the Script Engine
Official Documentation
Using the Script Engine Liferay provides a robust script engine for executing Groovy scripts. You can execute scripts to perform maintenance tasks involving data cleanup, user maintenance...
Running Scripts From the Script Console
Official Documentation
Running Scripts From the Script Console The Script Console provides a single view for executing Groovy scripts and printing their output. It has predefined variables that facilitate working with...
Developing Glowroot Plugins
Official Documentation
Developing Glowroot Plugins Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot provides various out-of-the-box plugins. You can also build your own with the use of their plugin API. Here are some tips...
Troubleshooting JVM Issues with Glowroot
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting JVM Issues with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot displays a dashboard for identifying system issues quickly. Click the Errors tab to see a list of tracked...