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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
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Defining Object Relationships
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Removing Relationships
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Renaming Table Columns
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Deploying Object Widgets to Sites
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Designing Object Views
Official Documentation
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
Integrating Objects with Third Party Services
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using Objects with Salesforce
Official Documentation
Using Objects with Salesforce [Release Feature](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) With Liferay, you can create...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Displaying Object Entries with Collections
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Managing Data from External Systems
Official Documentation
Managing Data from External Systems [Release Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) Liferay Objects provides...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: Jun 5, 2024 4:04 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Understanding Object Integrations
Official Documentation
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....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Use Glowroot to identify and diagnose performance issues in your Liferay installation. The following...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot can troubleshoot FreeMarker templates to pinpoint slow transactions. Configuring the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Script Examples
Official Documentation
Script Examples Here are some examples to help you use scripts in DXP. Most of the examples originated from the Liferay blog post 5 Tips to Improve Usage of the Liferay Script Console. Example 1:...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts
Official Documentation
Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts Many scripting scenarios require invoking Liferay services. Liferay *ServiceUtil classes are the fastest and most convenient way to invoke Liferay services in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Portal Developer Properties
Official Documentation
Portal Developer Properties There are Portal Properties that facilitate development. Liferay's portal-developer.properties file includes all of them. The portal-developer.properties file is enabled...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
7.3 Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
7.3 Breaking Changes This document presents a chronological list of changes that break existing functionality, APIs, or contracts with third party Liferay developers or users. We try our best to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
7.4 Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
7.4 Breaking Changes Breaking changes break or significantly alter existing functionality or code structure. Here are all of the breaking changes for Liferay 7.4, starting with the latest quarterly...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating Form Fragments
Official Documentation
Creating Form Fragments Liferay 7.4 U45+/GA45+ The form components fragments are for building your object's forms in a content page. If Liferay's form fragments don't satisfy your use case, create...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Contributing to Liferay Development
Official Documentation
Contributing to Liferay Development The first thing to do in learning to fix bugs or contributing a feature is to become familiar with how to build the system. The Liferay Portal build system now...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Development
Official Documentation
Development Liferay's development platform makes developers faster and more efficient by providing a baseline set of features to build upon. Rather than start from scratch, you can start instead...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building Applications
Official Documentation
Building Applications For maximum compatibility with all of Liferay's deployment options, you can combine Liferay's Objects, Client Extensions, and other features and tools to build real-world...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building a Custom Ticketing System
Official Documentation
Building a Custom Ticketing System Liferay makes it easy for you to build digital solutions. For example, you can create a custom ticketing application with the styling and features needed for your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Defining a Custom Data Schema
Official Documentation
Defining a Custom Data Schema The ticketing application requires custom data fields and selections. You use Liferay objects and picklists to define a custom data schema. Creating Custom Picklists...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Applying a Custom Theme
Official Documentation
Applying a Custom Theme You can use different front-end client extensions to customize the look and feel of your site. Specifically, theme CSS type client extension can be used as an alternative to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Deploying a Custom Application
Official Documentation
Deploying a Custom Application You can use a custom element client extension to render a JavaScript application as a widget on a Liferay site page. The application is served by Liferay and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Implementing a Documentation Referral System
Official Documentation
Implementing a Documentation Referral System The ticketing system can be further enhanced with a documentation referral system. The system searches automatically for relevant documentation based on...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Using Object Data with React Charts
Official Documentation
Using Object Data with React Charts Here you'll use Objects, Headless APIs, and custom element remote applications to create a dynamic chart for data dashboards. First, you'll set up a new DXP...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 When you want to extend Liferay, either by modifying its look and feel or by calling functions outside of Liferay, you...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs
Official Documentation
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs Use Cron jobs to automate managing tickets. For example, have a job to run at a regular schedule to delete any tickets that have a resolution type of duplicate or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building a Time Off Requester
Official Documentation
Building a Time Off Requester Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay Objects, you can build entire applications without writing code or deploying modules. Here, create a Time Off Request application using...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Packaging Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Packaging Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Client extension projects are built as deployable archives called Liferay Universal File Format Archives...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Client Extension Reference
Official Documentation
Client Extension Reference Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 You can find code examples for all types of client extensions in liferay-portal Frontend Client Extensions ...
Published Date: Jun 21, 2024 3:41 PM
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference You can use an instance settings client extension to configure a wide variety of Liferay configurations. Each configuration is referenced by its PID...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Configuration as Code
Official Documentation
Configuration as Code Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Liferay instance configurations are deployable with client extensions. For example, you can deploy OAuth2...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth user agent client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines an OAuth...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Language Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...
Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 12:57 PM
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension
Official Documentation
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q1+/Portal GA92+ JavaScript import map entry client extensions make JavaScript code or resources available to...
Published Date: Sep 14, 2024 3:48 PM
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript import map entry client extension: assemble: - from: build/static ...
Published Date: Sep 14, 2024 3:48 PM
Client Extensions UI Reference
Official Documentation
Client Extensions UI Reference Liferay's widget client extensions (custom element and iframe) register applications with Liferay, adding them as widgets to site pages. Additionally, you can style...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth headless server client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel
Official Documentation
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel One of the easiest ways to get started developing on Liferay's platform is to modify its look and feel. You can change everything from its favicon to its entire...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:48 AM
Micro Frontends
Official Documentation
Micro Frontends Micro frontends extend the concept of microservices to the frontend side of development. You can build a fully-featured and powerful browser application that uses a microservice...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Using a CSS Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
CSS YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a CSS client extension definition: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Frontend data set filter client extensions define JavaScript functions for creating customizable filter...
Published Date: Jun 6, 2024 3:55 PM
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference
Official Documentation
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference You can define a Frontend Data Set cell renderer client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details The client-extension.yaml file...
Published Date: Aug 15, 2024 3:42 PM
Using a JavaScript Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a JavaScript Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a JavaScript (JS) client extension, you can run your own JavaScript on any page in Liferay without worrying about dependencies on Liferay code...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference You can define a JavaScript client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript client...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Theme CSS YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Theme CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a theme CSS client...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme CSS client extension, you can override the current theme's CSS files (main.css and clay.css) to change the look and feel of a page....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM