Add child views to Custom Object detail views

This topic describes:

• What child views are
• Which child views are available
• How to create a customized child view
• How to add a child view to an Object detail view

What child views are

A child view is a view of events or other Object records that you add to an Object detail view.

For example, to this detail view of a studio, the Yoga Center added two child views called Classes and Teachers.

Studio detail view with two child views

The Classes child view lists only class events held at the West Seattle studio. The Teachers child view lists only teachers who teach at the West Seattle studio.

By including child views in each studio detail view, the Yoga Center provides site visitors with a complete picture of each studio's activity in one handy location.

Which child views are available

The specific child views you can add to a detail view depend upon the relationship between the two Objects.

For example, in the Teachers Object defined by the Yoga Center, Studio appears as a field. This automatically makes Teacher child views available to the Studio Object.

By default, the child view will correspond to the view you defined for the Object's spud.

For example, the defined view for the Teachers Object spud is a list view that includes photos. By default, this view appears as the child view in the Studio detail.

Studio detail view with default Teacher child view

If the default view doesn't present the information in quite the right way, you can create a customized child view

For example, the Yoga Center created a customized view of the Events Object for use as a Studio detail child view. The customized child view eliminates the unnecessary Studio column that appears in the default view.

The customized Events child view replaces the repetitive Studio column with a Class Type column.

How to create a customized child view

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, from the Object list, select the object for which you want to create a child view.
2. Click the Child Views tab, and then click Add a [Object Name] View.
3. On the Add Spud page, select the view you want, and then click OK.
4. On the Edit Settings page, type a Spud Configuration name, select the other settings you want, and then click Ok.

How to add a child view to an Object detail view

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, from the Object list, select the Object with which you want to associate a child view, and then, if necessary, click the [Object] Spuds tab.
2. In the [Object] Detail View section, click Edit Settings & Styles.
3. On the Edit Settings page, in the Child Views section on the Settings tab, click the arrow in the add new view drop-down list, and then select the Object type.
4. In the table that appears, for Tab Label, type the label that will appear above the child view on the detail view page.
5. For View, select the default or customized view you want to display, and then click OK.