Summary View

Overview

A summary view displays each record in detail, as shown in the screen-shot below. The records are arranged in rows. You can configure the number of rows to be displayed per page and the number of records to be displayed in a single row. You can easily navigate a summary view that has thousands of records using the navigation links that are placed below the view header. Selecting the Record Count icon on the top will display the total number of records in the view. To move forward through records in the summary view, click the arrow that points to the right. To move back, click the arrow that points to the left.

Creating a Summary View

1. Select the New View option in the Views tab. The dialog to create the new view will be displayed.
2. Select the View Type as Summary.
3. Specify the View name . The view name is the name displayed in the View header and the view link name is the name displayed in the URL while accessing the view. For example, if the view name is Summary View, the view link name will be http://creator.zoho.com/zchelp/summary-view/#View:Summary_View. The link name is also used internally in Deluge Script.
4. Select the Form based on which this new view is to be created.
5. Place this view under: If you have created sections under which the existing forms/views are to be displayed in Live Mode, all the existing sections will be displayed here. Select the section under which the new view will be displayed. If no sections are created, the view will be placed under "Home". Refer the topic, Layouts for more information.
6. Edit Permissions: The Application owner can grant three levels of access permissions to a public application or to shared users of a private application. Learn how to set access permissions.
7. Click Done to create the view. The new view named Summary View is created as shown in the screen-shot below.
   
8. You can make the required configurations to this view using the options displayed on the left-side tree. Each option is explained in separate topics as listed below:

• Display Properties: Displays the selected view type and the number of rows to be displayed per page and the number of records to be displayed in a single row. Learn more..
• Column Properties: You can control the display of columns and also change the display name of the columns here.
• Set Column Widths: You can specify the width of columns by providing the appropriate width in pixels/percentage. Learn more..
• Set Criteria: You can set criteria to create views with specialized reporting needs. Learn more..
• Set Filters: Filters are a set of name d criteria that allows you to select only specific entries in a view. Learn more..
• Set Grouping: You can group your data based on specific fields in a view. Grouping creates sub-lists within a s. Learn more..
• Set Sorting: By default, a summary view displays the records in the order in which they are added. (i.e.) latest records are listed on top. You can sort records by a specific column/column(s) in ascending or descending order to display meaningful reports. Learn more..
• Set Access Permissions: Users will be able to add, edit or delete records in a view only if access permission is provided by the app owner. Learn more..
• Custom Actions: Custom Actions are actions performed on selected records in a view by executing function calls. Learn more..

A summary view that displays each sales record grouped by Product and sorted by Sale Date

Adding, Editing and Deleting Records

The application owner can Add, Edit and Delete records from a summary view. Shared users can Add, Edit or Delete records in the view only if access permission is provided by the application owner.

• To add a new record, click on the Add option displayed below the view header, as highlighted in the screen-shot below. The Add Record dialog will be displayed to add a new record to the form.
  
• To Edit an existing record click on the Edit option displayed in the record header, as highlighted in the screen-shot given below. The Edit Record dialog displays the record with its current values. Modify the required values and click on the Update button.
  
• To delete an existing record, click on the Delete option placed in the record header. Zoho Creator will display a confirmation dialog before actually deleting the record. Click OK to delete the record or Cancel to come back to the view.

Managing a summary view

Once created it is easy to manage a summary view while it is displayed on your screen.

The app owner/user can,

• Change the display format of the view
• Export data in different formats
• Show/hide columns in the view
• Create personalized views by saving the changes made to the view as a new views.
• Print data.

In addition to the above actions, the app owner can perform the following actions:

• Import data to the view
• Get the view permalink
• Embed the view in his website/blog.

All this can be done right from the summary view that is displayed on the screen. The app owner need not go back to the View tab to make these changes. To modify other type of views or to use the other features like setting criteria etc., you need to make the changes from the View tab. Shared users can create personalized views by saving the changes made to their view as a new views. Read How