Defining field groups

Field groups are containers that organize fields into logical groups.

Before you begin

Review the best practices for configuring fields. See Best practices for configuring IBM OpenPages.

About this task

Use this task to create a new field group and then add a field to it.

Procedure

  1. Enable System Admin Mode. For more information, see Enabling and disabling System Admin Mode.
  2. Click Open Administration menu Administration menu > Solution Configuration > Object Types.
  3. Select an object type.
  4. Expand the Fields section.
  5. To create a field group, click New Field.
  6. Click New next to Field Group.
  7. Enter a Name and Description and click Create.
    The name must start with a letter, and can contain only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens (-), and the underscore (_) character.
  8. Continue defining the new field.
  9. Click Create.

What to do next

Add field definitions to the new field group. For details, go to Defining fields and adding them to field groups.