{"id":14415,"date":"2019-02-06T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2022-07-19T16:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:25:39","slug":"creating-entity-fields-views-common-data-service-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/creating-entity-fields-views-common-data-service-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Entity, Fields and Views for Common Data Service for Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In our last two blogs we saw how to create CDS environment<\/a> and steps for creating Model Driven App for CDS Environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this blog we will see how to create entity, fields & view for CDS App.<\/p>\n

After Creating CDS environment, open that environment in PowerApps as shown in below screen:<\/p>\n

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Or, you can directly open it from https:\/\/web.powerapps.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After clicking on PowerApps, below screen will be displayed where you can select your created environment shown in top right corner.<\/p>\n

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After selecting your environment, you can create new custom entity by clicking on \u201cEntities\u201d<\/strong> tab shown in left navigation bar under \u201cData\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After clicking on Entities in above screen, you will be able to see all entities in this environment as shown in below screen.<\/p>\n

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From above screen, for creating new entity click on \u201cNew entity\u201d<\/strong>. This will show screen in right as in above image where you can enter details and click on \u201cNext\u201d <\/strong>button which will show below screen to add fields, views, forms, etc.<\/p>\n

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Now, for adding fields for entity click on \u201cAdd field\u201d <\/strong>which will open a window from right side where you will enter details of the field and for selecting data type click on arrow in \u201cData type\u201d <\/strong>field which will open list of all data types available for field as shown above.<\/p>\n

After selecting data type you will get option to make field as required or not and other details as shown below.<\/p>\n

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After clicking on \u201cDone\u201d <\/strong>button in above screen you will see your field in field section as shown below and then click on \u201cSave Entity\u201d <\/strong>button which will save your entity and fields.<\/p>\n

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As you can see from screen all fields is shown in the fields section as I have created few more of them.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Make sure to click on \u201cSave Entity\u201d button which will save you entity else your fields and entity will not be saved.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now for creating views for entity click on \u201cViews\u201d <\/strong>tab and click on \u201cAdd view\u201d <\/strong>from ribbon button as shown in below screen.<\/p>\n

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This will open a screen where you need to add \u201cName\u201d <\/strong>of the view and \u201cDescription\u201d <\/strong>if required. And then click on \u201cCreate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After clicking on \u201cCreate,\u201d<\/strong> you will get below screen where you can add fields for the view:<\/p>\n

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In above screen you can add fields to view from \u201cFields\u201d<\/strong> section and another option is by clicking on that \u201c+\u201d <\/strong>sign in middle\u00a0 of screen. There is also a filter section where you can add filters to view. Below screen shows adding fields from \u201cfields\u201d and \u201c+\u201d button.<\/p>\n

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This will add fields in views. For applying filters to this view you can click on \u201cEdit filters\u201d<\/strong> on right side of the page, which will allow you to add filters for the view as shown in below screen.<\/p>\n

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From above option you can add filters by clicking on \u201c+ Add\u201d<\/strong> button which will show option to create single field filter or grouping filters with \u201cAnd\u201d <\/strong>or \u201cOr\u201d <\/strong>option and Adding related entity.<\/p>\n

After that click on \u201cOk\u201d<\/strong> button and all details will be displayed as shown in below screen.<\/p>\n

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In above screen all fields are added. Now click on \u201cSave\u201d <\/strong>button and then \u201cPublish\u201d<\/strong> button which is in top right corner. This view will now be available for your entity.<\/p>\n

You can add this entity in your app and use it.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Using CDS users can easily build apps in PowerApps. This blog gives steps to create entity, fields and views for Common Data Service for Apps.<\/p>\n

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