Database Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER 5
Applications and Navigation
With some basic data created, you can now create the shell for your application. APEX
provides a wizard for creating applications. Inside, several options are available to assist
with generating a starting application. Based on how much prior planning has been
done, the result of running the initial application wizard may vary. You start this chapter
by walking through the steps of the wizard, highlighting the most common features.
For the example application, you create the most basic shell of the application with
only one page. In other scenarios, you could create an initial draft of all your pages. In
order to illustrate the individual wizards for creating pages, you explore them in more
detail in later chapters.
After the example application has been created, you'll add shared components to it.
Shared components are items and structures that are common across all the pages in the
application. You prepare breadcrumbs, lists, and lists of values (LOVs) for use; you also
learn how the Global Page concept works. By the end of the chapter, you'll have some
basic components for the application and a starting outline for the remaining pages.
The Create Application Wizard
Applications in APEX are created through application imports, by copying an existing
application, or by running the Create Application Wizard. The Create Application Wiz-
ard is the first step in creating an application from scratch. This chapter will walk you
through the process of creating the Help Desk application using the Create Application
Wizard.
To begin, navigate to the Application Builder in APEX. You can do this from the
APEX home page by clicking either the Application Builder menu item or the Applica-
