Databases Reference
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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 Wizard 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 Application Builder icon shown in Figure
5-1
. The Application Builder
shows a list of the current applications. At the top of the list is a highlighted Create button, shown in Figure
5-2
. Click
the button, and the wizard starts.
Figure 5-1.
The Application Builder icon on the APEX home page
