Create tiles with counters for the workspace
Tiles are used as an entry point to a form whilst having the ability to show information about the data. It can act as a prompt to action and is presented on a tile section of a workspace, as shown in the following screenshot:
The page that opens when you first sign into Operations is also a list of Tiles, and each opens a workspace. The workspace will have an image resource that we would design; a key guideline is that all graphics are minimalistic. All solutions should look and feel as if they were part of the standard solution.
Getting ready
This recipe can be used to create a tile for any form, and is usually done for Details Master and Details Transaction to show both all records and commonly used subsets of data.
In this case, we will create a tile for all vehicles, and then a tile for a type of vehicle.
How to do it...
To create a tile, follow these steps:
- We will first create a query that the tile will use. Create a new operations artifact and...
