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Configuring new case creation

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Pega Platform 8.5
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Intermediate Pega Platform 8.5 User Experience English
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Scenario

The designer of the MyTown311 application wants you to change the Report problem form so that the Type, Description, and Department fields are aligned inline instead of being displayed in a single column. The designer also wants the Request type header removed from the form. Use App Studio to convert the layout to inline and remove the Request type header.

The following table provides the credentials you need to complete the challenge.

Role User name Password
Application Developer author@mytown cosmos123!

Challenge Walkthrough

Detailed Tasks

1 Change the layout to inline

  1. In App Studio, create a new Service Request case to view the Report problem form.
  2. In the header of App Studio, click Design to enter Design mode.
  3. Hover over the section of the form that contains the Type, Description, and Department fields, and then click Edit this section in the blue square that surrounds only those three fields to open the configuration pane on the right.
    Note: Make sure to edit the section surrounding only these three fields, not the higher-level section that includes the Type field.
    Click the pencil icon to edit the form
  4. In the Select a template dialog box, change the template from 1 column to Inline wrapping.
    change-to-inline-wrapping
  5. In the header of App Studio, click Design again to exit Design mode.
  6. Ensure that the three fields are now aligned inline instead of in a single column.
    fields-in-Inline-layout
     

2 Remove the header

  1. In App Studio, create a new Service Request case to view the Report problem form.
  2. In the header of App Studio, click Design to enter Design mode.
  3. Under the case steps indicator, hover over the section that contains the form fields, and then click Edit this section to open the configuration pane on the right.
    pencil-icon-report-problem-fields
  4. In the configuration pane, locate the Search for request type embedded section, and then click Edit this section.
    pencil-icon-search-for-Req-type
     
  5. In the configuration pane, click Settings to adjust the settings for the embedded section.
    click-settings-for-section
  6. At the bottom of the Section property pane, in the Caption field select None,
  7. Click Apply to update the configuration.
    select-none-in-caption-field
  8. Close the panes and exit Design mode.
  9. Verify that the Request type header is no longer displayed.
    section-without-caption


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