Create a Screen

This topic is covered in the ERD Fundamentals video course found here: For an introduction to ERD concepts and why ERDs are important, see Understanding ERDs.
For a video explaining ERD Fundamentals, which shows how to create a screen, see Entity Relationship Diagrams. 

1. In an ERD, select a table that contains data you want to show on a screen.
2. Create a screen using one of the following options:
   In
   • either, on the toolbar click
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   • or right-click on your table and click Create Screen.
   From the more menu on a table click
   • or in a table's header, click 

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       and click Create Screen. 
   • The wizard PhixFlow guides you through the process of creating a screen.
     1. Enter the Name for the new screen.
     2. Select a Template for the screen design. This can be edited at a later date.
   • PhixFlow creates the screen. This can take several seconds while the screen is being rendered. The new screen opens with the Available Attributes open. 
   • Drag the desired attributes onto the screen and drop them in the desired locationthem where you want them to appear.

   • PhixFlow asks how you would like the data to be displayed.prompts you to select a format for how to display data:
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   • Select an option to display the data as a grid, graph, chart, set of cards or input form.

     Selecting 

     • Select Form

     will

     • to create input fields and back the screen with the table.
       PhixFlow

     will also recognise

     • recognises that you are creating an input form

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     • and offers to create the Save and Delete actions

     which can then be dragged onto the relevant buttons.Selecting Grid will

     • . You can drag the actions onto buttons on the screen.

     • Select Grid to create a table on the screen.
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     will recognise
     • recognises that you are displaying a table and
     ask
     • asks if you want to create an associated input form. Follow the
     wizards
     • prompts to complete this.

   • Follow the screen building wizard to complete  Complete you screen configuration. Should you wish to edit the screens layout You can make changes to a screen layout; see Adding Screen Content for more information. 

This process creates a data component that is bound to a data view and opens its properties; see . See Creating Dashboards and Reports for detailed information on each type of object and how to set then updetails on configuring different types of component.