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A tour of a generated application

These screenshots are from the Sales application, generated from applications/sales.cedm.yaml with no hand edits.

The dashboard​

The dashboard groups entities into the categories the model declares, and shows each signed-in person only the entities their role may read.

The dashboard of a generated application

Lists and records​

A list is read newest first, and can be filtered, searched, sorted and paged. New opens a page of its own, and its action is labelled Create. A record opens read-only. Edit turns it into a form, and Delete is inside edit mode.

A list in a generated application

Forms and help​

Forms are laid out in the sections the model declares. Every field carries the help text written in the model, and required fields are marked.

A form with sections and field help

Lifecycles​

A record with a lifecycle shows its state and one button for each move this person may make, labelled by the state it enters. A record in a final state offers no Edit.

A confirmed sales order with its next moves

Narrowed choices​

Address fields narrow each other. Choose a country, and only its states are offered.

An address form narrowed to a country

Rules, automations and reports​

Administrators manage business rules, automations and status machines in the Rules and workflows screen, and run the reports the model declares under Reports.

The automation builder's guide

Themes​

Every application includes seven themes: neutral, butter, chocolate, matcha, stone, gothic and y2k. Each person can switch between them from the header.