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About object sets in Screen Designer

What object sets are and how they let you give different roles different page layouts.

Written by Erica

Objects are grouped into object sets, which let you have different layouts for the same page. Creating multiple object sets means you can design a screen differently for each role: useful when teams share Core+ but need different fields on common pages. For example, managers may need to see more fields on a Young Person record than an Admin Officer.

You can create multiple object sets by copying and modifying existing ones to build customised Core+ pages. Core+ has a default page layout, and all screen objects have a hard-coded system fallback, so customised layouts can always be reverted to their default.


Object set types

There are two object set types in Screen Designer.

  • Default Object Set: The initial set of objects supplied with Core+. It is the basis for new customised object sets required by user roles.

  • Current Object Set: The active object set used to render pages for the logged-in user, based on their role. By default, Screen Designer selects the current object set, which is shown in the Screen Designer toolbar.

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