Multiple Views on List Report Tables

Multiple Views on List Report Tables

By default, the list report displays only one table. You can define multiple views of a table, and add a chart, if required.

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You can define variants for specific selections of data on the user interface, for example, based on filter settings. In the definition dialog, these variants are called views, however, the feature is called variant management. Therefore, for clarity, we use the term variant management in this section.

You have the following options:

  • A single table for all views ("single table mode"): The UI contains a single table instance, one table toolbar, and (if activated) one table variant management. To switch between the views, a segmented button is rendered in the table toolbar. If there are more than three views, a select control is rendered instead of a segmented button.

    Single Table Mode

  • A separate table for each view ("multiple table mode"): If there are n views, the UI contains n table instances. This results in n separate table toolbars and n separate table variant managements. An icon tab bar is rendered above the table for switching between the views (table instances). Only the table on the currently selected tab is visible.

    Multiple Table Mode

Note

If a property used in multiple views is not listed in the SelectionFields, you need to remove the property in the FilterBar. Users should not be able to add it using the adapt filter.

Which Annotations Should I Use?

  • If you only want to describe which data should be displayed in a view, you can define a SelectionVariant containing filter criteria for the data. See Defining Multiple Views on a List Report Table - Single Table Mode.

  • If you also want to describe how the data should be displayed (for example, different sort orders in a table or a different visualization in a table), you can define a SelectionPresentationVariant. Note that you can use this annotation only for multiple table mode and multiple table mode with charts. See Defining Multiple Views on a List Report Table - Multiple Table Mode.

  • If all you want to do is use a different visualization, you can define a PresentationVariant.

  • In multiple table mode, in addition to tables, you can also display charts on specific tab pages.

    Multiple Table Mode with Charts

Note

For information about SelectionVariants, PresentationVariants, and SelectionPresentationVariants, see the OData vocabulary at https://github.com/SAP/odata-vocabularies/blob/main/vocabularies/UI.md.

Additional Features in SAP Fiori Elements for OData V2

  • Tables are displayed by default.

  • On each tab, you can also display data for different entity sets, for example, a sales order or a supplier. To do so, add the entity set to the corresponding tab in the manifest.

    Multiple views on a list report with different entity sets

Restriction

You can't use StandardList nor ObjectList in the multiple view scenario.

Additional Features in SAP Fiori Elements for OData V4

By default, the icon tab bar for multiple views remains visible while scrolling. You can hide it by setting stickyMultiTabHeader to false.

Additionally, you can control the visibility of the view by setting the "visible" property, which can be one of the following:

  • a Boolean value

  • a path (either to a singleton or a specific record)

  • a binding expression

For more information about the syntax of a binding expression, see Expression Binding.

Make the settings as shown in the following sample code:

Sample Code

manifest.json

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"targets": {
     "DraftList": { 
          "type": "Component",
          "id": "DraftList",
          "name": "sap.fe.templates.ListReport",
          "options": {
               "settings": {
                    "contextPath": "/FirstDraft",
                    "variantManagement": "Control",
                    "initialLoad": "Enabled",
                    "stickyMultiTabHeader": false,
                    "views": {
                         "paths": [
                              {
                                   "key": "tab1",
                                   "annotationPath": "com.sap.vocabularies.UI.v1.SelectionVariant#One",
                                   "visible": "{= ${/MySingleton/IsViewAvailable} === true}"
                              },
                              {
                                   "key": "tab2",
                                   "contextPath": "/SecondDraft",
                                   "annotationPath": "com.sap.vocabularies.UI.v1.SelectionVariant#Two"
                              }
                         ]
                    }
               }
               …
          }
     }
}
…

You can also define and configure custom views for a list report using a controller extension. For more information, see Extension Points for Views in the List Report.

SAP Fiori elements for OData V4 refreshes the content of a view and the counts for each view:

  • when the view is first opened

  • after changes are made in a filter

In addition, you can control the view and count refresh using the following dedicated APIs:

Check out our live example in the flexible programming model explorer at Multi Mode Extensibility.

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