Record screen tables
Use tables in the Mobile App Builder record screen to reference child records to a parent record. These records can consist of either single reference records or multi-reference records.
Tables in a record screen are one of a few input field types. For a complete list of input field types, see Record screen input field types. Tables contain reference records where you can select or create a child record that the parent record can reference. The option to select or create a reference record is predefined according to the record you select.
Mobile App Builder record screen table
Usage of Choose and New buttons in record screen tables
Each table within a record screen table displays either a Choose button (
Choose button in record screen table.\), a **New** button \(\[Omitted image "mab-button-new.png"\] Alt text: New button in record screen table.\), or both buttons \(\[Omitted image "mab-button-choose-and-new.png"\] Alt text: Choose and New button in record screen table.\).
- In a situation where you can only reference existing records, the Choose button displays.
- In a situation when you can only create a new reference to the record you are working on, the New button displays.
If the Choose or New button is inactive after you make a single selection, it means that only a single record can be referenced. This is known as a single-reference record. Alternatively, when more than one selection can be made, this is a multi-reference record.
To change a single-reference record, first remove the existing reference by selecting the delete row icon (
Delete row icon.\), then either choose or create a new reference.
For more information about working with these options, see Create reference record entries in record screen tables and Edit record reference entries in record screen tables.
UI elements in a table reference record
The Mobile App Builder table reference records contain the following UI elements.
| UI element | Function |
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Actionable item in table reference record.|Actionable items in a table reference record are blue. These items can be record names that open the record, remove buttons, and editable fields.|
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Column sort button in table reference record.|The column sort icon is available within the header row of all tables in the Mobile App Builder. Select the column sort icon \(\[Omitted image "mab-column-sort-triangle.png"\] Alt text: Column sort icon.\) to list the column contents in either ascending or descending order. The black triangle indicates the sorting order for the entire table.|
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order being set to 100|You can perform inline editing in certain fields, such as the **Order** field. When performing inline editing, you change content within the table and you do not need to open the record.|
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Delete row button.|Use the remove icon to remove an entry from the record. It does not delete the entry from the database.|
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