Dashboard

When you launch App Studio, the Dashboard allows you to create new apps from scratch, as well as search for draft and published apps.

App options

From the apps displayed in the Dashboard, you have the following options for an unpublished app, a published Standalone app and a Business screen app published to ERPx.

The available options are:

• Go to canvas: Open the app in the Canvas for editing.

• View info: Open an info panel showing:

  • App name
  • Description
  • Version number if the app is previously published
  • Status as published or unpublished
  • The URL of the published app

• Edit app info: Change the app name and description.

• View all versions: View all published versions of the app. See Viewing published versions for more details.
• Duplicate: Create a draft copy of the app. If several versions exist, you can select which version you want to copy.
• Publish: Create a URL for publishing your draft app where you are prompted to provide a unique name. When you publish the app its version number is incremented by one. See Publishing and versioning for more details.
• Unpublish: Unpublish the published app and remove its menu item from the ERPx menu.
• Create ERPx entry: For an app that has already been published, create an ERPx menu entry. See Create an ERPx menu entry for more details.
• Delete ERPx entry: For an app that has been published to ERPx, delete the menu entry.
• Export: Export the app definition as a JSON file. Here you select which version you want to export.

Search apps

You can search for apps on the Dashboard by name and/or setting the following filter options:

• All: shows all apps.
• Never published: shows all apps that have never been published and are still in draft state.
• Previously published: shows all apps that have been previously published, both as Standalone and Business screen apps, but are not currently published. Each app here has at least one version, depending on the number of times it has been published.
• Published: shows all currently published apps.
• Published - ERPx: shows all apps that are currently published to ERPx.
• System: shows all Unit4 system apps.

Note: You cannot search for an app using the App description content.

Supported browsers and screen resolutions

Supported browsers
App Studio works best on browsers based on Chromium or Webkit, such as the latest versions of Chrome, Edge or Firefox.

Supported screen resolutions
App Studio requires a minimum screen width of at least 1200px so that the UI can be rendered effectively. Choosing a smaller screen resolution could impair the app building experience and the overall accessibility.