Content Control components are configuration items that define how data on a Grid or Properties card container in Construct Preview displays and acts. These components use data in the database to dynamically change the behavior of a container at run time.
These components define standard Construct Preview control statuses for columns on a container where the control statuses are based on data rather than a column property. Control statuses currently supported are:
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
2: Hidden
To determine the visibility of a column on a container, set the Control Status column property value using one of the following options:
Enabled: Displays the column on the page. This is the default value.
Hide: Hides the column or column data on the page.
Disabled: Protects the column. Displays as read-only columns when in edit mode.
In addition, select Syniti reserved words can be defined in a Content Control component for example, ccdAdd, ccdEdit and ccdDelete.
Currently, Construct Preview supports conditional configuration dataset (CCD), which is equivalent to Data Control Views in the legacy Construct. CCD defines record-level control based on conditions that individually determine the control status of each column in a record.
When a page loads, Construct Preview uses the following hierarchy to determine page and column control (as in, which pages and columns display for a user):
WebApp Security Group
Page Security
Container Security
Column Properties
CCD
In this hierarchy, the most restrictive prevails. Once the control status of a column has been limited, it cannot be made less strict. For example, if one of the controls on a page sets a column to hidden (2) using the Control Status column property, the column is hidden even if a CCD sets the column to enabled (1).
Note
CCDs are case sensitive. If a field is aliased differently from how it is defined in a page's table (for example, CopyClassData v. CopyCLASSData), the field may not display properly in Construct Preview.