Predefined Columns Configuration

Last modified 18 Aug 2025 13:29 +02:00
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This page shows how you can configure columns for your certification items collection view. It shows you how to configure column visibility, labels, and ordering by using column identifiers and custom path/expression settings.

General Information

MidPoint enables you to configure columns within the object collection view configuration. This configuration is based on the path element, or the export → expression element value. See a sample of such a configuration.

Starting with midPoint-4.9, a predefined columns configuration is introduced.

Predefined columns are the default view columns which are already implemented in the code. To apply a configuration to a predefined column, the identifier (column name in this case) is used. This page shows you how to customize the predefined columns configuration.

This feature is still under development and the configuration may change in the future. For now, predefined columns configuration can be defined only for the certification items collection view.

Predefined Columns Configuration

Predefined columns configuration is done within the Object Collection View configuration.

A column should contain an identifier (a name element within the column configuration). The identifier should match one of the available predefined columns.

See an example of the certification items collection view which can be located within the system configuration object:

Certification items default collection view configuration with predefined columns
    <accessCertification>
        <defaultView>
            <identifier>defaultCertItemsView</identifier>
            <column>
                <name>certItemObject</name>
                <display>
                    <label>Cert. item object</label>
                </display>
            </column>
            <column>
                <name>certItemTargetDisplayName</name>
                <visibility>hidden</visibility>
            </column>
            <column>
                <name>certItemEditableComment</name>
            </column>
            <includeDefaultColumns>true</includeDefaultColumns>
            <type>AccessCertificationWorkItemType</type>
        </defaultView>
    </accessCertification>

In the configuration above, the Object column title is set to a custom value ("Cert. item object"), the target object Display name column is hidden and an editable Comment column is added.

Individual column configuration options can be defined in different places. They will still be recognized as parts of the same column definition if you use the same identifier, i.e. the name element. For example, you can define some column aspects in the default collection view configuration in the system configuration object, and others in the view configuration in the certification definition object.

The identifier based columns configuration can be combined with a path/expression based columns configuration. For example:

Combined columns configuration
    <accessCertification>
        <defaultView>
            <identifier>defaultCertItemsView</identifier>
            <column>
                <name>certItemObject</name>
                <display>
                    <label>Cert. item object</label>
                </display>
            </column>
            <column>
                <name>certItemTargetDisplayName</name>
                <visibility>hidden</visibility>
            </column>
            <column>
                <name>stage</name>
                <display>
                    <label>Stage number</label>
                </display>
                <path>stageNumber</path>
            </column>
            <includeDefaultColumns>true</includeDefaultColumns>
            <type>AccessCertificationWorkItemType</type>
        </defaultView>
    </accessCertification>

Available Predefined Columns

As mentioned above, predefined columns can be configured only for the certification items collection view. Therefore, the list of the available predefined columns is limited to the certification items columns.

Column Identifier Default Description

Object

certItemObject

Yes

Linked column for the certification item object.

Display name (for object)

certItemObjectDisplayName

Yes

Display name of the certification item object.

Target

certItemTarget

Yes

Linked column for the certification item target.

Display name (for target)

certItemTargetDisplayName

Yes

Display name of the certification item target.

Reviewers

certItemReviewers

Yes

Linked reviewers column.

Response

certItemResponse

Yes

Displays the value of the certification item response if any exists.

Comment icon

certItemCommentIcon

Yes

Displays icon in the case certification item has a comment. The comment is displayed in the icon tooltip.

Editable comment

certItemEditableComment

No

Contains an editable input field for commenting the certification item.

View details link column

certItemDetailsLink

No

Column with a "View details" link to display the popup with the certification item object and target information, response information and decision buttons.
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