App workbench in Jitterbit App Builder

Introduction

The App Workbench is a centralized location that provides quick shortcuts to routine tasks required for building and maintaining apps.

From the app workbench, you can access all possible configuration settings for the app you're working on, arranged in eight tabs according to the four app layers: Data, Business, UI, and Security.

The home page of the app workbench looks like this:

To access the app workbench, open any application and click the hamburger icon to open the action drawer, then click App Workbench. In some other pages throughout App Builder, the top toolbar offers access to the app workbench via a music disc icon.

App Workbench tabs

The app workbench is a primary hub from where you can access all the tasks required to build and maintain your App Builder apps. There are eight tabs in the app workbench, and they are associated with the four layers of your applications:

• Home tab:

  • App Settings
    Set up basic information about your app and find quick links to the most essential resources of the other tabs.

• Data Layer tabs:

  • Data Sources
    Set up new data sources for your application or manage the existing ones.

  • Tables
    Create new tables to store and organize the data used by your application or manage the existing ones.

• Business Layer tabs:

  • Rules
    Create new business rules or manage the existing ones.

  • Notifications
    Define which in-app events should trigger notifications to be sent to users, and how to deliver the messages.

• UI Layer tabs:

  • Pages
    Create and manage the pages in your application, including how many there are, their contents, and where users can access them from.

  • Menu
    Create and manage menus to allow users to navigate through your application.

• Security Layer tab:

  • Roles
    Secure your data with App Builder's method of role-based security. Control the roles that each user of your application can have, including its privileges and access levels.