This term has two uses:

• A shortcut folder is an organizing element for grouping shortcuts saved by a developer. On the View > My Shortcuts submenu, theimage identifies a shortcut folder.
• A work objectfolder is a work object in a concrete class that inherits from the Work-Folder- class. A folder object holds a collection of one or more other work objects (which themselves may be basic work objects, other folders, or covers) providing access for analysis and reporting. By convention, the work object ID of folders has the format F-99999.

Covers and folders are two built-in facilities that allow your application to support collections of work objects. In contrast to covers:

• One work object may be associated with multiple folders, but only with one cover.
• Members of a folder can belong to different work types, which need not belong all in a single work pool.
• The relationships between folder work objects and their contents may be many-to-many.

Example

To review or work with a flow rule that creates a folder work object, examine or test the standard flow rule PegaSample-Folder.NewWork.

As a business example, consider a purchasing application where a basic work object is a line item on a single purchase order:

• The purchase order corresponds to a cover object. Every line item belongs to one purchase order.
• Folders organize open purchase order line items by our part number and also by the vendor's part number. A folder work object (in Work-Folder-OurPartNum work type) may be associated with several line items, and one line item can simultaneously belong to a Work-Folder-OurPartNum work object and a Work-Folder-TheirPartNum work object.

Standard rules

These standard rules support folders:

• Work-.AddToFolder flow action — Add a work object to a folder
• Work-.RemoveFromFolder flow actions — Remove a work object from a folder
• Work-Folder-.Review harness — Show folder work object, includes the View Folder Contents button () to access contents
• Work-Folder-.Perform harness — Update folder work object and contents
• Work-Folder-.ReviewforExplore harness — Split-screen presentation
• Work-Folder-.FolderContents section — Show folder contents
• Work-Folder-.NewWork flow — Create a folder

Notes

A folder work can be a member of other folder work objects.

Instances of the Link-Folder class associate of work objects with folders.

	cover, harness form, shortcut, work object
	Understanding work object IDs Organizing shortcuts with Shortcuts Manager.
	Atlas — Standard classes derived from the Work- base class

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