Adding Time Machine Component

Overview

The Time Machine Lightning Web Component needs to be added to an object's record page before its initial use. This step is only required once per object. This guide will show you how to complete the process.

To use Time Machine with records from different object types, add Time Machine to each object's record page.

Add Time Machine

1

Open Lightning App Builder

  1. Access the record of the object you wish to integrate with Time Machine.

  2. Click the Gear Icon in the upper right of the window.

  3. Click Edit Page from the menu.

2

Add Time Machine Tab

  1. Click the Tabs component.

  2. Click Add Tab from the right sidebar.

  3. Click the Three Horizontal Lines menu for the tab you just added.

  4. Click the Tab Label dropdown menu.

  5. Click Custom (found at the top of the menu).

  6. Enter Time Machine in the Custom Label textbox.

  7. Click Done.

3

Add Time Machine Component

  1. Click the new Time Machine tab.

  2. Search for Time Machine in the left sidebar.

  3. Click and drag the Time Machine component to the Time Machine tab.

  4. Once Time Machine is added, it should look like the following screenshot.

4

Save and Activate

There are different ways to configure the page's activation. The following instructions show a common configuration, but other settings will also work.

  1. Click Save.

  2. Click Activate in the Page Saved dialog box.

If the Page Saved dialog box doesn't appear, click Activation next to Save.

  1. Click Assign as Org Default.

  2. Select the Form Factor.

  3. Click Next.

  4. Click Save.

  5. Click the Back Arrow in the upper left corner of the screen.

5

Use Time Machine

The Time Machine component has now been added to all record pages of this object type.

  1. Click the Time Machine tab on the record's page.

  2. See the following article for instructions on using the Time Machine.

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