Create a book list

By the end of this guide, books.eidos will contain a book list and a saved view of books you are reading.

Start with an open Eidos File in Lite, the Web Editor, or CLI Serve.

1. Create the table

Create a table named Books. Use a Text field named Title as its Record Label Field. Eidos uses this field as the displayed name of each book.

Add a Select field named Status, with the options To read, Reading, and Finished.

Field	Type	Purpose
Title	Text	Name of the book; Record Label Field
Status	Select	One reading state

2. Add records

Add three records. Enter the title and choose the status for each.

Title	Status
The Little Prince	Reading
A Room of One’s Own	Finished
Walden	To read

Check: Books contains three records. Each record describes one book.

3. Save a reading view

Add a Grid view named Reading now. Open Filter and add Status = Reading.

Check: the view shows The Little Prince. The other two records are still in Books. Clear the filter to see them.

4. Try a different layout

Create a Gallery view to see books as cards. Changing a book’s Status there changes the same record you see in Grid.

This small example uses a Finished checkbox to show the relationship. Its changes stay on this page and reset when you reload.

Try it: same records, different viewsLearning example · does not change your files

• 01The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
  Finished: The Little Prince
• 02A Room of One’s OwnVirginia Woolf
  Finished: A Room of One’s Own
• 03WaldenHenry David Thoreau
  Finished: Walden

Showing 3 of 3 records. Switching layouts does not copy data.

5. Check saving

In Lite and CLI Serve, committed edits write to the local file. In the Web Editor, check the save state and use Save, Save As, or Download a copy, as available.

When moving books.eidos, include any local files its attachment fields reference. Learn what to back up.

Next: choose fields or configure views.