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title: "Define CDT configuration"
slug: "define-cdt-configuration"
description: "Follow these steps to define one or multiple data table configurations."
updated: 2024-03-21T15:58:05Z
published: 2024-03-21T15:58:05Z
canonical: "docs.zilliant.com/define-cdt-configuration"
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# Define the CDT configuration

Define one or multiple data table configurations. When you place an instance of the **Configurable Data Table** (CDT) Lightning component into a Lightning record page layout, you specify which data table configuration should provide the content of that component.

1. From the App Launcher, select **Data Table Configurations**, then select **New**.
2. In the **New Data Table Configuration** dialog, enter information or make selections:
  - **Data Table Configuration Name**—Enter a descriptive name for the configuration.
  - **Data Table Id**—​Enter a unique identifier the configuration.
  - **Data Table Label Override**—Enter a user-friendly label that will appear in rendered table header in the CDT Lightning component.
  - **Data Table Label**—Enter a custom label name that will appear in rendered table header in the CDT Lightning component. You must use the API name and include a namespace prefix. If the custom label doesn't have a namespace prefix, enter **c.** for the namespace prefix. For example, **zpf.DataTableLabel** or **c.DataTableLabel**.

          
          

The Data Table Label field value will be displayed only if the **Data Table Label Override** field is not entered.
  - **sObjectName**—Enter the API name of the Salesforce object that contains the data you'll be displaying in the CDT Lightning component. For example, Account or Contract for a standard Salesforce object, or **zpf__ProductGroupAction__c**, and so on. If you want to use a custom object, use the format **namespace__CustomObjectName__c**, and include a namespace prefix. If the custom object doesn't already have a namespace prefix, enter **c.** for the namespace prefix.
  - **Parent Field Name**—Enter the field name that is mapped to a parent record (if required). For example, in order to show Contacts for an Account, enter the Parent Field Name as **AccountId**.
  - **Review Option**—From this dropdown, choose the desired scrolling or paging behavior for the data rows displayed in the CDT Lightning component.
  - **Number of Records per Page**—Enter the number of records to be displayed per page if you chose the **--None--** or **Paging** review option.
  - **Field Width Option**—From this dropdown, choose the desired column width behavior.
  - **Header Buttons Label**—Enter the API name of the **Custom Label** that contains the user-friendly label of the header-level picklist button as it appears in the CDT Lightning component.

          
          

By default, this value is **zpf.DataTableHeaderButtonsLabel**, which will display **Actions** as the picklist label for header-level action buttons.
3. Select **Save**.

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