Say, in our MOM window, we want to provide an additional tab, Pending Discussion, which shows the pending items awaiting closure. For example, items which are in the Open or On Hold status shall appear on a different tab, so that one can quickly look at the pending items without going through the Discussion Detail tab. Here, Pending Discussion is an exact replica of the Discussion Detail tab. The only difference is that the Pending Discussion is a read-only tab and shows only the Open and On Hold items.

Now, to quickly create a replica of an existing tab, ADempiere provides a nice time-saving feature, which we will look at in this recipe. Here we will look at creating the replica rather than concentrating on the pending items.