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October 21, 2026
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Configuration Control for Object Sequence in CDF Search and Details View

Hi Cognite Community,

We have a requirement to provide configuration control over how data model objects are organized and presented in CDF Search and the Details view.

As our industrial knowledge graph grows, an asset or equipment can be connected to many different object types, such as:

Functional Location → Equipment → Time Series → Notifications → Work Orders → Maintenance Plans → Documents → Engineering Studies → MOC

CDF already allows users to search and navigate connected resources. Data explorer - Cognite Docs However, for a large enterprise data model, the sequence in which these related objects are presented becomes important for usability and business context.

We would like the ability for an administrator/data model owner to configure:

  1. Search pane object ordering
    Define which object types appear first and in what sequence.

  2. Details view tab ordering
    Configure the sequence of related-object tabs when a user opens an Asset, Equipment, Functional Location, or another object.

  3. Show/hide configuration
    Control which related object types should be visible in Search and Details views.

  4. Context-specific sequencing
    Allow the sequence to differ depending on the selected object type. For example, an Equipment view may prioritize Time Series, Notifications and Work Orders, while an Engineering Document may prioritize Assets, Equipment and related Documents.

  1. Model-driven configuration
    Ideally, this presentation configuration should be managed centrally as part of the CDF data model or application configuration rather than requiring custom UI development.

CDF Views already provide a logical abstraction over containers and allow applications to consume a curated representation of the knowledge graph. Views - Cognite Docs We would like to understand whether a similar configurable mechanism exists, or is planned, for controlling how those objects and relationships are presented to users in CDF Search and Details views.

This becomes particularly important as the knowledge graph expands to 60+ industrial datasets/object types. Without configurable sequencing, technically correct relationships may still result in a difficult user experience because the most relevant objects are not presented in a logical business sequence.

Is this level of Search and Details-view configuration currently supported in CDF? If not, is it on the product roadmap?