Getting started with SonataAdminBundle ====================================== If you followed the installation instructions, SonataAdminBundle should be installed but inaccessible. You first need to configure it for your models before you can start using it. Here is a quick checklist of what is needed to quickly setup SonataAdminBundle and create your first admin interface for the models of your application: * Step 1: Create an Admin class * Step 2: Create an Admin service * Step 3: Configuration Create an Admin class --------------------- SonataAdminBundle helps you manage your data using a graphic interface that will let you create, update or search your model's instances. Those actions need to be configured, which is done using an Admin class. An Admin class represents the mapping of your model to each administration action. In it, you decide which fields to show on a listing, which to use as filters or what to show in a creation or edition form. The easiest way to create an Admin class for your model is to extend the ``Sonata\AdminBundle\Admin\AbstractAdmin`` class. Suppose your ``AppBundle`` has a ``Post`` entity. This is how a basic Admin class for it could look like: .. code-block:: php add('title', 'text', array( 'label' => 'Post Title' )) ->add('author', 'entity', array( 'class' => 'AppBundle\Entity\User' )) // if no type is specified, SonataAdminBundle tries to guess it ->add('body') // ... ; } // Fields to be shown on filter forms protected function configureDatagridFilters(DatagridMapper $datagridMapper) { $datagridMapper ->add('title') ->add('author') ; } // Fields to be shown on lists protected function configureListFields(ListMapper $listMapper) { $listMapper ->addIdentifier('title') ->add('slug') ->add('author') ; } // Fields to be shown on show action protected function configureShowFields(ShowMapper $showMapper) { $showMapper ->add('title') ->add('slug') ->add('author') ; } } Implementing these four functions is the first step to creating an Admin class. Other options are available, that will let you further customize the way your model is shown and handled. Those will be covered in more advanced chapters of this manual. Create an Admin service ----------------------- Now that you have created your Admin class, you need to create a service for it. This service needs to have the ``sonata.admin`` tag, which is your way of letting SonataAdminBundle know that this particular service represents an Admin class: Create either a new ``admin.xml`` or ``admin.yml`` file inside the ``src/AppBundle/Resources/config/`` folder: .. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: xml AppBundle\Entity\Post AppBundle .. code-block:: yaml # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/admin.yml services: app.admin.post: class: AppBundle\Admin\PostAdmin tags: - { name: sonata.admin, manager_type: orm, group: "Content", label: "Post" } arguments: - ~ - AppBundle\Entity\Post - ~ calls: - [ setTranslationDomain, [AppBundle]] public: true The example above assumes that you're using ``SonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle``. If you're using ``SonataDoctrineMongoDBAdminBundle``, ``SonataPropelAdminBundle`` or ``SonataDoctrinePhpcrAdminBundle`` instead, set ``manager_type`` option to ``doctrine_mongodb``, ``propel`` or ``doctrine_phpcr`` respectively. The basic configuration of an Admin service is quite simple. It creates a service instance based on the class you specified before, and accepts three arguments: 1. The Admin service's code (defaults to the service's name) 2. The model which this Admin class maps (required) 3. The controller that will handle the administration actions (defaults to ``SonataAdminBundle:CRUDController()``) Usually you just need to specify the second argument, as the first and third's default values will work for most scenarios. The ``setTranslationDomain`` call lets you choose which translation domain to use when translating labels on the admin pages. If you don't call ``setTranslationDomain``, SonataAdmin uses ``messages`` as translation domain. More info on the `Symfony translations page`_. Now that you have a configuration file with your admin service, you just need to tell Symfony to load it. There are two ways to do so: Have your bundle load it ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Inside your bundle's extension file, using the ``load()`` method as described in the `Symfony cookbook`_. For ``admin.xml`` use: .. code-block:: php load('admin.xml'); } } and for ``admin.yml``: .. code-block:: php load('admin.yml'); } } Importing it in the main config.yml ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We recommend the to load the file in the Extension, but this way is possible, too. You can include your new configuration file in the main ``config.yml`` (make sure that you use the correct file extension): .. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # app/config/config.yml imports: # for xml - { resource: "@AppBundle/Resources/config/admin.xml" } # for yaml - { resource: "@AppBundle/Resources/config/admin.yml" } Configuration ------------- At this point you have basic administration actions for your model. If you visit ``http://yoursite.local/admin/dashboard`` again, you should now see a panel with your mapped model. You can start creating, listing, editing and deleting instances. You probably want to put your own project's name and logo on the top bar. Put your logo file here ``src/AppBundle/Resources/public/images/fancy_acme_logo.png`` Install your assets: .. code-block:: bash $ php app/console assets:install Now you can change your project's main config.yml file: .. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: yaml # app/config/config.yml sonata_admin: title: Acme title_logo: bundles/app/images/fancy_acme_logo.png Next steps - Security --------------------- As you probably noticed, you were able to access your dashboard and data by just typing in the URL. By default, the SonataAdminBundle does not come with any user management for ultimate flexibility. However, it is most likely that your application requires such a feature. The Sonata Project includes a ``SonataUserBundle`` which integrates the very popular ``FOSUserBundle``. Please refer to the :doc:`security` section of this documentation for more information. Congratulations! You are ready to start using SonataAdminBundle. You can now map additional models or explore advanced functionalities. The following sections will each address a specific section or functionality of the bundle, giving deeper details on what can be configured and achieved with SonataAdminBundle. .. _`Symfony cookbook`: http://symfony.com/doc/master/cookbook/bundles/extension.html#using-the-load-method .. _`Symfony translations page`: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/translation.html#using-message-domains