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alias: user-guide-recipe-page
description: "The Recipe page displays and manages detailed information, related contexts, and historical changes for a recipe"
---

# Recipe Page

:lock: Recipe.**Show**

The **Recipe** page displays general information on the specific **Recipe**. In addition it enables the user to perform all the operations that can be performed on a specific **Recipe**.

## Details View

Depending on the optional modules that are licensed in the system, the **Details** view will display some or all of the following page sections:

* **Details** - displays general information on the **Recipe**.
* **Parameters** - displays information on the defined **Parameters** that are part of the **Recipe**.
* **Body** - displays information on the defined body of the **Recipe**.
* **Sub-Recipes** - displays information on the child **Recipes** for the current **Recipe**.
* **Active Instances** - displays information on the currently active instances of the **Recipe**.
* **Attributes** - enables the visualization of existing **Attributes** and the possibility to create new ones. For more information on **Attributes**, visit the section [Attributes](../../general/screen-layout/page-sections/attributes.md).
* **Attachments** - shows the documents that are attached to the **Recipe** and enables the user to attach additional documentation to the **Recipe**.

![Main view of the Recipe page][recipe_page_details_view]

## Contexts View

This view shows information concerning all the contexts currently connecting the **Recipe** to other objects in the system:

* **Recipe Context** - displays the existing **Relations** between the **Recipe** and the other entities in the system.
* **Parameter Overrides** - displays the existing configuration used to override particular parameters for a **Recipe** for a given context.

	!!! info
		Note: *RecipeContext* combinations are managed in a Smart Table and are not added manually in this panel. More information in the [RecipeContext](../../administration/tables/smart-tables/recipecontext.md) page.

![Contexts view of the Recipe page][recipe_page_contexts_view]

!!! note
	To be able to edit the data contained in the Context tables, you will need the `ContextResolution.EditData` security feature.

## Compare View

:lock: Recipe.**Compare**

This view provides a quick visual comparison between the selected entity version and any other version that can be selected through it. You can also export the comparison results to a PDF file through the **Export Comparison** button on the top ribbon. For more information, see [Compare Entity Versions](../../general/versions/compare_entity_versions.md).

![Recipe Compare view](images/recipe_page_compare_view.png)

## References View

This view combines information concerning other objects that have references to the current object:

* **Relations** - displays the existing **Relations** between the **Recipe** and other entities and enables the user to edit them. For more information on **Relations**, visit the section [Relations](../../general/screen-layout/page-sections/relations.md).
* **Where Used** - displays the set of relationships between the **Recipe** and the other objects used throughout the system.

## History View

This view combines information concerning other objects that have references to the current **Recipe** object:

* **Change Set History** - displays the history of the change sets associated to the object. For more information on **Change Set** history, visit the [Change Set History](../../general/screen-layout/page-sections/change_set_history.md) page.
* **History** - displays the history of the operations, associated information, user(s) performing the changes and date and time of the changes.

[recipe_page_details_view]: images/recipe_page_details_view.png
[recipe_page_contexts_view]: images/recipe_page_contexts_view.png