---
title: Screen Connector
description: The Screen connector lets you display forms and customized UI to retrieve information from a user or show flow progress in your PingOne DaVinci flow.
component: connectors
page_id: connectors::screen_connector
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/connectors/screen_connector.html
revdate: August 19, 2024
section_ids:
  setup: Setup
  resources: Resources
  configuring-the-screen-connector: Configuring the Screen connector
  using-the-connector-in-a-flow: Using the connector in a flow
  present-a-custom-view: Present a custom view
  capabilities: Capabilities
  createView: View
  createPolling: Client side polling with Message
---

# Screen Connector

The Screen connector lets you display forms and customized UI to retrieve information from a user or show flow progress in your PingOne DaVinci flow.

You can use the Screen connector to:

* Display a form for collecting user information.

* Present custom UI elements and views in one or more nodes of a flow.

## Setup

### Resources

Learn more in the following:

* DaVinci documentation:

  * [Adding a connector](https://docs.pingidentity.com/davinci/connectors/davinci_adding_a_connector.html)

  * [Using connectors securely](https://docs.pingidentity.com/davinci/connectors/davinci_using_connectors_securely.html)

  * [Using DaVinci flow templates](https://docs.pingidentity.com/davinci/flows/davinci_using_davinci_flow_templates.html)

### Configuring the Screen connector

In DaVinci, add a Screen connector. Learn more in [Adding a connector](https://docs.pingidentity.com/davinci/connectors/davinci_adding_a_connector.html).

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|   | This connector doesn't have a configuration at the environment level. You configure it in your flow instead. |

## Using the connector in a flow

### Present a custom view

You can use the **View** capability to create a unique ID for a user. No special flow configuration is needed. Add the capability and populate its properties according to the help text.

## Capabilities

### View

Present a custom view

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> * Properties
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> * Input Schema
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> * Output Schema
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> - screen0Config
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> * default object
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>   * parameters object
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> - output object
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>   * screenComponentList object

### Client side polling with Message

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> * Properties
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> - screen0Config