Configuring Form

How to configure forms in InnowayIT application?

A Form is used to create or modify data in a logical, meaningful fashion. An example of a form is shown in figure 1:

figure 1: form to capture stack details

Following elements are supported in the form:

1. Input: Text field with a fixed length of up to 255 characters. Can be string or numeric.

2. Textarea: Text-area with length of up to 4000 characters

3. Datepicker: to select Date

4. Checkbox: flag for yes/no values

5. Select: Dropdown from static list of value

6. Select: Dropdown from a table

7. JSON: json object

To configure forms navigate to Administration > Form. To edit a form enter the name of the form in the Search box or click on add link to create a new form.

figure 2: search or create a new form

Form configuration metadata is retrieved by front end via API

/form/metadata/:objectname

Following table contains a list of form detail attributes:

Attribute	Type	Purpose
Required	Flag	Whether the field is required or not
Status	Flag	Whether to include this field in metadata or not
Key	Text	Unique name of table column. This is the key used in API.
Caption	Text	Display Title
Show in View	Flag	To display the field or not
Range	Text	Range of Values e.g. 1-10
Constrained By	Text	Parent key if the field is constrained
Input Type	Text	Type of data to be entered e.g. score, date time
Data Type	Read only	Data type of the table column. For information purposes
LOV Type	Text	List of value type bound to this column. Only if this field has a dropdown
Placeholder	Text	Hint for user to enter data
Dropdown Type	Text	Table or LOV
Display Field	Text	Field to be displayed when in edit mode
Dropdown Select Field
Form Element	Text	Front end element to be displayed e.g. date-picker of text-area
Table Name	Text	If Dropdown Type is Table then provide the name of the table
Width	Numeric	Width of the input field
Info	Flag	Whether info flag to be shown