Form

A form is a:

"...user interface element which allows us to create or modify data in a logical and meaningful fashion"

Navigation

Go to Configuration -> Forms to create or edit existing forms

Form Supported Elements

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

Form Metadata

Form configuration metadata is retrieved by frontend via API - {/form/metadata/:<objectname>}

Form Attributes

Following table consist of form attributes

ID	Integer	Unique ID of form
Name	Varchar	Unique Name of form
Created Date	Datetime	Date on which form was created
ID User Created By	Integer	Unique ID of user who created the form
ID Organization	Integer	Unique ID of an organization
Last Date Updated	Datetime	Last date on which form was updated
ID User Last Updated By	Integer	Unique ID of a user who last updated the form
Short Description	Varchar	Short explanation regarding form
Long Description	Varchar	Detail explanation regarding form

Form Key Attributes

Following table consist of form key attributes

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

Form Configuration

To configure a new form

1. Go to Configuration -> Form

2. Click Add New button

To update an existing form

1. Go to Configuration -> Form a table will open

2. Click form name to be modified or select Edit from action column