Select Activity to Map New Form
Select the first activity to start designing a form for it.
Figure 1: Assigning a Form to a Process Activity
Create New Form
You will be prompted with a Form Selection dialog; choose Create New Form and enter the following details:
Form ID: leaveApplicationForm
From Name: Leave Application Form
Table Name: hr_leave
Figure 2: Create New Form
Clicking on Save will redirect you to the Form Builder.
Add Form Elements
Insert the following elements into the form. This can be done by dragging and dropping the elements needed from the element palette on the left of the Form Builder to the design pane on the right.
Figure 3: Adding a Form Element into the Form Builder
ID: name
Label: Name
Type: Text Field
ID: startDate
Label: Start Date
Type: Date Picker
ID: endDate
Label: End Date
Type: Date Picker
ID: reason
Label: Reason
Type: Text Area
This is the resulting form design:
Figure 4: Leave Application form
Making Fields Mandatory
Next, make each of the fields mandatory.
Go to the element's properties, then go to Choose Validator tab and choose Default Validator. A new tab called Configure Validator will be added in. Go to that tab and check on the Mandatory checkbox.
Repeat the same steps for the rest of the elements.
Figure 5: Making Fields "Mandatory" in Form Builder
Preview and Save
This is the final form design. You may preview the form by clicking on the Preview button at the top of the Form Builder to confirm the design before you Save the form.
Figure 6: Final Leave Application Form