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StepsScreens (Click to view)
  1. Start the Joget Server and open the App Center.

  2. Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1)

  3. Under FORMS column, click on Expense Claim Form (see Figure 2)

  4. Drag and drop the Form Grid element on to the canvas.

  5. Hover the mouse over the Advanced Grid element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit Advanced Grid properties.

  6. Fill up the Edit Form Grid properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 3):
    1. ID: entries
    2. Form: Expense Claim Entry

    3. Columns : 

      Field ID*

      Label

      Format Type

      dateDateDate
      categoryCategory
      purposePurpose
      amountAmountDecimal


  7. Click on Preview to open up the Preview tab, click on the plus sign on the Form Grid and it will open up a popup displaying the Form that it was referred to. (see Figure 4)

  8. Open up Expense Claim Entry and note the Field ID's are the same as written in the Edit Form Grid. This is how the Form Grid displays the data from said target form. (see Figure 5)

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Figure 5

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NameDescription
IDElement ID (By declaring as "entries", a corresponding database table column "c_entries" will be created)
LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
FormTarget form to refer to.
Columns

The columns defined here must be correspondent to the Form chosen above.

NameDescription
Value

Field ID of the form element to refer to the target form.

Panel
borderColorblue
borderWidth1
titleBGColor#ddffcc
borderStylesolid

Example:

In "HR Expense Claim Entry" form, there are Form Elements with the ID "date", "category", "purpose", and "formattedAmount".

LabelColumn Label.
Format Type

If you would like to format the returned value, you may make use of the format type.

Default choice: Text.

Available Format Types

  • Text - formats the value as text
  • HTML - outputs data as HTML
  • Multiple lines text - maintains the spacing formatting for multiple lines text, such as TextArea.
  • Decimal - formats as a decimal. The number of decimals is expected in the "Format" field.

  • Date - formats as a date. Original Date and New Date formats are expected in the "Format" field.

    Panel
    borderColorblue
    borderWidth1
    titleBGColor#ddffcc
    borderStylesolid

    Format: (original format)|(new format)

    Example of usage:
    Original value:     5/23/2012
    Expected value: 2012/5/23
    Format :     M/d/y|y/M/d

    Note: Please refer to Java SimpleDateFormat for date format.

  • File - Show the value as a link to the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual File Upload form element.

  • Image - Show the value as a thumbnail of the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Image Upload / File Upload form element.

  • Options - Show the label of a multiple-choice element given the value given. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Select Box / Radio / CheckBox form element.

FormatDepending on your chosen Format Type, an additional argument may be entered here.
Width

Column width in characters.

Code Block
titleSample
200px

UI

Sorting

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
Enable Sorting FeatureDetermines if the ordering of rows is to be enforced.

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Field ID for SortingField to keep the ordering sequence; must correspond with a field id in the target form.

Form

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
Form Submit Button Label (Normal Mode)The label of the Submit button in normal mode.Image Modified




Form Submit Button Label (Readonly Mode)

Label of the Submit button in read-only mode.

Display field as Label when readonly?Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".
Popup Dialog Height

Specifies the height, in characters.

Code Block
titleSample
200px
Popup Dialog Width

Specifies the width, in characters.

Code Block
titleSample
200px

Grid

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
Readonly

Determines if the element is editable.

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Disable Add FeatureDetermines if a new row can be added.
Disable Delete Feature

Determines if a row can be removed.

Delete confirmation messageConfirmation message when deleting a row.
Show Row Numbering?Shows numbering on the grid.
Paging SizeItems to be displayed per page.


Validation & Data Binder

Validation

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value. Please see Form Validator.

Info
titleWhen will validation takes place?

Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

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Unique ColumnColumn/Field ID to identify record ID.
Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Error Message
Error message to be shown when row requirements set above is not met.

Data Binder

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
Load Binder

Option by default. Grid data will be saved/loaded in JSON format in its defined database cell.

In this example, Multirow Form Binder is used to load data from another form. See the list of available Form Binder.

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Store Binder

Option by default. Grid data will be saved/loaded in JSON format in its defined database cell.

In this example, Multirow Form Binder is used to load data from another form. See the list of available Form Binder.

Child Form Data Deletion Options

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Info
titleLearning More

Download a tutorial app on Grids from Joget Workflow Marketplace to learn more.

Related Tutorials

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