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Introduction

New feature added in Joget Workflow v6.

  • Field Type
  • 24 Hours Format
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Date Picker extends the capability of a normal text field with a date picker library.
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Figure 1: Screenshot highlighting Date Picker obtained from sample Expenses Claim App

Screenshots taken from http://localhost:8080/jw/web/console/app/hr_expense/1/form/builder/hr_expense_claim_entry

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Get Started

The easiest way to see how the Date Picker works is to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims. Here are the steps:

  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)

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    Figure 1

  3. Click on    Expense Claim Entry and you will be directed to the    Form Builder. 

  4. Hover  the mouse over the  Date Picker  element on the canvas and click on  Edit  to open up the Edit Date Picker properties. (see Figure 2)

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    Figure 2

  5. Click on Preview and click on the Date Picker to see it in action.

Date Picker Properties

Edit Date Picker

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NameDescription
ID

Element ID (By declaring as "date", a corresponding database table column "c_date" will be created)

Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.

LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
Allow Manual InputRather than using the calendar picker, a user may key in the date directly if checked.
Field Type

New date picker property to define the field type as:

  • Date Only
  • Date and Time
  • Date and Time Stored In UTC
  • Time Only
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Advanced Options

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Data

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Newly introduced in Joget Workflow v6

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Figure 3: Date Picker Properties - Advanced Options

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NameDescription
Default Value

Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected.

Hashvariable

The hash variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following

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#date.dd-MM-yyyy#
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titleDate Format

Date format defined here should follow Data Format.

24 Hours Format

If "Date And Time" and "Time" field types are selected, this property will appear where you can select 12 or 24 Hours format.

Checked for 24 Hours format.

Unchecked for 12 Hours format.

 

Infotitle

New Feature

Newly introduced in Joget Workflow v6

Data Format
In

The Data Format uses the Java date

format; e.g.,

syntax. For example, the yyyy-MM-dd

for 2011-06-01

displays as 2019-10-23.
Reference:  https://github.com/phstc/jquery-dateFormat

Validation

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NameDescription
Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value.

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titleWhen will validation takes place?

Validation will

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

Start Date Field IDThis option should be used in conjunction
of 
with "Set Current Date As".
End Date Field IDThis option should be used in conjunction
of 
with "Set Current Date As".
Set Current Date As

Choices of:-

  • Minimum Date
  • Maximum Date

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NameDescription
PlaceholderThe placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format). The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value.
Display Format
Please refer to

The Display Format uses the jQuery date syntax. For example, the yy-M-dd displays as 2019-10-23.
Reference: https

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docs

github.com/phstc/jquery

.com/UI/Datepicker/formatDate

-dateFormat

When this field is left empty, the following will be considered.

  1. If current locale starts with "zh", the format will be set as "yy-mm-dd".
  2. If "Using Locate Date Format" is set in General Settings, date format based on current user's locale will be used.
  3. Otherwise, it will use "M/dd/yy".


Date Picker Year Range

Range of years to be shown

In essence, the value left of the colon ":" must be a negative number and on the right must be a positive number. It indicates to Joget Workflow how many years earlier and how many years forward to display in the year select box based on the selected year.

A value of "c-0:c+0" is also valid, this indicates to the user that he cannot change the year value (it will default to the current system year).

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titleSample - Show 10 years before and after
c-10:c+10
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titleSample - Show specific year range
2000:2020
ReadonlyDetermines if the element is editable.
Display field as Label when readonly?

Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".

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NameDescription
Workflow Variable

If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here.

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titleUsing a non-existent Workflow Variable name

You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable.

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context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed


Date Formatting Based On Locale

Here are the steps to set the Date Picker to automatically display the date format based on user locale ( for example ""MM/dd/yyyy" for "en_US" locale ):

  1. In System Settings:
    1. Tick the checkbox `Using Locale Date Format`.
    2. Leave the `System Date Format` field blank or empty.
    3. Tick the checkbox `Enable User Locale Selection`.
    4. Enter into the 'User Locale Options' field the locales allowed, for example "de,en_US".
    5. Save the System Settings.
  2. In your "Form Builder > Date Picker", leave the 'Display Format' property blank or empty.
  3. User logs in, sets his locale in 'My Profile'. Date Picker field will show the date format as per his/her locale.

Display Date Time Based On Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

You can 'force' Joget to generate the date time from the data hash variable based on UTC, by adding the parameter "-Duser.timezone=UTC" in the JAVA_OPTS  variable in the Joget startup script/batch file:

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set JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx2048M -Dwflow.home=./wflow/ -javaagent:./wflow/aspectjweaver-1.8.5.jar -Duser.timezone=UTC -javaagent:./wflow/glowroot/glowroot.jar