Introduction

Definition

Form Update Process Tool Datalist Action allows one to perform any of these functions for selected records in datalist.

  1. Perform form data update and/or
  2. Trigger process tool and/or
  3. Trigger datalist action.

This plugin source code is available in an open source repository at https://github.com/jogetoss/form-update-process-tool-datalist-action.

JogetOSS is a community-led team for open-source software related to the Joget no-code/low-code application platform. Projects under JogetOSS are community-driven and community-supported, and you are welcome to contribute to the projects.

Get Started

Steps to Import this Plugin

1. Go to the website https://github.com/jogetoss/form-update-process-tool-datalist-action .

2. Go to the "Releases" page (See Figure 1).

Figure 1: Release page link

3. Click on the .jar file to initiate the download (See Figure 2).

Figure 2: Plugin-template-pack .jar file

4. Go to your Joget Workflow localhost or server and log in as admin.

5. In Joget Console navigate to "Admin Bar > Systems Settings > Manage Plugins" and click the "Upload Plugins" button.

6. In "Upload Plugin", select the plugin .jar file you just downloaded, then click "Upload".

7. You should be able to view the newly installed plugin under the "Installed Plugins" tab.

8. Always uninstall the old plugin before uploading a new version.

9. The Joget Workflow Knowledge Base has more information on managing and developing plugins.

Steps to Use this Plugin

For Admins

1. Launch any of your existing apps containing datalist  from the App Center as an Admin and enter Datalist Builder.

2. Drag the Form Update Process Tool Datalist Action element into the Drag Actions Here section for a datalist action. (See Figure 3)

Figure 3: Adding Form Update Process Tool Datalist Action

3. Click on the edit icon of the Form Update Process Tool Datalist Action element for configuration. The Label property is the only mandatory field and configures the element according to your need. Click the Ok button to apply the changes. (Figure 4)

Figure 4: Configure Form Update and Process Tool Datalist Action

4. Preview the datalist and save it.


For Users

1. For the datalist with Form Update Process Tool Datalist Action , the users will find an action button according to their label configuration in the CRUD of the respective datalist in the userview. (Figure 5)

Figure 5: Form Update and Process Tool Datalist Action in runtime 

Form Update and Process Tool Datalist Action Properties

Configure Form Update and Process Tool Datalist Action

Figure 6: Action button configuration

NameDescription
LabelButton label of the action to be displayed to the end-user. It is a Mandatory field.
Confirmation MessageA popup confirmation message before performing the action.
HTML CodeCustom HTML code

Popup Form

Figure 7: Select a Popup Form 

NameDescription
Popup Form

Select a form to pop up after performing the action.

Process Tool

Figure 8: Select a process tool

NameDescription
Process Tool

Select a process tool to execute after performing the action

Info

A configuration tab will be displayed for the respective email chosen by the user.

Delay Between Execution of Process Tools (Seconds)Pause in between each record for process tool execution in seconds. The default value is zero.

Additional Datalist Action

Figure 9: Select an Additional Datalist Action

NameDescription
Additional Datalist Action

Select an Additional Datalist Action to execute after performing the action.

Info

A configuration tab will be displayed for the respective Additional Datalist Action chosen by the user.

Debug Mode

Figure 10: Turn Debug mode on/off

NameDescription
Debug Mode

When selected True, debug messages will be printed out in the server Logs for troubleshooting purposes.




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