Data Insertion in a Table through Multipage Form - Input Form

Learn how to insert or edit data in application through the Input Form. The Input Form is a multipage form to insert data that the Designer has created for the application. Follow the steps the Designer has created to fill a row.

Note

The Designer decides to enable the Input Form for the application.

If the Input Form is enabled, a column with the icon appears on the table.

If the Designer decides to enable the Input Form, they decide also how to arrange the table's fields in the form.

Question

Input Form differs from a standard Edit Form (see Insert Row's data through the Edit Form) due to the following features:

  • Designers can arrange the fields as they prefer on the Input Form.
  • Designers setup a multipage form with steps to guide you into filling the form with the data.
  • Users can search the columns inside the Input Form.
  • Users can open the Attachments window from the Input Form. (See Attachments for more information about the Attachments.)
  • Users can manage edits in different ways: choosing to save and close, saving without closing the form, and confirming the changes to save later.

In Edit Form, the Users can only insert or edit data without the features above. The User can either confirm or close the Edit Form without further choices to handle the window.

You can use the Input Form to insert a new row (see Inserting Rows) or edit a row (see Editing Rows).

  • If you want to insert a new row through the Input Form, click on :fa fas-plus:Row then on the icon next to the row to fill and save. The icon is in the column next to the row.

    Tip

    The Designer could have configured the Input Form to open every time you add a new row automatically.

    In this case, every time you add a new row, the Input Form will open automatically.

  • If you want to edit a row through the Input Form, click on the click on the icon. The icon is in the column next to the row.

Clicking on opens the Input Form for the chosen row.

  1. The Row Identifier that identifies what row you are adding or modifying and its table.
  2. Click the Attachments button to access the row's Attachments window. (This button is disabled if you have just created the row. See Upload Attachments for more information.)
  3. Searches the field's rows by name.
  4. The row's field where you can insert or edit data.
  5. The Form's pages and steps to navigate and fill.
  6. Proceed with the next step to fill the row.
  7. Closes the Input Form multipage form.

Tip

The Designer could have divided the fields in sub-groups within the Input Form multipage form's pages.

  • Click on to collapse a sub-group in the Input Form.
  • Click on to expand a sub-group in the Input Form.

Add or edit any data you want, then click on (6) to continue to the next page. The Input Form will highlight with red the mandatory fields remained empty.

Note

If click on (7) and you leave the Input Form without filling all the pages, a pop-up window will ask if you want to maintain the changes or discard them before leaving.

Click on Discard Changes to abort the multipage form's completition and all the changes. Click on Keep Changes to close the Input Form multipage form while keeping the changes.

Tip

Check the sidebar to know the pages to fill.

The pages with blue dots in the sidebar are completed.

The Input Form will forbid to continue to the next page if you haven't filled the mandatory fields. The side bar will inform you about the number of mandatory fields you've skipped.

At the last page, the Save and Close button will replace the (6) Next button. Click Save and Close to complete the multipage form and save the changes.