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Introduction


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Form Grid extends the default functionalities of a typical grid element.

Unlike the generic grid element that only accepts standard text field for its inputs, the Enhanced Grid Form Element captures data by making reference to another form element.

Hence, one can take full advantage of what a typical form element has to offer, e.g., validation and formatting.

The Form Grid is only available on Professional and Enterprise Edition.

Get Started

The easiest way to see how the Form Grid works is to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims and create a new form to mimic an existing form in the app. Here are the steps:

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Form Grid Properties

Edit Form Grid

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NameDescription
ID

Element ID (By declaring as "entries", a corresponding database table column "c_entries" 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.
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 ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleImportant Infomation
    1. Specify the Form ID that contains the actual File Upload form element.
    2. Make sure that you use Multirow Form Binder as the Load Binder.
    3. The file will be downloaded as an attachment and do NOT actually follow the properties set at the target form's File Upload properties.

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

    Info
    titleExpected Form ID

    Specify the Form 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 ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form ID

    Specify the Form 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

NameDescription
Enable Sorting Feature

Determines if the ordering of rows is to be enforced.

The property fields "Enable Sorting Feature" and "Field ID for Sorting" stores the form grid record row sequence, meaning it records which ID sits in row 1, row 2, and so on and rearranges it back in this same ascending sequence on load binder.

If you are using this property, key in a unique field ID in "Field ID for Sorting" property . This field ID must *not* be an existing field in your form which you use for your form data. Typically we use the field ID "sort" and Joget will automatically create this column in your database table (Do not use the field ID "sort" anywhere else in your form).

If you need automatic sorting on another column value when loading the form grid/spreadsheet, use Load Grid Data with Custom Sorting and Filtering or JDBC Form Binder with the "ORDER BY ASC" SQL statement.

Field ID for SortingField to keep the ordering sequence; must correspond with a field id (i.e. hidden field) to keep the sequence number (i.e. 0,1,2,3,4) in the target form.

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