Defining forms to hold and display data

Use forms to capture and display information. A form typically includes related components such as employee and department information. A form contains fields in which the information is entered and displayed. The collection of fields represents a record of information in AR System. While the entries comprise the rows of a database table, the fields comprise the columns.

Forms are created and defined using the following steps. To make sure that all form components are properly defined, follow the steps in the order listed.

  1. Create a form (see Creating-forms).
  2. Set form properties (see Setting-form-properties).
  3. Plan the layout of a form (see Arranging-fields-in-a-form-view).
  4. Create fields on a form (see Creating-and-managing-fields).
  5. Set field properties (see Field-Properties).
  6. Create form views (see Creating-form-views).



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This section discusses the following sections about types of forms available, and the tasks used to create them:

Action

Reference

Learn about the different types of forms.

Use Join forms to avoid data redundancy and maintain data integrity. Additionally, learn to track entries in Join forms. 

Learn about the system installed forms loaded during Innovation Suite deployment.

Learn to create forms.

Modify, copy, rename and delete forms based on your preferences.

Learn to preview the forms in Developer Studio and Mid Tier.

Learn to create Join forms to derive data from other existing forms or to display data stored in multiple forms in a single form.

Use display-only forms for selecting and completing specific tasks. Additionally, learn to use display-only forms as a dialog box, and as a control panel. 

Set and define form properties in Best Practice Customization mode.

 

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