Work with custom forms custom-forms

Custom forms are data entry interfaces that allow you to manage records in custom schemas directly from the Web User Interface. Each custom form corresponds to a specific custom schema and provides a list view to browse records and a detail view to create, edit, and delete records.

Custom forms are based on the schema’s form definition (screen definition), which configures which fields are displayed and how they are organized.

Create and pubish the custom schemas form-schema

You must first create and publish your custom schemas. For detailed instructions, refer to this section.

Here is the data model used for this example:

For this use case, three schemas are created: the Purchases, Products and Brand schemas. Here is an example:

Configure the screen definition form-screen-schema

Define which fields are displayed and how they are organized. For detailed instructions, refer to this section.

Here is an example for the Brand schema where the Products custom list is added. The form then displays the list of products linked to the brand.

For the Products schema, we add the Purchases custom list. And for the Purchases schema, the Product and Recipient fields.

Create navigation entries form-screen-entries

Create folders in the Explorer to access your custom form. For detailed instructions, refer to this section.

The list view displays all records for that schema. If the schema has a form definition configured, the list is editable and you can create, edit, and delete records.

You can then: