Getting started with forms portal

Navigate to the published forms portal page. For more information about creating a forms portal page, see Creating a forms portal page.

The Search and Lister component of roms portal displays the forms available on the Publish instance of the AEM server. This list includes all forms or the forms defined in the filter at the time of authoring the forms portal page. A forms portal page looks similar to as shown in the following image:

A sample forms portal page
Figure: A sample forms portal page

Search and Lister

The Search and Lister component allow you to add the following functionality to your forms portal:

  • List forms in panel, card, or grid view that are available out of the box. It also supports custom templatesList forms from specific folders in Forms Manager.
  • Specify how forms are rendered - HTML5, PDF, or both.
  • Specify how PDF and XFA-forms are rendered - HTML5, PDF, or both. Non-XFA forms as HTML5.
  • Enable searching of forms based on criteria, such as form properties, metadata, and tags.
  • Submit form data to a servlet.
  • Use custom style sheets (CSS) to customize the look and feel of the portal.
  • Create links to forms.

You can search for forms in the Forms Portal page by using the following options:

  • Full Text Search
  • Advanced Search

Full text search allows you to find and list forms based on the specified keywords.

An advanced search dialog
Figure: An advanced search dialog

Advance Search allows you to search forms based on specified form properties. This provides a more specific results than full-text search. Advance search includes search based on tags, properties (such as Author, Description, and Title), modification date, and full text.

Lister displays forms based on the search parameters. Each form in the search result is displayed with an icon, which is hyperlinked to the associated form. You can click the icon to open and work with the associated form.