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short tutorial: use adaptors in Forms Builder

xCP 1.x compatible

 Example: the last five active users

This list was dynamically created with the data source adaptor for the application Forms Builder.

First you must create a global or template adaptor. Use the data source adaptor to create a DQL or SQL – Query and include dynamical information from external data source.

The following query returns the last logged in users

select user_name, last_login_utc_time  from dm_user WHERE user_os_name not like 'dm%' AND user_name = SUBSTR( default_folder,2,20)ORDER BY last_login_utc_time DESC ENABLE(RETURN_TOP 5)

ReadOnlyTable

Make sure that you are working in the  “Design view” and insert a ReadOnlyTable. The table has a lot of properties, please label the table and select the “Special” tab.

Select your individual adaptor as external data source.

The individual adapter named “hpe_top5_users” and is a global adapter, available for all form templates.

Remember: the output data was created as an indivudual complex type. The output type called “data” and the group named “item”. The individual items are  the result values of the query: user_name and last_login_utc_time.

The output data is sortable. You can relabel the columns and set the visibility and the width of the rows.

ListBox

The individual adapter named “hpe_top5_users” and is a global adapter, available for all form templates.

The ListBox functionality is very similar to the ReadOnlyTable. The adaptor must be specified for every individual ListBox in the “Data & Storage” tab.

The login-time as unique value is not recommend, because it is not an identifier. The query should be extended with one unique id, for example the r_object_id.

In the ListBox only one value is available. Please select one of the result values of the query.

 

This figure displays the special tab for the ListBox property. The adaptor will be exectuted when the form initializes.
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Forms Builder: Data adaptors

xCP 1.x compatible

futher information: short tutorial: use adaptors in Forms Builder

Data adaptors are a powerful tool to create individual and dynamical forms and taskspace tabs. The data source adaptor includes data from the repository via DQL or values from SQL or JDBC (Java Database Connectivity).

Adaptor Type Description
Item Initializer entered a value in a field automatically.
Default: current date/time in a date in a time or date field.
Item Validator validate a user’s input values
on individual fields.
Default: adaptor validates string inputs
against the current repository by searching for
them in the list returned by a DQL query or a default string (example: “@”)
Document Validator validate an entire form template
Data Source include external information into template
further information can be found in Class Name section
Data Source Set Value automatically populate one field on the
template by two types of setting adaptors values: on Change or on Init
Document Processor – Initialization An initialization adaptor initializes values for the entire form.
Document Processor – Pre-submission A pre-submission adaptor executes prior to form submission
provided the validation succeeds, then the form is saved.
Document Processor – Post-submission A post-submission adaptor executes after a form is submitted.

Create Data Adaptors

Forms Builder –>File –> Adaports

Adaptor Configuration Manager

Adaptor Configuration Manager

Installed adaptors

add a new adaptor (Global Adaptors if the functionality should be available for more than one form template).

Gerneral

Adaptor Type (table 1 on this page)
Name: the individual name of your new created adaptor
Description: a short description of the functionality or requirements

Implementation

Class Name:
DataSourceAdaptorService to connect a repository via DQL

JDBCDataSourceAdaptor to connect to SQL or external DQL Server

PropertiesDataSourceAdaptor to include data from a properties file

Type:
Java Class (a Java Class is easy to validate or to debug, if your adaptor is not very complex you can use SBO per default)
service-based business object (SBO) based on EMC’s Business Object Framework (BOF)

Initial parameter:
dql or sql

returns the last five active users (last_login_utc_time):

select user_name, last_login_utc_time  from dm_user 
WHERE user_os_name not like 'dm%' AND user_name = SUBSTR( default_folder,2,20)ORDER BY last_login_utc_time DESC 
ENABLE(RETURN_TOP 5)

 

Input:
The individual value to fulfill the main query. Not usesd in this example.

Output type:

All used values in the Initial parameter section should be specified. All output items are grouped in a individual group, called “item”.

futher information: short tutorial: use adaptors in Forms Builder

 

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