Hi!
We recently received feedback from one of our clients using our
platform with Liferay DXP 7.4, expressing a desire for draft
functionality in forms. I've inquired within the community, but it
appears there's no clear solution for this yet.
Our clients wish for the ability to save a form as a draft. This
is partly because the forms are extensive, with over 80-90
fields. Completing an form request takes a long time, and the client
wants the ability to save the form as a drafts while waiting for
certain information needed to complete the request.
The user becomes very frustrated when they do not have all the
information needed to complete a form, and have to start over from the beginning.
- Our suggestion is for these "drafts" to be available in
the personal menu as "My Drafts".
- Look should be standard Liferay with a search bar och a list of drafts.
- We use workflows for all forms since approval is required for
almost all requests. The forms should, of course, be editable and
the draft updated based on changes in the original form.
- Also with a warning on the forms draft page that this form has
been edited/updated.
- Every draft listing should have and edit and remove icon.
- Also in the form draft view have an save draft and delete draft button.
- There should also be a time limit for how long the drafts remain
active. Either 30 or 60 days could be considered reasonable for
deleting the drafts. This should be visible in the draft listing as
an 'Expiration Date'.
- For good UX it should autosave the draft (just like the form
builder tool does).
If you could consider this as an improvement to the DXP product, that
would be great!
