Forms Builder QuestionForms Builder Questionhttps://liferay.dev/en/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785333&threadId=1213938492024-03-29T10:21:45Z2024-03-29T10:21:45ZRE: Forms Builder QuestionLee Jordanhttps://liferay.dev/en/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785333&messageId=1214140802022-05-03T15:30:14Z2022-05-03T15:30:13Z<p>Just don't touch the app builder in 7.3. If Liferay was a car company
they would have put a recall on the product for app builder.</p>Lee Jordan2022-05-03T15:30:13ZRE: Forms Builder QuestionRussell Bohlhttps://liferay.dev/en/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785333&messageId=1214013212022-04-18T21:02:43Z2022-04-18T21:02:42Z<p>Hi Devon, Liferay Forms is primarily aimed at standalone forms and
cannot support all your requirements. But all is not lost. It appears
that your use case is more like building a custom application. Check
out Liferay Objects as it will likely be much closer to what you need
(documentation <a href="https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/building-applications/objects.html">here</a>).</p>Russell Bohl2022-04-18T21:02:42ZForms Builder QuestionDevon Regularhttps://liferay.dev/en/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785333&messageId=1213938482022-04-06T16:44:55Z2022-04-06T13:44:44Z<p>My company is thinking about using Liferay forms for one of its
applications. We have about 20 different forms it needs to produce and
a lot of them are very complex. Therefore I have some questions.</p>
<p>1. First of all, the form itself can be complex. For example, on one
form, the last field is a set of data points. The section is called
"Resource Summary" and each row on the form looks like this:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
10. Resource Summary:<br />
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
Resource | Resource ID | Date/Time
Ordered | ETA | Arrived |
Notes (location/assignment/status)<br />
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
Patrol Car | ECPD-18 | 08/22 8am
| 08/22 10am | x |
none<br />
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
(LINES REPEAT FOR MULTIPLE INPUTS)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Therefore, each row of data is an array of fields that points to a
singular object. What this means is that in the database, these five
data points should be able to stored in an array in a single cell of a
column. Especially since there are 9 other field sets that collect
various data points prior to this one question. Is this possible
within the form builder?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2. Like I said, there are up to 20 different forms. All these forms
may relate to a singular case. Can the forms be connected through a
shared primary/foreign key?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>3. The way the application works, let us say a user clicks on a
location on a map. The user should then be able to choose the form
they want to fill out and press submit, and then exit the location. In
the future, the user should be able to click on the same location
again, click on the form once more, and this time the form comes up
already populated with the data that was inputted previously. The form
should look identicle as it did previously (except for the populated
data of course). The user should be able to edit this data and save
it. Is this a possible functionality?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>4. Jumping off of the previous question: