Interactive Process Items
You can configure the properties for a process item. The following table describes the interactive process items.
Interactive Process Item | Description |
Form | Display a form to the user to elicit input. Form here is in the context of an OneData data object. |
Data Grid | Similar to showable-rowset in iHooks, this prompts the user for a selection from a grid display. |
Decision | Ability to prompt the user with options and determine execution paths based on the selection. Successor of question-answer construct in iHooks. |
Form Process Item Properties
A Form is a process item which displays a data entry screen to the user. The attributes of the data object selected in the General tab are populated in the Mapping tab. The attributes displayed on the screen can be pre-populated based on the requirements in the Mapping tab. This process item is within the process component.
Property | Description |
Name | General tab. Name of the form item. The name must be unique; the name can contain spaces or blanks, but cannot contain special characters. |
Data Object | General tab. Data object name from which the form will inherit attributes. Mandatory field. |
Cardinality | General tab. Number of forms to display for entry/edit. Default is 1. |
Comments | General tab. Comments or description to be attached to the process item. Informational purposes only. Optional. |
Skip Reference Validations | General tab. Whether to skip the reference validations in the object. |
Attribute | Mapping tab. Attributes of the selected data object. Populated when the data object is selected. |
Components | Mapping tab. Components present in the previous steps to which the Form attributes can be mapped to, if required. |
Item | Mapping tab. Items present in the selected component to which the Form attributes can be mapped to, if required. |
Values | Mapping tab. Attributes present in the selected item to which the Form attributes can be mapped to, if required. |
DataGrid Process Item Properties
DataGrid process items display records from an object for user action.
Property | Description |
Name | Name of the data grid item. The name must be unique; the name can contain spaces or blanks, but cannot contain special characters. |
Data Object | Mandatory. Data object name to populate in the data grid. |
Filter Query | Condition on which to filter data returned to the data grid. Filter Query can be static (based on a fixed value) or dynamic (based on the user's selection in previous component), for example:  Static query: Name = 'CUST_NAME’Dynamic query: Name in {ComponentName#ItemName#Name}Note:
If multiple records may match the query results, use the keyword in instead of = symbol in the query. |
Selection Type | User selection option for the rows in the data grid. Single provides radio button, Multi provides check boxes for multiple rows selection, and None is used to display the data. |
Comments | Comments or description to be attached to the process item. Informational purposes only. |
Decision Process Item Properties
Decision process items elicit user input for action on the data of that step.
Property | Description |
Name | Name of the decision item. The name must be unique; the name can contain spaces or blanks, but cannot contain special characters. |
Decision Text | The question or message that displays to the user to elicit a response. |
Decision Values | Options that display to users to elicit action. Separate each option by a semi- colon (;), for example, OK;Cancel. |
Comments | Comments or description to be attached to the process item. Informational purposes only. |