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    Flow View

    Flow View

    • Description
    • How to use it
    • Add a link
    • Link Types
    • Connect multiple Datasource Objects

    Description

    The Flow Designer provides a graphical user interface to link objects like a FormsForms and a . Different link types are available.

    The Flow Designer enables you to perform linking of objects in order to e.g. display data content in a Grid / TableGrid / Table or in a FormsForms from a , or to link several DatasourceObject like a children and parent data entity.

    Flow View of an Screen Object
    Flow View of an Screen Object

    How to use it

    Add a link

    Adding a link can be done by first hovering on top of the icon of the source object of the link, a plus icon appears. By dragging-and-dropping from that icon to the target object of the link creates the link. Releasing the drag will open a popup dialog asking for the type of link.

    Example of the popup displaying the link types available for that combination of source an target object
    Example of the popup displaying the link types available for that combination of source an target object

    Link Types

    The most important link types are the following. Which is the right type depends on the objects to be connected.

    Type
    Example
    Data
    Used for relations between datasources and grids
    Display
    Used for relations between datasources and forms
    Navigation
    Used for relations between ribbons and datasources
    PrimarySDO
    Only for “This object” (the object which enables the flow designer) and the first datasource (SwatBusinessEntity)
    TableIO
    Used for relations between ribbons and forms

    Connect multiple Datasource Objects

    Multiple Datasources in one screenMultiple Datasources in one screen

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