Mapping data between forms

When you create a button element, a table action button, or a footer button with an Open form action, you can map input parameters, input control UI elements, and table array data from the current form to corresponding form model data items on the form that will open.

Note

To map form model data items, they must have the same data type.

To map data between forms

1. Open the source form and select the button.

2. Select Open form as the On click option.

3. Select the target form in the Form name dropdown list.

4. In the Input parameter mapping section:

   1. Select a data item from the Model dropdown.

      This is the list of form model data items for the form model you are currently working on.
   2. Select the corresponding data item from the Parameter dropdown.

      This is the list of form model data items in the target form model.

Example

In this example, an Open form footer button is added to the User details dependent form. User details has four form model data items:

• userid

  An input parameter, which is mapped to the userid form model data item of the root form when a user clicks to view a specific user’s details.

  This is used to map to the request payload of the User details data initializer callback, which returns the other three form model data items.
• userfirstname

  An input element, which is mapped to the data initializer callback response payload.
• usersecondname

  An input element, which is mapped to the data initializer callback response payload.
• useremail

  An input element, which is mapped to the data initializer callback response payload.

The Open form footer button opens the User contact details dependent form. User contact details requires userid to map to the data initializer callback request payload, so the developer must create an input parameter on User contact details and performs the request mapping. The developer then maps the source form (user details) userid form model data item to this new target form (User contact details) userid input parameter. The developer also maps the three input element data items on the source form to corresponding input element data items in the target form. The rest of the user contact data is mapped from the data initializer callback response payload to the UI elements.