Tip: Interface patterns give you an opportunity to explore different interface designs. Be sure to check out How to Adapt a Pattern for Your Application.
Enable users to make quick changes to a record by updating it right from a record view.
Note: This recipe uses example data and objects created through the Use the Write to Data Store Entity Smart Service Function on an Interface recipe. Make sure you've completed that recipe in your environment first.
This scenario demonstrates:
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a!localVariables(
/* In a real app, these values should be held in the database or in a constant */
local!departments: { "Corporate", "Engineering", "Finance", "HR", "Professional Services", "Sales" },
/*
* Employee data is being passed in via a query and converted
* back to CDT.
*
* To use your date, replace the employee local variable with the
* appropriate data and update the component fields to fit your
* CDT data points.
*/
local!employee: cast(
'type!{urn:com:appian:types:Employee}Employee',
a!queryEntity(
entity: cons!EMPLOYEE_ENTITY,
query: a!query(
selection: a!querySelection(columns: {
a!queryColumn( field: "id"),
a!queryColumn( field: "firstName"),
a!queryColumn( field: "lastName"),
a!queryColumn( field: "department"),
a!queryColumn( field: "title"),
a!queryColumn( field: "phoneNumber"),
a!queryColumn( field: "startDate")
}),
/*
* Replace the hard-coded value of 1 with your primary key
* via a rule input to bring back a single row of data
*/
filter: a!queryFilter( field: "id", operator:"=", value:1 ),
pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(1,1)
)
).data
),
local!isTransfer: false,
/* Used to keep changes in a sandbox. */
local!updatedEmployeeData,
a!columnsLayout(
columns:{
a!columnLayout(
contents:{
a!textField(
label: "First Name",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: local!employee.firstName,
readOnly: true
),
a!textField(
label: "Last Name",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: local!employee.lastName,
readOnly: true
),
a!textField(
label: "Phone Number",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: local!employee.phoneNumber,
readOnly: true
)
}
),
a!columnLayout(
contents:{
if(
local!isTransfer,
{
a!dropdownField(
label: "New Department",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
choiceLabels: local!departments,
choiceValues: local!departments,
value: local!updatedEmployeeData.department,
saveInto: local!updatedEmployeeData.department
),
a!textField(
label: "New Title",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
required: true,
value: local!updatedEmployeeData.title,
saveInto: local!updatedEmployeeData.title
)
},
{
a!textField(
label: "Department",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: local!employee.department,
readOnly: true
),
a!textField(
label: "Title",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: local!employee.title,
readOnly: true
)
}
),
a!textField(
label: "Start Date",
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
value: text( local!employee.startDate, "mmm dd, yyyy"),
readOnly: true
),
a!linkField(
labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
links: a!dynamicLink(
label: "Transfer employee",
value: true,
saveInto: {
local!isTransfer,
a!save( local!updatedEmployeeData, local!employee)
}
),
showWhen: not( local!isTransfer)
),
a!buttonLayout(
primaryButtons:{
a!buttonWidget(
label: "Transfer",
validate: true,
saveInto:{
a!writeToDataStoreEntity(
dataStoreEntity: cons!EMPLOYEE_ENTITY,
valueToStore: local!employee,
onSuccess: a!save(local!employee, local!updatedEmployeeData)
),
a!save( local!isTransfer, false)
}
)
},
secondaryButtons:{
a!buttonWidget(
label: "Go Back",
value: false,
saveInto: local!isTransfer
)
},
showWhen: local!isTransfer
)
}
)
}
)
)
Update an Entity-Backed Record from its Summary View
