Difference between revisions of "Add Item Attributes to the Design Pane"

Revision as of 12:46, 14 October 2014

After you have specified the page setup for the data entry form template, you can begin adding item attributes/fields. To add attributes to the data entry form in the Data Entry Form Template Designer window:

1. Expand the item folder that contains the attribute by double-clicking the folder name in the Elements pane.
2. Expand the data category that contains the item attribute.
3. Click the name of the attribute you would like to add to the data entry form.
4. While holding down the left mouse button, drag the attribute to the form design pane.
5. When the item attribute is in the desired position, release the mouse button.

If you drag an item attribute to the design pane which has previously been added, the following message displays: At least one of the fields you dragged on to the template already exists in the template. You cannot add the same field more than once to the template. Click the OK button.

The element and its label are placed in the form design pane.

You can also add all item attributes in a category to the data entry form by dragging it to the design pane.

6. Repeat the above steps to add additional item attributes to the data entry form.

When item attributes are dragged to the design pane, they will use widgets for that data type. All parts of the widget should be present in the template in order to ensure that the widget will work for data entry. If any one of the elements is removed, you should remove all related elements. Although you can change properties and e.g. the label text.

Depending on which data type the item attribute is and on the settings in the Data Inventory Manager the control / widget is different.

Type in DIM	Setting in DIM	Example	Widget	Control / widget
System	No	Land ID	Local ID Generator
Country Structure	No	Victim Living In	Country Structure
Date	No	Status changed date	Date
Geographical information	No	All items	Geo data
Multiple Select	No	Vulnerable group	Multiple Select
Number	No	Size of Living Space	Text Field
Organisation	No	Organisation	Organisation
Place	No	Status changed date	Place
Single Select	Yes	Land Status	Radio button
Single Select	Yes	Status changed reason	Combo box
String / Text	Only for CDFs	Land Name	Text Field
String / Text	Only for CDFs	Major Impacts	Text Area
Subobject	No	Ordnance	Table

It is possible to specify in the Data Inventory Manager if the text CDFs should be a Text Field or a Text Area in the template. It is not possible to switch between the two widgets in the Data Entry Form Template Designer.

As you add and remove item attributes to the form design pane, the Logical Tree pane is updated.

There are other types of elements than item attribute that may be added to the template. These are found in the Tool folder:

• Icon e.g. logotypes
• Line e.g. as header and footer divider
• Text e.g. template version number