As part of the series of product update videos on AgilePoint NX v8.0 Software Update 2 release, the next one I would like to share is about the OData Entity Set Lookup for eForms. OData also known as Open Data Protocol is a OASIS standard that defines a set of best practices for building and…
Category: eForms
Record Change Notification For Form Based Apps
In this article we are going to look into next big feature which has been introduced in AgilePoint NX v8.0 Software Update 2 release. AgilePoint NX platform has always been considered very strong for developing process based apps and that has been one of its strength area for nearly two decades. Back in 2018, we…
Import Data From An Excel or CSV to SubForm Control
In this article, we are going to look at a new feature released as part of AgilePoint NX v8.0 Software Update 2 which enables importing data from Excel or CSV file to a SubForm. Over the last couple of years, we have made a lot of investments on the Excel integration which ranges from supporting…
Save Multiple Drafts For Submit eForm
In this article, we are going to look at the enhanced Save as Draft feature which has been added to AgilePoint NX v8 Software Update 2 release. In the past, a user could open the submit form for an app and partially fill the form and save it as a draft in case he wanted…
Analytics Center Overview – Part 13 – Report Part Control for eForms
AgilePoint NX provides one of the most feature rich eForms designer in the market today. In AgilePoint NX v8.0, we introduced powerful BI and analytics reporting module. In this release, we extend the capabilities of the eForms designer by allowing users to embed those reports in the eForms. With this, the power of BI, advanced…
eForms Performance Analyzer
In this article, we are going to have a look at the much awaited eForms performance analyzer feature. eForms loading time plays a critical role in good user experience. You might have come across various stats on the internet explaining how the page load performance impacts user satisfaction and revenue. During release v7.0 timeframe, I…
Advanced AgilePoint NX Application – Build from Scratch using v8.0
As part of a recent product briefing, I created a fairly comprehensive application with multiple integrations from scratch using AgilePoint NX v8.0 in less than 90 mins which is shown in the video at the end of the post. If you’ve never heard of the low code approach to app development before then get ready…
Redesigned SubForm Control for Better Performance and Enhanced Features
SubForm control is used quite often in the eForms development. It is a composite control which can hold multiple rows of records where each row can contain multiple sub-controls. Use of SubForm control is quite common in a Master-Detail kind of forms where user has to interact with multiple rows and columns of set of…
Bulk Update Records with a List View Control
Have you ever needed to update a field on a set of records shown in a List View control of a Form Based App? Navigating to and updating each individual record could be very time consuming. We’ll show you how to do it swiftly from the List View control provided it is using AgilePoint Data…
Introducing Excel as a Data Source for Your Applications
In this article, we are going to see how to create AgilePoint NX Apps with Excel as a data source. Many businesses today run significant part of their business on Excel sheets. Even in large enterprises, lot of structured information is stored in Excel files. The problem with using Excel is it doesn’t scale well….
Restricting API Access for Anonymous Forms
As part of AgilePoint NX v8.0 release announcements, the next feature we are going to take a look is around advanced security management features for Anonymous Forms. As you might already be aware, Anonymous Forms feature is used by application designers to create customer facing apps and expose them to the users outside your organization…
New Rich Text Editor for AgilePoint NX eForms
The next feature that we would introduce as part of AgilePoint NX v8.0 is a new Rich Text Editor control for AgilePoint NX eForms. This new Rich Text Editor control has been made available since it provides many new features when compared to the existing Rich Text Editor. The new Rich Text Editor has a…
Form Based Applications – Oracle Database
In this article, I am going to show, how to create a Form Based App on top of already designed database tables in your backend Oracle database. Data in form-based applications can originate in any SQL database (Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, etc.). Support for Oracle is a very important aspect of Form Based Apps…
Giving Your eForms a Makeover with a New Base Theme
The look and feel and UI is one of the first things an end-user will notice about your application. The first few moments are make or break – will the user get frustrated and give up, or will they instantly fall in love and contribute to viral success? As we improve the UI/UX in AgilePoint…
Changes to Default behavior of Date and DateTime controls
There has been an important change made in the default behavior of Date and DateTime control which previously prevented it from working properly with externally bound data sources. This does not break any backward compatibility for existing applications which were not data bound even if that behavior was incorrect. Please read this carefully and if…
Global CSS for eForms
In this article, we are going to look at the Global CSS feature. This has been a highly sought-after feature within customer base and I am pleased to announce that starting AgilePoint NX 7.0 Software Update 2, AgilePoint is going to support applying a global CSS to all your forms. Global CSS Styles is a…
eForms Performance Tuning Tools
In this article we are going to cover some to the tools which you can use to fine tune the rendering time of your AgilePoint NX eForms. eForms performance can be dependent on various factors like Network Latency Browser Performance eForms Design Since forms are major part of the user experience layer, with each release…
Auto Generation Of Related Entity Lookup
In this article, we are going to look at how a lookup can be auto generated when a field in child entity which is related to a field in parent entity is dragged onto the form designer. This is more of a usability feature. Before we get into the details, lets first understand what is…
eForms Theme Templates – AgilePoint Store
Forms are a critical part of most of the business applications. As the web standards are getting evolved so is the expectation around user experience. Keeping up with the pace at which styling is evolving can be quite challenging for citizen developers who might not have the skill sets for creating custom CSS files. Keeping…
Barcode and QR Code Scanner Support in AgilePoint NX eForms
I am pleased to announce that starting AgilePoint NX 7.0 SU2, AgilePoint NX mobile apps will include a new feature of scanning Barcode and QR code images, which allows the scanning and reading of Barcodes and QR Codes directly in eForms on iOS and Android apps for AgilePoint NX. This has been a highly sought…