Following the installation steps, the following few steps should help validate that the configuration was done correctly as well as all services and authorizations are in place.
Search Help (SERVICES_SRV OData Service Validation)
After the installation and creation of your first project, perform the following steps to add a search help to the new application. This will confirm that the generic OData services are installed, activated and you have sufficient authorizations to execute.- Right click on the Form Element.
- Select the Add Input... sub menu and select Add Input.
- In the Properties pane, please set the following properties:
- Bound Field: CompanyCode
- Search Help: CompanyCode
- Save the Project using the Save icon in the toolbar.
- In the Live Preview, the input should now have a Search Help icon.
- Click the Search Help Icon. The following dialog, along with Company Code values should appear.
Workflow Editor
The workflow editor requires a correctly configured URL as well as the necessary activated services.- Click on the Workflow button on the toolbar.
- If the configuration is correct, you should see the following window appear.
- Click on the Workflow button on the toolbar.
JavaScript Editor
The JavaScript editor requires a correctly configured URL as well as the necessary activated services.- Right click on the Page node in the Form Structure panel.
- Select Add Script.
- In the Properties pane, click the button to the the right of the JavaScript property.
- If correctly configured, the following editor will appear.
Submitting a Form
Other than the SERVICES_SRV OData Service, another core service is FAB_SRV. This is used to read and write the application data model between the front and back end.- Click the Workflow button in the toolbar.
- In the editor, click the >>> Template button at the bottom left and click 1. Draft, Submit, Approve to add a workflow template to your app.
- Click Yes when prompted about the overwriting of all existing workflow data.
- Click Save and Close at the bottom right of the workflow editor.
- Save your app with the Save button in the toolbar.
- The live preview should reload and two new buttons (Draft and Submit) should appear at the bottom of the screen.
- Enter a value into the Company Code Input field you added earlier.
- Click Draft.
- If everything is configured correctly, a Processing Successful message should appear.
- Click the Workflow button in the toolbar.
JSON Editor
Once you have submitted a form (Step 4), you can now test that the JSON Editor URL is correctly configured.- Click the Reporting menu option from within the FAB development workbench.
- Select Transaction Report.
- Click the Execute button or press F8.
- Towards the center of the screen, click the Edit Data button.
- If correctly configured, the following editor will be displayed.
Icon Picker
The Icon Picker also needs the URL to be configured.- In the FAB Development Workbench, click the Properties button in the toolbar.
- In the dialog that appears, click the search help in the Icon input field.
- If the Icon Picker is correctly configured, the following dialog will appear.
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