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'Data Source' Properties in AppBuilder Designer
'Data Source' Properties in AppBuilder Designer

This article helps you understand 'Data Source' Properties available in AppBuilder Designer.

Updated over a month ago

Click on a property name below to continue:


'Data Source' Property 1 - Source > Static Data

It will open a popup wherein you can enter details regarding static data.
Label - To enter labels to be displayed for various options in the selected field.
Value - To enter a value corresponding to each label for the selected field.
Default - To make the corresponding label as default option in dropdown.
Controls where applicable - 'Dropdown', 'Multiselect Dropdown', 'Checkbox', 'Radio'


'Data Source' Property 2 - Source > System Data

It will open a popup wherein you can select details to fetch from system data-sources.
To fetch dynamic data directly from system database. Click on icon and just put the mouse cursor on textbox, it will populate a list of fields from which you can select values to fetch dynamic data from system database. You can also search for field names by keying in initial characters. For example, 'Project Organizations' will fetch list of all organizations having access on the selected project.
Controls where applicable - 'Dropdown', 'Multiselect Dropdown'


'Data Source' Property 3 - Source > Link to Custom Attribute

It will open a popup wherein you can select source details regarding project custom attributes of dropdown type. This allows fetching details based on the selected dropdown field and display it as dynamic data.

Attribute Name - Click on icon and it will populate a list of custom attributes of dropdown type, based on selected project (Not applicable if accessing 'AppBuilder' option from 'Admin' tab).
Display - You can select the data to be displayed in dropdown as either 'Code', 'Value' or 'Both'. If 'Both' is selected, code and value will display as a single dropdown value separated with a '|' (pipe) symbol.

Set Attributes Hierarchy - Select this checkbox option to enable setting up of attributes hierarchy on the selected custom attribute for linking.

Further, it will populate dropdown options to select 'Attribute Set' and corresponding 'Child Attribute Field'. Select required option from each of the dropdowns for setting up attributes hierarchy (i.e. dependency between the attributes), then click 'OK' to continue.
Controls where applicable - 'Dropdown', 'Multiselect Dropdown'



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