Introduction

The Grid enables one to capture structured and related data.

Get Started

The easiest way to see how the Grid works are to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims. Here are the steps:

Steps	Screens (Click to view)
Start the Joget Server and open the App Center. Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1) Under FORMS column, click on Expense Claim Resubmit Hover the mouse over the Grid element on the canvas under Approval Comment(s) section and click on Edit to open up the Edit Grid properties.	^{Figure 1}

Figure 1: Screenshot highlighting Grid in sample HR Expenses Claim app

Name

Description

Screen (Click to view)

ID

Element ID (By declaring as "approval_comments", a corresponding database table column "c_approval_comments" will be created)

Label

Element Label to be displayed to the end-user.

Options

Column definition and column label.

The column name is defined in the value column whereas the corresponding label is defined in the label column.

Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
Readonly	Determines if the element is editable.
Validator	Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value. Please see Form Validator. When will validation takes place? Validation will takes place whenever form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".
Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)	Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)	Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Error Message	Error message to be shown when row requirements set above is not met.

Name

Description

Screen (Click to view)

Load Binder

Option by default. Grid data will be saved/loaded in JSON format in its defined database cell.

In this example, Multirow Form Binder is used to load data from another form.

Store Binder

Option by default. Grid data will be saved/loaded in JSON format in its defined database cell.

Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
Form	Form to store to or load from
Foreign Key	Foreign Key for records lookup.