Data Form

Enter a name for the component .

Refer to Data sources for details.

Links to a query, analytic or virtual data source which determines valid input values. Data source accept a dictionary of the inputted values and return a dictionary of error messages, if applicable.

Returning an empty dictionary indicates that the values are valid and can be set in the view states.

Sample Query

    {[data]
        data2:()!();
        if[data[`price]>100;data2[`price]:`$"Price must be less than 100"];
        if[data[`instrument]<>`abc;data2[`instrument]:`$"Invalid Instument";];
        :.mo.data2:data2      
    }

Enter a text description for the Submit button.

When checked, a Data Source using dictionary-type view state parameter(s), expands out the dictionary inputs.

When checked, the Data Source query is always executed, even if the input parameters are unchanged.

The Reset button returns View State Parameter to the default values. Float Reset positions the Reset button inline with the input variables.

When checked a Submit button is included. This allows a range of View State Parameters to be updated before applying the values to the connected Data Source.

Enter a descriptive term for the input.

When checked, this hides the input, preventing user updates.

Enter a short text description for the Data Form input.

Define dropdown list using a data query

Example: ([]sym:asc exec distinct sym from database)

Determines whether empty values are shown in the dropdown

If no Submit button is shown then enabling this will set the dashboard view state to match the initial dropdown value on load, before any user input takes place

Check box to use aforementioned Data Source to populate the dropdown

Multi Select supports multiple item select in dropdown; the total number of selected items is given in Show Row Count

Allow for search of dropdown items

Number of multi-select items permitted before a numeric summary is presented

Number of multi-select items listed in tooltip before numeric summary of remainder is applied.

The Select All Value is the value passed to the dropdown view state parameter when all items are selected in a multi-select. For example, set to All.

When checked and the dropdown is expanded to show the items available for selection, the selected values are displayed at the top of the list.

When a data source is used to populate a dropdown, Value is automatically assigned.

When a data source is used to populate a dro-down, Text is automatically assigned.

When a data source is used to populate a dropdown, Icon can be set in the dropdown options. For example, if the value is "fa fa-book" then the font awesome book icon is set in each of the dropdown options alongside the text value.

Define slider values using a data query.

For example: ([]sym:asc exec distinct sym from database)

This supports a min and max selection or single selection.

Toggles the display of the slider ticks.

Toggles the display of the tooltip. The tooltip appears when hovering over the slider selectors.

Refer to Advanced CSS for details.

Determines whether fields are displayed in rows or columns.

These fields define style parameters for inputs. Values can be defined in pixels or percentages. For example, width "20%" or margin "10px".

These fields define the parameters of input box labels.

Padding is defined in pixels.

For example, "0px 10px 0px 0px". Label Width in pixels ("10px") when Label Alignment is set to Left, and percentage ("10%") when Label Alignment is set to Top

Styling and position of Reset button. Margin defined in pixels. For example, "0px 10px 0px 0px"

Styling and position of Submit button. Margin defined in pixels. For example, "0px 10px 0px 0px"