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Creating and Managing Forms The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your...

Building Forms with Conditional Fields

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Building Forms with Conditional Fields Forms can become dynamic forms where the answer to one question may allow the respondent to skip the next three questions, or require the respondent to answer...

Managing Data Sets

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Managing Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Once you create a data set, you can customize how users see it....

Data Set Filters

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Data Set Filters Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data sets, you can define pre-applied filters to be used...

Forms

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Forms The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your solutions. You can use...

Viewing Data Sets

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Viewing Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Once you create a data set, add it to a page to present it to your...

Data Set Actions

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Data Set Actions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data set, define actions to be used in the data set...

Data Set Visualization Modes

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Data Set Visualization Modes Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). To customize the data display in your data set, use the...

Creating Forms

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Creating Forms You can create multi-field forms with the Forms application. Only authenticated users with the requisite permissions can create forms. At minimum, they should have permission to...

Customizing Form Layouts

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Customizing Form Layouts By default, new elements on your form are added to a new row and occupy the entire width of the form. Form with all elements occupying entire width of form. Sometimes it...

Reusing Sets of Form Elements

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Reusing Sets of Form Elements Forms often request the same sets of information, such as name, birthday, and address. Rather than adding these fields for every new form, you can group elements as a...

Using the Search Location Field

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Using the Search Location Field Use a Search Location field so a user can interact with Google's Maps JavaScript API and Google Places API, selecting a location and getting these fields autofilled...

Field Autocompletion

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Field Autocompletion You can configure form field autocompletion in the Forms application: Autocompletion TypeConfigurationField Types ManualType a list of autocompletion optionsText Data...

Customizing the Submit Button

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Customizing the Submit Button Available 7.4+ When a User is finished entering data into a form, they must submit the form. By default a button that says Submit is displayed for this purpose. ...

Providing Help Text and Predefined Values

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Providing Help Text and Predefined Values Form fields can be configured to have help text, placeholder text, and predefined values that assist users in understanding and filling out a form. Help...

Using Storage Adapters

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Using Storage Adapters When a User adds a form record, Liferay routes the processing of the request through a storage adapter API. The same is true for the other CRUD operations performed on form...

Forms Permissions Reference

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Forms Permissions Reference This article serves as a guide for all permissions associated with the Forms application. Form Widget Permissions Navigate to the site page where the Form widget has...

Translating Forms

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Translating Forms Forms can be translated and presented in any language that is currently enabled on the current site. To add a translation: Begin by viewing an existing form (e.g., Guest...

Data Providers

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Data Providers Data providers serve data that can be consumed by the Forms application. The REST Data Provider is included with the Forms application. With it, you can consume data from REST web...

Validation and Masking

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Validation and Masking Certain Forms fields can be validated (Text, Date, and Numeric fields) and masked (Numeric fields) to ensure User input is valid. Date Fields can be validated beginning in...

Validation Conditions Reference

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Validation Conditions Reference There are several out-of-the-box validation conditions that can be used to validate form responses before they are submitted. Text Field Validation Conditions...

Writing a Custom Form Field Type

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Writing a Custom Form Field Type The Forms application contains many highly configurable field types out-of-the-box. Most use cases are met with one of the existing field types. If your use case...

Dynamic Data Lists

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Dynamic Data Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as soon...

Creating Data Definitions

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Creating Data Definitions Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...

Developing a Custom Form Field for Liferay 7.2

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Developing a Custom Form Field for Liferay 7.2 React-based custom form fields can be developed for Liferay 7.3 and Liferay 7.4. See Writing Custom Form Field Types to learn how. Liferay 7.2 used a...

Using the REST Data Provider to Populate Form Options

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Using the REST Data Provider to Populate Form Options Select from List fields can hold many options. Those options can be supplied automatically by using the JSON web services registered in Liferay...

Writing a Form Storage Adapter

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Writing a Form Storage Adapter Liferay DXP 7.3 and Liferay DXP 7.2 versions that include the fix for [LPS-97208](https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-97208) (planned for Liferay DXP 7.2 SP3) By...

Developer Guide

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Developer Guide The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your solutions. ...

Understanding Form Storage Adapters

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Understanding Form Storage Adapters Liferay DXP 7.3 and Liferay DXP 7.2 versions that include the fix for [LPS-97208](https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-97208) (planned for Liferay DXP 7.2 SP3)....

Creating Data Lists

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Creating Data Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as soon...

Creating Display Templates

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Creating Display Templates Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...

Creating Form Templates

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Creating Form Templates Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as...

Form Rules

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Form Rules The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to future-proof your solutions. Forms...

Managing Data Definitions

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Managing Data Definitions Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...

Using the Calculate Rule

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Using the Calculate Rule Users can create Calculate rules that populate a numeric field by calculating its value based on other fields. For example, a Calculate rule can calculate a camp or...

Using the Enable-Disable Rule

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Using the Enable-Disable Rule An enable/disable Rule makes a field editable based on one or more conditions. This is useful for entering optional information or gathering data from only users who...

Using the Show-Hide Rule

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Using the Show-Hide Rule Users can use a Show action show a field if a condition is met. Otherwise, this field is hidden. This example uses a camp registration form with two text fields: I am...

Migrating to Liferay Objects

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Migrating to Liferay Objects Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated and scheduled for removal by the end of 2024. To prevent data loss and achieve the same functionality, please migrate your structures...

Using the Autofill Rule

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Using the Autofill Rule The autofill rule filters a form field's options based on pre-configured conditions. If you already have a data provider enabled, the autofill rule is the next step in...

Using the Jump to Page Rule

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Using the Jump to Page Rule Use a Jump to Page rule to navigate automatically to a specific page in the form based on one or more conditions. This is useful if some pages do not apply to all the...

Example: Using Hidden Fields with Form Rules

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Example: Using Hidden Fields with Form Rules Configure Forms fields as hidden in the Advanced configuration tab. Hide fields using the advanced setting. There's a hidden field in this form. It...

Using Templates to Display Forms and Lists

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Using Templates to Display Forms and Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data...

Using the Require Rule

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Using the Require Rule Use a Require rule to make a field required based on one or more conditions. Require Rules work in association with other Rules, such as the Show Rule. To demonstrate,...

Kaleo Forms

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Kaleo Forms Subscription Kaleo Forms is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2023.Q3/Portal GA92. Use business processes for Liferay Objects (i.e., objects, workflow, and form container fragments)...

Configuring Form Notifications

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Configuring Form Notifications You can configure the Forms app to send a notification email each time a form entry is submitted. If you have enabled workflow for the form, you may not need to...

Enabling CAPTCHA on Form Submissions

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Enabling CAPTCHA on Form Submissions CAPTCHA can be enabled to deter automated form submissions. To enable CAPTCHA: Click the form's Options (Options) and select Settings. Navigate to the Form...

Sharing Forms and Managing Submissions

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Sharing Forms and Managing Submissions The Forms application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. Migrate your forms to objects and form container fragments to...

Managing Form Entries

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Managing Form Entries Once users begin submitting form entries, you can access the form entry data through the UI or export the data to a different file format for further analysis and review. ...

Sharing Forms

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Sharing Forms There are two ways to share a form: Placing the Form widget on a site page and configuring the widget to display the particular form. This allows the form to be seen and submitted...

Notifications

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Notifications Liferay provides integrated notification tools to alert users to platform events. For Liferay DXP, this includes email and website notifications for the following default...

Using the Notification Queue

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Using the Notification Queue Liferay 7.4 U75+/GA75+ Liferay provides the Notification Queue application for reviewing email notifications triggered by an object action. You can verify the status...

Form Reports

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Form Reports 7.3, 7.4 Once users begin submitting form entries, you can access a field-by-field report on the form's records: Navigate to the Forms application. In the Product Menu (Product...

Using Forms with a Workflow

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Using Forms with a Workflow The Forms application is integrated with the Workflow application and therefore users can activate a workflow process for a form. This means that before a form's entry...

Configuring Personal Notifications

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Configuring Personal Notifications Liferay provides integrated notification tools, so you can ensure users are alerted to platform events. Users can customize which notifications they receive by...

Redirecting Users on Form Submission

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Redirecting Users on Form Submission By default, when a user submits a form response, they are directed to a success page. This behavior can be configured to instead redirect a user to a specific...

Creating Notification Templates

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Creating Notification Templates Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ With notification templates, you can design automated email and user notifications for Liferay services. Each template identifies...

Objects

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Objects Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay Objects, you can build and deliver applications without having to write code or deploy modules. Each application built with Objects is integrated with Liferay's...

Defining Object Actions

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Defining Object Actions Liferay 7.4 U60+/GA60+ Object actions define operations that you can run manually or automatically for object entry events. To add an action, Open the Global Menu (...

Actions

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Actions Object actions define custom business logic that you can run manually or automatically for object entry events. Examples include delivering entry event data to a webhook URL, sending email...

Creating and Managing Objects

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Creating and Managing Objects Liferay 7.4+ Liferay Objects provides a convenient UI for creating custom applications that meet your business needs without writing code. You can also use Objects to...

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