About Data Objects

Add and Edit Data Object Forms

Frequently Asked Questions

Data Object Procedures

Note: Add and Edit Data Object forms are opened from the Profile page for an Object. There are many ways to open an Object Profile page depending on your location in the Toolkit module. In the following procedures that use the Add or Edit Data Object forms, we show just one of the ways to open the Object Profile page - from a Find Object form. View the Object Profile Page topic to see the additional ways to open an Object Profile page.

ClosedAdding a Data Object

The Data Object table, its relationships (if any), and constraints (if any) exist in the netFORUM database. This is done in SQL Server.

Metadata and privileges for the Data Object table are populated in the database. This is done in SQL Server by executing the md_privilege_populate_by_table_quick stored procedure.

  1. ClosedOpen the Object Profile page.
    1. Select Object > Find Object from the left navigation menu.
    2. Enter your search criteria on the Find Object form and click Go.
    3. If more than one Object meets the search criteria, the List Object page displays. Click on the desired Object.
  2. Click the Add button in the data objects child form header.
  3. Complete the Add Data Object form, referencing the field descriptions in the Add and Edit Data Object Forms topic as necessary.
  4. Click Save to create the new Data Object in the metadata.

  5. Refresh your netFORUM session and clear cache if necessary.

ClosedEditing a Data Object
  1. ClosedOpen the Object Profile page.
    1. Select Object > Find Object from the left navigation menu.
    2. Enter your search criteria on the Find Object form and click Go.
    3. If more than one Object meets the search criteria, the List Object page displays. Click on the desired Object.
  2. Click the expand/close button in the data objects child form header.
  3. Click the edit button for the Data Object.
  4. Make the desired changes on the Edit Data Object form.
  5. Click Save to save the changes.

  6. Refresh your netFORUM session and clear cache if necessary.

ClosedSoft-deleting a Data Object
  1. ClosedOpen the Object Profile page.
    1. Select Object > Find Object from the left navigation menu.
    2. Enter your search criteria on the Find Object form and click Go.
    3. If more than one Object meets the search criteria, the List Object page displays. Click on the desired Object.
  2. Click the expand/close button in the data objects child form header.
  3. Click the edit button for the Data Object.
  4. On the Edit Data Object form, select the hide/disable record flag.
  5. Click Save.

  6. Refresh your netFORUM session and clear cache if necessary.

ClosedHard-deleting a Data Object

The DeleteMethod system option must be set to hard. Otherwise, only soft deletes are permitted on your system.

  1. ClosedOpen the Object Profile page.
    1. Select Object > Find Object from the left navigation menu.
    2. Enter your search criteria on the Find Object form and click Go.
    3. If more than one Object meets the search criteria, the List Object page displays. Click on the desired Object.
  2. Click the expand/close button in the data objects child form header.
  3. Click the Data Object Delete button.

  4. Refresh your netFORUM session and clear cache if necessary.

ClosedRecovering a soft-deleted Data Object
  1. ClosedOpen the Object Profile page.
    1. Select Object > Find Object from the left navigation menu.
    2. Enter your search criteria on the Find Object form and click Go.
    3. If more than one Object meets the search criteria, the List Object page displays. Click on the desired Object.
  2. Click the expand/close button in the data objects child form header.
  3. Click the edit button for the Data Object.
  4. On the Edit Data Object form, clear the hide/disable record flag.

  5. Refresh your netFORUM session and clear cache if necessary.