Configuring the Radio Button field - Properties

  1. To add the Radio Button field to your form, drag and drop the Radio Button component to the design area.
  2. To configure the Radio Button, hover your mouse over the field and click .
    TheRadio Buttonpop-up window opens.
  3. In theRadio Button window, under Properties, enter or select the required fields.
    The following table describes the fields under the Properties tab:
    Field Description
    Label name* Enter a valid Label name for the form field. For example, Select Date and Time.
    Values Allows you to define field Values relevant to a form field.
    • Values can be delimited by a comma.
    • Characters not allowed: ‘&’ and ‘|’
    Field ID* Allows you to assign a unique Field ID to refer to the field name.
    • Allowed characters: ‘-‘ and ‘_’
    • Character Length: Min (1), Max (50)
    Hooks Allows you to assign an appropriate hook for this field. For example, a hook to fetch the current date.
    • Select a hook that is relevant to the form field.
    • Hooks can be either Script or REST API.
    • Hooks are used to fetch details against a specific form field from the device and/or database and map them to the respective field on the user interface.
    Note: For more information on Assigning Hooks to Form Fields, click here.
    Depends on Allows you to define dependencies between form fields based on ‘Field ID’ and ‘Values’.
    • Operators used: ‘&’ and ‘|’
    • Max character: 550
    • Format: [Field Id1: value1 & Field Id2: value1 & Field Id3: value3], [Field Id1: value1 | Field Id2: value1]
    Validation Allows you to select or define a custom regex pattern against the specific form field.
    • Select from the predefined regex patterns defined in the regex inventory.
    • Validation ensures that you capture the right information while creating the request.
    Parent ID Allows you to assign a Parent ID for fields in a table. Select the relevant tabular component (Field ID) against which the form field must be mapped to.
    Note: This is used only when defining a tabular element in the form.
    Help Allows you to add Help text/tooltip for the field.
    Profile Access Allows you to select the profile from the dropdown to restrict form field display within a template based on the relevant profile.
    Mandatory Allows you to define this field as Mandatory or otherwise. If marked as mandatory, an asterisk (*) is displayed next to the field name in the form.
    Read only Allows you to define this field as Read Only or otherwise. If marked as Read Only, a red crossed circle is displayed when you hover your mouse over the read only field and does not allow you to enter any information.
    Hidden Allows you to hide the field in the form.
    Global variable Allows you to define this field as a Global Variable.
    All Asterisk (*) marked fields are mandatory.
  4. Click Save.