Create Form Link

You can create form links in the Enterprise Console menu for the forms created in the Tools > Manage Forms section. This option is especially useful when the number of forms in Manage Forms is very high. Use the Form Link to easily navigate to the required form using links in the Enterprise Console menu.

To create a form link:

1. On the Action bar of the Navigation List page, click New, and then click Form Link.

   The New Form Link page appears.

   You can also create a folder here using the folder option and create the form links under it for better readability.

2. In the Title box, type a unique name for the form link, and in the Description box, type a description for the form link.

3. In the Select a Form box, select the form to be linked from the available list.

4. If the Window Mode for the form link is set to Pop-up, the form appears as a pop-up in the Enterprise Console.

   • If the Window Mode for the form link is set to Inline, the forms appears inline in the Enterprise Console.

   • In Inline Window Mode, set the form link as the dashboard for the Enterprise Console.

5. Under Show in Navigation List, select as follows:

   • Select Web to show form link in the navigation menu of the Enterprise Console.

   • Select Mobile to show form link in the navigation menu of the Work Tasks Pro app.

     Note:
     - The Show in Navigation List property is applicable only when the Window Mode property is set to Inline.
     - By default, the Show in Navigation List is set to Web.

6. In the Menu Order box, type a number to position the link in the Enterprise Console menu.

   • By default, the Menu Order number will be one more than the highest Menu Order number entered for the links in the Navigation List.

   • You can enter either a positive or a negative integer. Negative Menu Order numbers take precedence over positive Menu Order numbers.

   • If you clear the Menu Order number, then the system will set the Menu Order to 0.

   • The link with the lowest Menu Order number appears first in the menu followed by other links in the ascending order of their Menu Order number.

   • In case of links with the same Menu Order number, the first saved link takes precedence and appears before the other links with the same Menu Order number.

   • When you upgrade to Wonderware Skelta BPM 2014 R2 SP1 or higher, the Menu Order number for the user created links will be set to null.

   • You must log out and log on to the Enterprise Console to see changes in the order of the menu items.

   • If you manually add any menu item in the system defined menus, then after upgrade, the menu order will not be retained as defined. You must again reset the menu order based on your preference.

7. Click Save.

   The form link is created.

8. Log out of the Enterprise Console.

9. Log on to the Enterprise Console again, and view the form link created in the Enterprise Console menu. 

   Before accessing the form link, you must log out and then log on to the Enterprise Console again to refresh the Enterprise Console menu.

   Note: While designing non workflow initiator forms, you can hide the Submit button and the title bar using the Show Submit button and Show top level title properties of the form.

For more information, see Forms and List User Guide.