Hi guys, wondering if it's possible to create new forms via the Application
Structure API. We'd like to be able to update forms based on changes to a
"group roster" in Salesforce, so that when new participants are added to a
group they show up in the CommCare form as a new question.
Alternatively, could this be achieved through the use of lookup tables and
can they be updated via API?
Taylor
We don't have an API for updating forms in an app. Perhaps a better design
of the form would be to pull the list of groups from a lookup table which
is much easier to update dynamically than a form:
https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Setup+a+Question+with+Filtered+Choices
We don't have an API for updating lookup tables either but it's a much more
likely candidate.
Hi guys, wondering if it's possible to create new forms via the
Application Structure API. We'd like to be able to update forms based on
changes to a "group roster" in Salesforce, so that when new participants
are added to a group they show up in the CommCare form as a new question.Alternatively, could this be achieved through the use of lookup tables and
can they be updated via API?Taylor
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Simon Kelly
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Simon, that's a much better design, thank you! And +1 for updating lookup
tables via the API.
We've created a couple of types of cases (one for participants, another for
groups) and have forms to create new participants, update participants,
create new groups, and take attendance. The attendance form asks the
respondent to select a group, then filters the participants based on the
group they're in. All the data will flow to Salesforce, and in the unlikely
event that new participants or groups are created in Salesforce, we'll use
the submissions API to update cases via the "create participant" or "create
group" form. Only took a little while to suss out (and start to appreciate)
that you're intentionally trying to limit POSTs to the form submission API.
Cases should only be aggregates of individual form submissions—nothing over
and above that gets written to on its own.
Feel free to correct my understanding of this if I'm way off base!
Taylor
Probably the best way to think about forms and cases is that forms are like
transactions on a case. They can create a case, update properties and close
a case. Forms themselves are (mostly) immutable. Cases can't be modified
outside of a form submission (or form archive).
Simon, that's a much better design, thank you! And +1 for updating lookup
tables via the API.We've created a couple of types of cases (one for participants, another
for groups) and have forms to create new participants, update participants,
create new groups, and take attendance. The attendance form asks the
respondent to select a group, then filters the participants based on the
group they're in. All the data will flow to Salesforce, and in the unlikely
event that new participants or groups are created in Salesforce, we'll use
the submissions API to update cases via the "create participant" or "create
group" form. Only took a little while to suss out (and start to appreciate)
that you're intentionally trying to limit POSTs to the form submission API.
Cases should only be aggregates of individual form submissions—nothing over
and above that gets written to on its own.Feel free to correct my understanding of this if I'm way off base!
Taylor
On Friday, 29 April 2016 11:37:41 UTC+2, Simon Kelly wrote:
We don't have an API for updating forms in an app. Perhaps a better
design of the form would be to pull the list of groups from a lookup table
which is much easier to update dynamically than a form:
Setup a Question with Filtered Choices - CommCare Public - CommCare PublicWe don't have an API for updating lookup tables either but it's a much
more likely candidate.On 28 April 2016 at 14:15, Taylor Downs downs....@gmail.com wrote:
Hi guys, wondering if it's possible to create new forms via the
Application Structure API. We'd like to be able to update forms based on
changes to a "group roster" in Salesforce, so that when new participants
are added to a group they show up in the CommCare form as a new question.Alternatively, could this be achieved through the use of lookup tables
and can they be updated via API?Taylor
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Simon Kelly
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Hey Taylor,
There's actually an API for Lookup Tables
https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Fixture+Data
https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Bulk+upload+Lookup+Tables
Thanks,
Sheel
Probably the best way to think about forms and cases is that forms are
like transactions on a case. They can create a case, update properties and
close a case. Forms themselves are (mostly) immutable. Cases can't be
modified outside of a form submission (or form archive).On 29 April 2016 at 13:58, Taylor Downs downs.taylor@gmail.com wrote:
Simon, that's a much better design, thank you! And +1 for updating lookup
tables via the API.We've created a couple of types of cases (one for participants, another
for groups) and have forms to create new participants, update participants,
create new groups, and take attendance. The attendance form asks the
respondent to select a group, then filters the participants based on the
group they're in. All the data will flow to Salesforce, and in the unlikely
event that new participants or groups are created in Salesforce, we'll use
the submissions API to update cases via the "create participant" or "create
group" form. Only took a little while to suss out (and start to appreciate)
that you're intentionally trying to limit POSTs to the form submission API.
Cases should only be aggregates of individual form submissions—nothing over
and above that gets written to on its own.Feel free to correct my understanding of this if I'm way off base!
Taylor
On Friday, 29 April 2016 11:37:41 UTC+2, Simon Kelly wrote:
We don't have an API for updating forms in an app. Perhaps a better
design of the form would be to pull the list of groups from a lookup table
which is much easier to update dynamically than a form:
Setup a Question with Filtered Choices - CommCare Public - CommCare PublicWe don't have an API for updating lookup tables either but it's a much
more likely candidate.On 28 April 2016 at 14:15, Taylor Downs downs....@gmail.com wrote:
Hi guys, wondering if it's possible to create new forms via the
Application Structure API. We'd like to be able to update forms based on
changes to a "group roster" in Salesforce, so that when new participants
are added to a group they show up in the CommCare form as a new question.Alternatively, could this be achieved through the use of lookup tables
and can they be updated via API?Taylor
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Thank you, Sheel.