ChronoForms work flow application

Guided tour of a work flow solution in Joomla! 1.7 and ChronoForms v4 Russell Searle Principal Consultant, Psicom Melbourne Joomla! User Group 25 Jan 2012

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Two types of forms CCK Form builder RSForm! Pro Table #__reform_submission_values SubmissionValueId FormId SubmissionId FieldName FieldValue 1 1 1 name Joe Blow 2 1 1 email joe@blow@mail.com 3 1 1 address1 1 Fred Street 4 1 1 address2 5 1 1 suburb Carlton 6 1 1 state Vic 7 1 1 postcode 3084 8 1 1 country AU 9 1 1 phone 03 5555 1234

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Two types of forms CCK Form builder ChronoForms Table #__chronoforms_data_mailusers name email address1 address2 suburb state postcode country phone Joe Blow joe@blow@mail.com 1 Fred Street Carlton Vic 3084 AU 03 5555 1234

Two types of forms CCK Feature “ Vertical” storage “ Horizontal” storage Flexibility  Very flexible  Rigid structure Adaptability  Highly adaptable  Slow to adapt Extensibility  Easy, fast extension  Painstaking extension Efficiency, performance ? OK for small-medium DBs  High performance Scalability  Limited, constrained  Practically unlimited Joins and views  Hopeless  Practically unlimited Report production  Poor reporting support  Strong reporting features Processing complexity  Limited to simple apps  Highly complex DBs/apps Data typing  Weak typing  Strong typing

[object Object],Building a simple form

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Final solution design ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Final solution design Leave Application Forms List Stage Process Seq Name Type Use Case Next Seq Control 1 LeaveDefinition Form Defines entity-level parameters for Leave Application forms 2, 3 2 LeaveDefinitionList View List Leave Definitions for add or update 3 Control 3 LeaveRule Form Defines combination rules to populate LeaveApplication forms 4, 5 4 LeaveRuleList View List Leave Rules for add or update 5 Apply 5 LeaveApplicationMaster Switch Present Approver options or Applicant Leave Type option 6 or 7 6 LeaveApproverOptions Form Approver chooses Leave Type and either LeaveApplicationSelf or LeaveApplicationProxy 8 or 9 7 LeaveApplicantOptions Form Applicant chooses Leave Type 9 9 LeaveApplicationSelf Form Leave Application for Self 10 8 LeaveApplicationProxy Form Leave Application for Employee 10 CheckBalance 10 LeaveCheckBalance Form Payroll Administrator approves available Leave Balance 11, 12 11 LeaveCheckBalanceList View Payroll Administrator reviews and updates all Leave Applications awaiting Leave Balance approval 12 ApproveLeave 12 LeaveApproval Form Approver approves Leave Application 13, 14 13 LeaveApprovalList View Approver reviews and updates all Applications awaiting his/her Leave approval 14 Control 14 LeaveApplicationAll Form Payroll Administrator updates any Leave Application 15 15 LeaveList View Payroll Administrator reviews and updates all Leave Applications end

Final HR Leave Application product ,[object Object]

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