1. Walk-Through Tutorial:
Add Table Grid Editor as a
Custom Field

2. Add a custom field

3. Select Table Grid Editor and click next

4. Give a name and description to the Table Grid Editor.
For example, if you are going to use the Table Grid Editor
to store offers made to the customer, you can call it Quotes.

5. Select the screens where you want
to include the Table Grid Editor.

6. Goto the relevant screen and you will
find the Table Grid Editor

7. a) Goto Custom Fields
b) Hit configure

8. Click Edit Default Value

9. Table Grid Editor has an
extremely flexible
configuration language

10. Example: Add Quotes to Issues

11. Define the column specifications
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice

12. Let’s define the Item column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.item=Item
col.item.type=string
col.item.required=true
col.item.maxLength=128
Column header name

13. Let’s define the Item column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.item=Item
col.item.type=string
col.item.required=true
col.item.maxLength=128
Column type

14. Different Supported Column Types
col.name.type = ( checkbox | date | integer | list | number | radio | sequence | string | textarea )
Some Examples:
textarea
number
integer
list
radio
date

15. Let’s define the Item column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.item=Item
col.item.type=string
col.item.required=true
col.item.maxLength=128
Is the field required?

16. Let’s define the Item column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.item=Item
col.item.type=string
col.item.required=true
col.item.maxLength=128
What is the number of characters

17. Let’s define the Product Code column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.product=Product Code
Column header name
col.product.type=list
col.product.width=100
col.product.query=SELECT name, id FROM products WHERE STATUS='A'
col.product.ds=productData

18. Let’s define the Product Code column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.product=Product Code
Column type, “list” = elements in a dropdown box
col.product.type=list
col.product.width=100
col.product.query=SELECT name, id FROM products WHERE STATUS='A'
col.product.ds=productData

19. Let’s define the Product Code column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.product=Product Code
col.product.type=list
Default width of column in pixels
col.product.width=100
col.product.query=SELECT name, id FROM products WHERE STATUS='A'
col.product.ds=productData

20. Let’s define the Product Code column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.product=Product Code
col.product.type=list
col.product.width=100
col.product.query=SELECT name, id FROM products WHERE STATUS='A'
col.product.ds=productData
SQL Query to populate the elements
in the list from an external database.

21. Let’s define the Product Code column
grid.columns = item, product, description, quant, unitprice
col.product=Product Code
col.product.type=list
col.product.width=100
col.product.query=SELECT name, id FROM products WHERE STATUS='A'
col.product.ds=productData
Name of the data source to be used where the SQL query
needs to be executed.

22. To learn more about the other
configuration options.
> Click here <
http://wiki.idalko.com/display/TGPD/Configuration+property+index