Prototype And Simulate The Data Behaviour Of Your Applications

Prototype and simulate data behaviour with Data masters

Data masters can be understood as lists of data fields. A data master is a single list, whose columns or attributes can be defined by the user. A very good example of this is a book store application. Imagine you need to create a prototype of an application to manage a book store, which needs to manage all the books. For that purpose, you would create a data master called Book, and add the attributes ISBN, Name, Author, Edition and Description. You would later use this data master to create screens with lists, creation and edition forms, etc.

Creating forms through Data masters

Drag and drop a data master from the pane to a screen or template to create a set of input fields with all the attributes of this data master in a form structure. Each field is linked to the data master's attribute.

Drag and drop a single attribute of a data master to a screen or template to create a single input field linked to that data master's attribute.

Add datagrids to your wireframes

Datagrid builds a list of data. In order to create a data grid for a particular data master, follow the steps:

Drag the data grid icon from the Screen Components pane and drop it in the canvas at the desired position. Use the size feedback to position the data grid to the desired location.
Enter the data grid identifier and select the data master you want to list from the Data Master drop down.
Once the data master is selected, all its attributes appear in the Data Field left list. Select the attributes you want to display in the data grid as columns.

Simulate datagrids with your own data

In the tab View and Edit Records you can add data instances of your data master. To do so, click on the plus button and add them manually. Also, you can import data from CSV files and export current data to CSV using the import and export utilities provided. When importing, the utility lets you select amongst three CSV separators: semicolon, comma and tabulator. Also, it lets you add the imported file records to the current or overwrite them.

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