Creating an Advanced Data Grid

Overview

The following example shows Users how to create and utilize an Advanced Data Grid. 

Example

1. Create a Flow. In the Flow Designer, after the start step, add a Fetch Entities step to fetch a list of Accounts.
2. After the Fetch Entities step, add a Show Form step to create a Form.
3. Add an Advanced Data Grid control to the Form.
4. In the Controls Properties Panel:
   1. Set the Grid Mode to InlineEdit.
   2. Set Allow Multiple Selections to True.
   3. Set the Type to Accounts.
5. In the Source section, click Edit [Form Name] AdvancedDataGrid Reportto open the Report Designer:
   1. Confirm that Accounts is selected as the data source.
   2. Add only the Email and Department columns.
   3. For the Department column, enable Can Edit.
6. Save and close the Report Designer to return to the Form Designer.
7. (Optional) Add Data Grid Add and Remove Buttons to allow row additions or subtractions at runtime.
8. Set the Output Data Name to UpdatedAccounts to capture edits made at runtime.
9. Set Output Selected Item(s) to True if needed for downstream logic.

Debug

1. In the Flow Designer, click Debug.
2. When the form loads, the Advanced Data Grid will display a list of Accounts fetched from the Fetch Entities step.
3. Users can edit the Department column directly within the grid. Changes will be available in the UpdatedAccounts output variable.