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Action history at top of Saved Form?

asked on November 11, 2014

I know this has been discussed in some ways in the past, but I was unable to find anything definitive on this exact question. 

 

Is it possible to have the Action history that we are saving with the copy of the form at the end of a Forms Business Process, to have it be at the top instead of at the bottom of the saved version? 

 

Other Questions were asking about separating the action history to ists own page, but we would simply like to have it at the top of the page.

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replied on November 12, 2014

I was thinking of maybe using a javascript function to copy the action history to a custom HTML field, but basically, the Action history should have three or four options:

1. First Page by itself

2. Last Page By Itself

3. Above the rest of the form, on the same page as the top of the form

4. Below the rest of the form. Same page as the end of the saved form

 

My client is looking for option 3 to be implemented.

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replied on November 12, 2014

Thanks for the feedback, Ken!  I have passed this along to the Forms team!

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replied on November 13, 2014

Hey Ken,

 

Just to keep you updated, the Forms team really liked this idea!  We're going to begin working on this feature in the near future and hope to have it released in one of the upcoming versions!

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replied on November 13, 2014

The client is on 9.1. They have some heavy customizations that will take a while to test before they would do any upgrade. Is it possible to use the clone function to accomplish this for now?

 

www.w3schools.com/jquery/html_clone.asp

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replied on November 13, 2014

It's definitely possible, but that's falling pretty far out of my area of expertise, so I'm not really able to provide too much guidance for you.  If you'd like to give it a shot, definitely keep us posted on the results!

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replied on November 13, 2014

My issue is that it may not work on the basis of it needs the last persons activity, so it cannot be in the form process. Instead it needs to be in a form that is used to save to the repository. I will give it a try and report back though

 

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replied on November 13, 2014

Yea, does not work. It may be possible if I knew exactly what happens and in what order to a document is saved to the repository. 

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replied on November 13, 2014

Hey Ken,

 

I'll try to grab a forms developer who can shed some light on your question, but can you elaborate a bit on what you're asking?

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replied on November 13, 2014 Show version history

I tried this code, in a "Field3" custom HTML field.

 

<script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $('#history').clone().appendTo('#q3');
  });
</script>

If you run that in a form that is part of a process, it will copy the action history. 

 

If you put that in a form that is only used when saving the form to the repository, then you never let it execute and it does nothing to bring the top of the action history onto the page. 

 

I would like to get the finished action history into the saved form. That is why it cannot be a part of the final task performed by a user, since it needs to timestamp of that user as well.

 

EDIT: Even if the code executed at the point I am using it though, I do not think it would be successful as it doesnt have the action history on the page. Instead, it might be necessary to circumvent the saving process to send the two pieces together somehow instead of both individually. 

Maybe when they save the Action history in the same document during the "Save to Repository" service task, they add in code to separate the page from the action history and the form. Maybe we can add code in a field that will remove that spacing so we get the desired effect

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replied on November 21, 2014

Any update on this?

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replied on November 12, 2014

Hey Kenneth,

 

I just spoke with the forms team about this question and they let me know that there's no way to configure the Action History position within the Save to Repository task.  Is the idea to simply make the action history more visible when opening forms that were saved to the repository?  There very well may be a workaround that fits your needs, but a better description of exactly what you're looking for can help us figure out the most suitable solution.

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replied on September 16, 2015

Has there been an update to this? A client would like to have the option to move the action history to the top of the screen to free up realistate on the right side that shows the Summary, Action History, etc.

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replied on September 16, 2015

Hi there,

Are you referring to the saved document or the view task webpage?

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replied on September 18, 2015

Hey Abby,

Thanks for the reply. Here is a screenshot with arrows pointing to the areas that we were hoping to be able to move/remove to clear up more space to see the form.

Thanks!

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replied on September 18, 2015

It would be nice if you could add an arrow attached to the right frame that contains that information that could be clicked to collapse or expand it. Just like when you're in the Process Modeler and you don't want to see the names of the activities in the right pane.

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replied on September 22, 2015

Hi Drew, Blake

 

You will get the collapse and expand in the next version :D

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replied on September 22, 2015

Great news, Thanks! :)

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replied on July 17, 2023

Hi, we now support more flexible save location for action history: in the front of the forms, at the end of the form or save as a separate document on Forms 11 Update 4.

You can see other changes from:

List of Changes for Laserfiche Forms 11 Update 4 - Knowledge Base

Get Forms 11 Update 4 from Laserfiche 11 package:

Software versions and fixes included in the Laserfiche 11 Download Package - Knowledge Base

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replied on January 16, 2024

Here is a video that shows how to configure it:

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