Forms and Subfunctions (User, System Administrator, and Flexfields Help)


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Forms and Subfunctions

A form is a special class of function that differs from a subfunction in two ways:

Forms appear in the Navigate window and can be navigated to. Subfunctions do not appear in the Navigate window and cannot be navigated to.

Forms can exist on their own. Subfunctions can only be called by logic embodied within a form; they cannot exist on their own.

A form as a whole, including all of its program logic, is always designated as a function. Subsets of a form's program logic can optionally be designated as subfunctions if there is a need to secure those subsets.

For example, suppose that a form contains three windows. The entire form is designated as a function that can be secured (included or excluded from a responsibility.) Each of the form's three windows can be also be designated as functions (subfunctions), which means they can be individually secured. Thus, while different responsibilities may include this form, certain of the form's windows may not be accessible from each of those responsibilities, depending on how function security rules are applied.

Forms and Subfunctions

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