Working with the Global Toolbar in Forms 2.0

The icons and menus at the top of each form enable you to view instructions or perform the following actions on the form:

Table 4-4 Form Global Toolbar

Object Description
instructions icon

Instructions: Displays instructions if they were added for a form.

Refresh icon

Refresh: Updates the data on the form.

Search icon

Search: Enter a keyword in the Find box and then click the Previous or Next arrow to find data within the form.

Property Panel icon

Property Panel: Displays specific information for a form, like Data Validation messages.

For ad hoc forms, the Property Panel displays properties for General, Ad Hoc User Options, and Layout.

Note:

In the future, the Property Panel will be used to show other details such as cell formatting, and so on.
Actions menu

Displays the following form actions:

  • Edit: Opens the form in the Form Designer. The Form Designer opens in a dynamic tab next to the current tab. You must have the correct permissions to edit forms. Any updates you make to the layout can be visualized after saving in the Forms Designer. When editing forms, you have the option to Save As, which saves the form with a new form name.

  • Rules & Smart Push: View the rules that are used in a form and launch them.

    Analyze data coming from different cubes.

    For Forms 2.0, there are usability improvements for rules:

    • Search functionality is included.

    • When the rule is executed, prompts can be entered in the right-hand side drawer.

    • Prompts for multiple rules can be entered in stations and launched all at once.

  • Analyze: Perform ad hoc analysis on a form.

  • Show Reasons for Read Only Cells: Learn why you can't change data in some cells.

  • Open in Smart View: Work with a form in Oracle Smart View for Office. See Opening Forms and Ad Hoc Grids from Web Applications in Smart View for Office User's Guide 23.100.

  • New Ad Hoc Grid: Create an ad hoc grid.

  • Show/Hide Toolbar: Shows or hides the quick toolbar that is displayed below the form title.
Save

Saves the data in the form.