Selecting and Opening Forms and Folders

Use these procedures to select and open form folders and the forms they contain.

To select and open form folders or forms:

  1. Click the Navigator icon Navigator icon, and then under Create and Manage, click Forms.
  2. Perform one of the following steps:
    • To open a folder, expand Library beneath Folders, and then select a form folder.

    • To open a form, expand Library beneath Folders, select a form folder, and then select a form from the list that displays in the Form and Ad Hoc Grid Management pane.

  3. After you select a form folder, use the buttons next to Folders to create, delete, rename, move, and assign access to the folder.
  4. To manage forms, select one of the following actions in the Form and Ad Hoc Grid Management pane:
    • To open the form, select a form, and then click Edit.

    • To create a form, click Create simple form .

    • To edit, delete, move, assign access, rename forms, or show usage (for composite forms only), select a form, and use the corresponding button.

    The icon next to the form name indicates the type of form:
    • Simple icon Simple form

    • Composite icon Composite form

      Note:

      Oracle has stopped supporting composite forms. However, your existing composite forms will continue to work. Oracle recommends that you shift your usage to dashboards instead of composite forms.

    • Ad Hoc icon Ad hoc grid

For information about setting up ad hoc grids:

See Using Ad Hoc for Data Entry and Analysis in Working with Planning.