Create Custom Data Entry Pages

For an introduction to data entry pages, go to Data Entry Pages.

Create New Data Entry Pages

To create a new data entry page, you need to create two XML files: a layout file and a definition file, in your custom projects directory under ../pages/dataEntry/<module_name>. 

The custom data entry definition file for the new page must have a unique file path.

The custom data entry layout file for the new page must follow this naming convention: <definition_page_filename>layout.xml

Customise Existing Data Entry Pages

To extend the system's release functionality, by adding new components to an existing data entry page, both custom data entry definition and layout files must be created. To extend the system's release functionality, by just changing the layout of the existing components, only a custom data entry layout file must be created. Both definition and layout files must be created under  ../pages/dataEntry/<module_name> in your custom project's directory.

The custom data entry definition file must follow this naming convention: <release_definition_page_filename>Custom.xml and include the new components ONLY.

The custom data entry layout file must have a unique file path, include ALL sections and components that need to be displayed and be defined in templates.properties file.

Templates Properties File

templates.properties file is used for defining the default data entry layout files, for data entry definition pages that more than one layout files exist, per database and unit. Such pages are:

For a full list of data entry page attributes, go to Data Entry Pages Documentation