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Overview

  • The

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  • Calendar component is

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The calendar component type provides a text box for the entry of a date. An icon next to the text box provides a link to a pop-up calendar, which can also be used to enter the date value. If the field has a saved value this is shown in the text box.

Whether a calendar component is displaying records from an appointments data table, events data table, projects data table, or any other data table that contains records including data/time fields, users can use calendar components to track, add, and update these records on the fly from the live app. 

The title is a field where you can customize the calendar title which will be displayed at the top of the calendar on the live app. 

The description is a field where you can provide a brief description of this calendar component for your own reference.

The date field is a field where you can choose the type of data field you wish to use to display your data records within the calendar.

There are two types of data fields to choose from and each will display your records differently within the calendar component:

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  • used for viewing all the events in the calendar format

  • This component can display data in Calendar format, if the object bounded using the model to it has a date and date time field in it

  • The Calendar display data in 3 formats i.e. monthly, weekly, and daily

  • Refer model Models

Attributes

Models

  • Models are used to display content (fields) in the layout

  • Mainly used for the creating or editing of a record

  • A Model needs to be added when you perform any action in an event

  • For the Calendar component you need to create Multi Record Model, You can take help from Models for creating the models

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  • To add the model to the Calendar, Refer to this link Models

  • Click the Run & Preview

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  1. Click the Calendar icon

    1. To display the Date, Month, and Year in Calendar format

  2. Click the Monthdropdown

    1. You can select Month, Week, and Day

Workflows

  • Workflow is basically a container that automates specific actions based on particular criteria

  • If the criteria are met, the actions get executed. If they are not met, then no action will get executed

  • There are multiple actions in the Workflow Workflows

  • e.g. Push, Pop, Toaster, Show Spinner, etc

New

  • To create new record action you should create a workflow, refer to this link Workflows

  • Workflow should be added to the Events section, refer to this link Events

  • Click the Run & Preview

    • For the record creation, click on the New button

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  • Fill in the information and Savethe record

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Refresh

  • To reload any previously saved information, click on the Refreshbutton

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