Functional Behaviour Settings

Functional Behaviour Settings contain the settings for the bloc that are responsible for certain bloc based rules and activities.

Requires Anti Static Strap

Ensures that the form can only be used when the user confirms they’re wearing an anti-static strap (typically for ESD-safe environments)

Hide From Reports

Used to hide the bloc from the list of available reports in the Raw Data & Counting reports section. If selected it simply won't be available there. This is useful for blocs that are only used for purposes of facilitating data for other blocs, e.g. a master list of part numbers.

Use Automatic Saving

With this setting turned, every time you change a piece of data in any field it will update the most recent entry with that value. The entry is not considered "Complete" until you click "Final Submit".

Cannot Submit Data

This prevents data from being submitted unless the user has the Admin Permission or Can Submit Data even when Submit Data option Is disabled enabled.

Make Images/Files Public

This allows the images and files that are uploaded by the File and Image Field to be accessible via a url in the browser. This allows you to provide links to non Blocworx users.

Anybody can edit data in this bloc

Normally, the only way a user can edit the data they have entered is by using the Permission: Can Edit Data inside a Bloc. However, we understand that there may be blocs where any user can edit their data. This can be especially the case if they can only see their own data. This setting opens up the ability for any user to edit the data, even without the required permission assigned to their account.

Turn off live counting of results

By default, the system performs counts of all your values from records in the bloc. This allows you to get a quick overview on the screen of how many of each value was added into a bloc. This is useful if you do not want to use actions or rules to get this information.

However, in cases where there might be millions of records, or perhaps alot of records where each record is unique, then we may not want to count items. This counting feature can slow down performance in these examples. This setting turns off the counting. This dramatically improves performance but prevents you from having a quick view of the count data:

Disallow Editing of Dynamic Output & Variable Fields (Plain Data, Autogenerate etc)

By default, when you click to Edit data it is possible to change the values of all fields, even if they are autogenerated numbers or plain data fields where data came from elsewhere. This feature turns off the ability to edit the data in these fields. This is useful to guarantee values are locked in place, like invoice numbers etc.

Show a pop up when exiting the bloc

Displays a custom pop-up when users try to leave the bloc (can be used for warnings or reminders).

Redirect Bloc on page load

Use this feature to force a redirect to another url

Redirect Bloc after Form Submission

Automatically redirects the user to another bloc or page after the form is submitted.

Automatically Archive Data

Moves records into an archived state (instead of deleting them) after a specified number of days.

Success Pop Up

Having this setting on will trigger a pop up every time data is submitted to the form. Useful for single entry forms that are not designed for alot of activity:

Please type the Success message (default: "Form Successfully Submitted")

If this is not blank and the Success Popup option is turned on. The text that will appear in the pop up with be from the text in this field, as opposed to "Form Successfully Submitted"

Single Entry Form

This setting forces an overwriting of the previous data in the form. This means there is never more than one entry.

Get latest Data On Page Load

Automatically loads the most recent data when the bloc is opened.

Prevent Regular Data From being Loaded

This is used to prevent any data from loading when you first load the bloc. Simply put, you will see no data unless you decide to filter some data. To use this setting properly it is expected you would use it in conjuction with the field Parameter Data Filtering Field. Because then you can have a neat way of only seeing data that you opted to look up/filter by.

Force data filter fields for those without permission

It is possible to filter data using the field parameter Data Filtering Field. However, by default, it is possible for someone to remove these filters by changing the filters below the form and/or by doing a search. This bloc setting locks in these filters and makes them impossible to change unless the user has the permission Can unlock Filtered Fields.

Hide Username and Time/Date stamps from the Export Data Reports

We have a useful quick link to allow you to run report with a single click. By default, the date and time stamps are included in this report, along with the username. This option simply removes them from this report.

Automatically Delete Data

This is a feature that is useful for GDPR and data storage purposes. Simply enter the number of days that you wish to keep the data for, and every night any data older than that number of days will be permanently deleted.