Beginner questions

By: Mike MacDonald | Asked: 03/08/2023
ForumsCategory: General questionsBeginner questions
Mike MacDonald asked 1 year ago
Could someone please help with some beginner questions
  1. How to show a field value in a custom report This [formidable id=7 key=qh4icy32 show=entry_value] shows the whole form
  2. How to create a chart based on likert values 
  3. What is the difference between a view and a page 
  4. In some view application we don't want to have a list of values so we don't really want a list page - just the details. How best to manage this
  5. How to clear out all form data and end up with a clean database. I do have database access 
Thanks very much for any tips 

1 Answers
Victor Font answered 1 year ago
Because of the way this answer box messes up HTML, I'll answer questions in the subsequent comments so they remain more readable:
Victor Font replied 1 year ago

1. Yes, you are correct. The shortcode is only used for publishing forms. See this: https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/publish-a-form/

Victor Font replied 1 year ago

2. This explains how to publish a chart. Likert fields arre radio button fields in disguise. https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/frm_google_chart/

Victor Font replied 1 year ago

3. Views are used to display form entry data. Pages are standard WordPress pages or CPTs. https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/create-a-view/

Victor Font replied 1 year ago

4. I have no idea what you are asking by saying "In some view application we don't want to have a list of values so we don't really want a list page - just the details. How best to manage this"

A form entry values are the details you display to users. You need to explain what you man by "no values, just details", especially since they mean the same thing.

Victor Font replied 1 year ago

5. You'll never have a "need" to access the database to clear data. All data can be deleted from the Formidable menu in the WordPress admin area. If you must use your database access, this is the Formidable database schema: https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/database-schema/

Mike MacDonald replied 1 year ago

Thanks for all that Victor
Point 4 When I go to views - simply clicking on the link at the top of the page and create a new view it I see a view that seems to be made up of a list of segments. There is another labelled detail. The format I am wanting in this application is just a simple view, blank page for me to build as required. The detail page seems to provide this.

Can I use the detail page without the list page in this case

Thanks very much
Mike

Victor Font replied 1 year ago

Since the Visual Views add-on was released, I've never had a reason to use a detail page, so I can't advise one way or the other. I just don't use them with my designs because I feel they're redundant. Grid views are highly flexible and you can create any kind of display you want if you understand CSS Grid and Flex. Maybe someone else can chime in about the detail view and how they use use it. Anyone?

Mike MacDonald replied 1 year ago

Hi Victor! Interesting - we'll try that way - thanks again

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