This chapter describes the functionality offered on the User Interface tab of the Dynamic Evidence Editor. This tab allows the administrator to graphically specify the contents and layout of Case Evidence screen Fields and Clusters.
The Canvas Panel is used as the 'drawing surface' for the Case Evidence screens for the Dynamic Evidence Type Version. On this canvas, administrators can create, drag and drop, and maintain the following artifacts:
- Attribute Clusters
- Data Attribute Fields
- Calculated Attribute Fields
- Address Clusters
- Related Participant Clusters
- Related Employment Clusters
- Comments Clusters
- Utility Fields
The Canvas allows the administrator to see the layout of the Case Evidence screen layout more or less as it will be viewed by the case worker when creating, modifying and reading Case Evidence records in respect of this Dynamic Evidence Type Version.
Note: The User Interface Canvas is not a 100% WYSIWYG Editor; at runtime, the Dynamic Evidence infrastructure will generate Case Evidence screens which are similar to, but not absolutely identical to the contents of the User Interface Canvas. For example, generated Modify pages for a Dynamic Evidence Type Version will contain the following items which are not drawn in the User Interface Canvas in the Editor:
- Save Button
- Cancel Button
- Asterisks for Mandatory Fields
- Evidence Received Date
- Effective Date of Change
- Change Reason
- Codetable Items for Codetable Data Attributes
- etc.
However, these discrepancies are relatively minor in visual impact, and in general it is easy for the administrator to see how the Case Evidence screens will look at runtime when using the User Interface Canvas.
Properties for each artifact in the first list above can be maintained by selecting that component on the Canvas and editing the associated properties in the Properties Panel (which on the User Interface tab is located below the Canvas). The following sections describe each User Interface artifact in detail, describing what the artifact is used for, its properties, and the impact these properties have on the Case Evidence screens at runtime.