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Dataform
Activities ::: mod_dataform
Maintained by 
Itamar Tzadok
Part of set Dataform.
The Dataform module allows the course manager to design and construct an entry form from various input elements (text and rich text fields, urls, files, pictures, etc.) in a flexible layout. Users can then add information records to a collection, which can be viewed in various ways and searched for particular items.
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The dataform module is a major enhancement of the standard Database activity module and is meant to offer all the functionality offered by the Database module and much more in a more flexible way.
The module allows the course manager to design and construct an entry form from various input elements (text and rich text fields, urls, files, pictures, etc.) in a flexible layout. Users can then add information records to a collection, which can be viewed in various ways and searched for particular items.
The dataform features include (among other things):
- A multiple views system - allows the instructor to design several different views of the entries in a datform activity. Each view can show a designated subset of the entries in a designated layout.
- Enhanced template tags - A new template tags system allows for exposing many more bits of information and makes it easy to add designated patterns in new field and view types.
- Enhanced entry actions - Bulk edit, duplicate, delete, approve etc. Inline editing. Form editing options such as required fields (via Moodle forms).
- New packaging system - based on Moodle backup/restore and allows for packaing a dataform instance and restoring into an existing instance.
- Enhanced filtering system - allows the instructor to define different filters each of which can determine sort (including nested sort) and search options (various search criteria). Filters can be fixed to particular views or applied on the file from the activity main page (if included in the view template).
New view/field types include (among others):
- Tabular view - a view type which allows for displaying the entries in a table. The design of the entries table has been simplified to drawing the desired table with optional header row and an entry row in the moodle editor.
- Nanogong field - a field type for adding audio content to an entry via the nanogong applet.
- Calculated field - a field type which can display a result of a simple calculation on one or two number fields in the entry.
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Is dataform "easy" to use? I have had a look at the documentation. Is there a demo site somewhere?
With regards, Derek
Thanks for this great module.
I just encountered a slight mistake in the backup part in "backup_dataform_stepslib.php"
A quick fix would be:
#139
- $pluginclass = $plugintype. "_$type";
- require_once("$path/$type.php");
+ $pluginclass = $plugintype. "_$type". "_$type";
+ require_once("$path/classes/$type.php");
regards
Mario
Fantastic tool, I've been fiddling with it for a couple of hours now.
I'm stuck with a problem though.
I have a list of entries (tabular view), and I'd like to have a link on each line of that table that would point to a page showing the full entry, and only that one. Can you think of a way to do that ?
I'm using the 2.3 version in Moodle 2.5
Thanks for this great plugin and thanks in advance for your answer.
Cheers,
Sébastien
error/ddlunknowntable
Debug info: The table dataform_rules is not defined in file [dirroot]/mod/dataform/db/install.xml
Error code: ddlunknowntable
$a contents:
Stack trace: •line 390 of /lib/ddl/database_manager.php: ddl_exception thrown
•line 382 of /mod/dataform/db/upgrade.php: call to database_manager->install_one_table_from_xmldb_file()
•line 62 of /mod/dataform/db/upgrade.php: call to xmldb_dataform_upgrade_2012092002()
•line 697 of /lib/upgradelib.php: call to xmldb_dataform_upgrade()
•line 420 of /lib/upgradelib.php: call to upgrade_plugins_modules()
•line 1615 of /lib/upgradelib.php: call to upgrade_plugins()
•line 434 of /admin/index.php: call to upgrade_noncore()
Can anyone help?
I have installed the last version for Moodle 2.3:
https://github.com/itamart/moodle-mod_dataform/tree/MOODLE_23_STABLE.
But no error message is shown when field rules do not comply. For example, if a user completes a number field with a character and submit the entry, nothing happens, and the new entry page is reloaded without any error message. This happes for all rules related to form fields.
Thank you
Hello,
I found the problem, it was a bug reported by you:
https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-36433
But now, I have another issue trying to import a csv file through the csv view. The problem is that the author id imported is always the id of the user who imports the csv, instead of the id stored in the csv (author:id column). Could you help me please? Thank you