Working with Complex Objects
A complex object in UniServe 360 is a grouped set of related data elements that are displayed together as one unit.
Think of a monthly transactional statement, which includes multiple transactions, and every transaction contains several fields—date, description, debit, credit, and balance. Every time the template is generated; all these fields are rendered as a table or repeated block. This entire grouped structure is treated as a complex object. These complex objects display multiple records in an organized format such as a table within the template.
Let's look at defining a complex object that uses the table data,
select the "Complex Object" from the left pane. <<IMAGE>> Click <icon> to define the node. Select to map the table in the input data to which the object refers to. <<IMAGE>> Click Ok.
Now, expand the Main and map the Header to the Header row of the table. To map, go to Identifier and click <icon>. It displays the mapped table. Expand it and select the table header. Then, click Ok to map. <<IMAGE>> For columns in the table, check the number of columns in the mapped table and use '+' icon in the Header row to add the required number of columns. Select each column and specify its data type, column type, field to which the column should map to, and lookup (in case of DB). Similarly, configure and map the other columns in the Header.
Follow the same process for Body and Footer as well. Select the node, define the params and map them to the table data.