Custom objects
Description
The custom objects are the objects created by the administrator to extend the Soffid underlying data model. This allows you to store additional information that is not natively supported by Soffid.
This option allows administrator users to provide objects with content.
For more information about how to create a new Custom object you can visit the Metadata page.
Screen overview
In the metadata page:
Related objects
Object Type:Metadataobjects:created bywhere theadministrator.custom object is configured
Standard attributes
Attributes by default:
- Name: identification name.
- Description: brief description.
Every single custom object could have specified attributes defined by the administrator users when they create the object type.type in the Metadata page.
Actions
Custom object query
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Allows you to query custom object through different search systems, Quick, Basic and Advanced. |
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Add new |
Allows you to create a new custom object. You can choose that option on the hamburger menu or clicking the add button (+). To add a new custom object it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields |
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Delete custom object |
Allows you to remove one or more custom objects by selecting one or more records and next clicking the button with the subtraction symbol (-). To perform that action, Soffid will ask you for confirmation, you could confirm or cancel the operation. |
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Download CSV file |
Allows you to download a csv file with the custom objects information. |
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Import |
Allows you to upload a CSV file with the custom object list to add or update custom objects to Soffid. First, you need to pick up a CSV file, that CSV has to contain a specific configuration. Then you need to check the content to be loaded, it is allowed to choose if you want or not to load a specific attribute. And finally, you need to select the mappings for each column of the CSV file to import the data correctly and to click the Import button. |
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Custom object detail
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Apply changes |
Allows you to save the data of a new custom object or to update the data of a specific custom object. To save the data it will be mandatory to fill in the required fields |
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Allows you to remove a custom object. You can choose that option on the trash icon. To perform that action, Soffid will ask you for confirmation, you could confirm or cancel the operation. |
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Undo |
Allows you to undo any changes made |
Examples
How to use custom objects in the scripts
Example 11: Retrieve the list of the records of the custom object Country.
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lCustomObjlCusObj = serviceLocator.getCustomObjectService().findCustomObjectNames("JobPosition"Country");
... ...Example 22: Retrieve a custom object value by name of the custom object Country.
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lCustomObjcusObj = serviceLocator.getCustomObjectService().findCustomObjectByTypeAndName("JobPosition"Country", "IAM_Engineer"ES");
... ...Example 33: List the values of the custom object Country that the name starts with "A".
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lCustomObjlCusObj = serviceLocator.getCustomObjectService().findCustomObjectByJsonQuery("JobPosition"Country", "name cosw " + "\"IAM\A\"");
for (var i=0; i<lCustomObj.lCusObj.length; i++) {
atributes = lCustomObj[i].getAttributes();
out.println("*** Custom Object - " + i + " - " + lCustomObj[lCusObj[i].name);
out.println("*** Custom Object - " + i + " - " + atributes.get("code"));
out.println("*** Custom Object - " + i + " - " + atributes.get("location"));
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}
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