Error icon on pagination tab
For our application, we have a screen where we let the users enter multiple subscribers and required details for each subscriber. This is configured as a repeat grid layout with the pagination of 25 records per page. If a user adds more than 25 records, it comes to 2 pagination tabs. If a user adds more than 50 records, there will be 3 pagination tabs and so forth. When we have multiple pagination tabs, there may be one or more records in a pagination tab that has a missing required field. To make it more user-friendly for our users, we would like to display an error icon or indicator on the pagination tab that has validation errors (missing required fields).
Does anyone has any suggestions in terms of a manual workaround or possibly a function we could use to achieve our requirement? Thanks in advance.
Linda Zhang
Blue Rose Technologies
DE
Hi,
From the details provided and screenshot in the attachment it looks like you selected inline edit for the rows. You have some fields/columns as required field. Assume you are in 3rd page and adding/editing a subscriber. In such case if you are not providing a value for a required field/column you will get validation error immediately you click outside the row you are currently adding/editing. That time you will be in 3rd page itself. It looks like that is happening in the screenshot where you are in same page where you have missing fields. So in that case you won't have any scenario where user doesn't know for which page the error is displayed. Please provide details if the scenario/issue you are facing is different.
Zhang
US
Hi Shyju,
Thanks for your response. The captured screenshot only depicts one scenario of the issue. In another workflow, there are already existing records for each id you submit. When you manually add a record, the existing records and newly added records consolidate to one list. Usually the newly added record is displayed as the last record in the list which could be 6 pages long or more. Since the user will not see the newly added record displayed on the records screen, they will click next with the expectation of going to the next screen and not the next pagination tab. I hope this answers your question.
Blue Rose Technologies
DE
Hi,
Thanks for the clarification. I still have below questions.
1. It is mentioned newly added record is added as the last record which could be in 6th page or more. How are you adding new record? While adding the record itself if the required field doesn't have value it should show the error. The record shouldn't get added in that case. Is that not happening?
2. Even if it is getting added with empty values in required fields, since we know it will be added as the last record and will be in last page user go directly to last page right?
3. Assume already there are records with required fields empty in the table either newly added or loaded initially, currently when you are getting the error message shown in the screenshot? On what action?
I think showing error icon on page tab might not work. So just want to see if some other workaround we can have based on details asked above.
Zhang
US
Hi,
Please see my Inline response.
1. It is mentioned newly added record is added as the last record which could be in 6th page or more. How are you adding new record? While adding the record itself if the required field doesn't have value it should show the error. The record shouldn't get added in that case. Is that not happening?
- On the UI, we do have a feature that lets the user to add any number of records and based on the number provided, the system would generate those many pages with 25 records in each, with blank fields.
2. Even if it is getting added with empty values in required fields, since we know it will be added as the last record and will be in last page user go directly to last page right?
- The user here also has the ability to modify records on any page and can sometimes miss updating one field. For example, if the user manually adds 26 records and then enters required fields for only 25 records since only 25 records are on the first page and possibly overlook 1 on the second page, thus resulting in a screen level alert that does not mention where the validation error is exactly. (Please note that this application is a public application accessible on our website and users may not be familiar with our application)
Hi,
Please see my Inline response.
1. It is mentioned newly added record is added as the last record which could be in 6th page or more. How are you adding new record? While adding the record itself if the required field doesn't have value it should show the error. The record shouldn't get added in that case. Is that not happening?
- On the UI, we do have a feature that lets the user to add any number of records and based on the number provided, the system would generate those many pages with 25 records in each, with blank fields.
2. Even if it is getting added with empty values in required fields, since we know it will be added as the last record and will be in last page user go directly to last page right?
- The user here also has the ability to modify records on any page and can sometimes miss updating one field. For example, if the user manually adds 26 records and then enters required fields for only 25 records since only 25 records are on the first page and possibly overlook 1 on the second page, thus resulting in a screen level alert that does not mention where the validation error is exactly. (Please note that this application is a public application accessible on our website and users may not be familiar with our application)
3. Assume already there are records with required fields empty in the table either newly added or loaded initially, currently when you are getting the error message shown in the screenshot? On what action?
- The user first choose the number of records to add, then the UI is generated with pagination and on click of submit on the assignment, there is server side validation which validates this page list and checks for any missing mandatory field.
Please refer to the new attachment.