Getting Started

Before we begin The ReadiNow  platform makes it easy for anyone to create business applications that automate processes across the organisation. Beautiful, professional applications can be created without the need for programmers or heavy configur...

As a ReadiNow customer, you are provided with a Tenant A tenant is your ReadiNow account. This is created when you sign up with ReadiNow as a customer. You are provided with a URL to login, and an administrator account to start building your appl...

ReadiNow tenants can host multiple applications. Depending on the design of the applications, it is possible to allow data to flow between the applications. This helps to prevent the development of departmental silos. The diagram below is an exampl...

Objects are the foundations of your application, they are used to define something, like a person or a building . The ReadiNow platform comes with built-in (out of the box) Objects. You can build on top of these and/or create your own Objects. Th...

Reports are used to list a set of records and to access the forms of individual records.  A report is based on an object,  called the base object. The report can include some or all of the fields from the object. If the base object has relationship...

Forms are used to manipulate data.  They display a single record at a time. Forms are based on an object and have two modes: View Mode - Fields are read only. Edit Mode - Fields are editable. Edit mode allows you to create a new record or ed...

A Chart is a graphical representation of the data in a report. This means, like a report, a chart has a base object.  And like a report, a chart can contain fields from related objects. However, the chart can only include the fields  shown in the ch...

A Calendar is a graphical representation of the data in a Report arranged according to a point-in-time (i.e. for records that have a single date/date-time field) or a time-span (i.e. for Records that have a start and end date/date-time) .  A cal...

Screens, or dashboards, are used to combine multiple reports, forms and charts into a single page.  They are great for providing a snapshot of your data. Screens use the concept of "master-detail". A master resource will determine what is displayed...

Boards are special reports that can be used to visualise records as 'cards' in a kanban style.  Cards are represented visually on a kanban board, allowing team members to see the state of every piece of work at any time. Another advantage of the ka...