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  1. Tenant Rollback

    Overview The Tenant Rollback feature enables you to rollback changes to your tenant to a selected Restore Point.   You may rollback up to 28 calendar days or until the last ReadiNow platform upgrade, whichever is more recent. To access Tenant Roll...
  2. insert chart

    Calculation to insert a chart into a generated document , such as a Word document. Function insert chart ( [chart-name] ) insert chart ( [chart-name], optional-settings ) insert chart([chart-name] with column-filters ) insert c...
  3. Introduction to ReadiNow Application Components

    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...
  4. convert

    Converts a calculation value from one data type to another. Function convert(type, input) Arguments Argument Data Type type data type name input any result any Comments When converting objects, the data-type of the sec...
  5. Self Serve Reports

    Self serve is a feature that enables a non-administration user to create their own private reports, charts and screens. Granting Self Serve To grant self serve: Select Application Menu. The menu appears with available applications. Select Admi...
  6. Workflows Best Practices

    General Single Application Avoid workflows that cross applications. Naming Conventions Use title case In title case, all major words are capitalized, while minor words are lowercased. e.g. This is an Example of a Title Case   for your n...
  7. datediff

    Returns the duration of time between two date or time values. Function result = datediff(period, first, second) Arguments Argument Data Type period datepart first date or time or datetime second date or time or datetime re...
  8. Tenant Health Check

    What is a Tenant Health Check? The Tenant Health Check is a static analysis of the application functionality in a tenant. It analyses Access Rules, API Callouts, Calculated Fields, Forms, Reports, Report Templates and Workflows. However, it does no...
  9. Converting between data types

    Implicit and explicit conversion  A calculation or sub calculation with a particular result type will often need to be used in a place that requires a different data type. For example, a record field that contains a date, or number, may need to ...
  10. Creating an Object

    There are two methods of creating an object. Option 1: After creating your application, you will be presented with a blank canvas. Ensure that configuration mode is on. (The green spanner  icon on the top right is enabled.)   locate the  butt...