FAQ
FAQ
An independent/regular field on a Ragic form is a field where the field header and field content are horizontally aligned. For example, the following five fields are all independent/regular fields:
When presented on a form page, independent fields represent a one-to-one data point, meaning that an independent field in a single data record can only store one field content value.
For example, if a customer's contact information is stored as one Ragic record, and a customer has only one company name, one tax ID, etc., representing a one-to-one data point, then the company name and tax ID should be set as independent/regular fields:
On the other hand, a subtable in Ragic forms has field headers and field content vertically aligned, which means that the field headers are horizontally aligned. For example, the following four fields are all subtable fields:
When presented on a form page, subtable fields represent a one-to-many data point, meaning that under a single Ragic record, a subtable field header can store multiple field content values.
Continuing with the example above, if a customer's information is stored as one piece of data record, and that customer has multiple contact persons, it is suitable to use a subtable to record multiple contact persons for one customer:
