JS Refresh the Parent Page After the Child Window Fills in

1.1 Requirement

When using multiple windows for data entry, you may want to make the data that have been successfully submitted in child windows display in the parent window. So how can we achieve automatic refresh of the data in the parent window after that in child windows are successfully submitted?

1.2 Solution

Open the child template and add a Data Entry Successful event to it.

2.1 Design a child template

The child template is designed as follows:

2.2 Add a Data Entry Successful event

Open the child template, click [Template]-[Web Attributes]-[Data Entry Settings], select [Individually set for the template], and add a Data Entry Successful event, as shown below:

Input the following JavaScript codes:

window.parent.location.reload();

2.3 Preview

Open the parent template and click ORDERID. Modify data in the pop-up dialogue box and click [Submit], then the parent template will be automatically refreshed. The preview effect is shown as follows:

3.1 Add query parameters to the parent template

1）Modify ds1 as follows:

SELECT * FROM ORDERS 
WHERE 1=1 ${if(len(ORDERID)=0,""," and ORDERID='"+ORDERID+"'")}

2）Edit the parameter pane, add a Drop-down Box widget ORDERID and a Query button, and configure the ORDERID widget with a Data Dictionary:

3）Click any blank space of the parameter pane and uncheck [Display Nothing Before Query].

4）Return to the report design interface. Click A2 and then click Hyperlink-Webreport1 for editing. In the pop-up Webreport1 window, check [Inherit Report Parameters].

3.2 Modify JavaScript codes for the child template

Open the child template, click [Template]-[Web Attributes]-[Data Entry Settings], and add a Data Entry Successful event. In the pop-up Event Settings window, add a parameter and name it ID and type the formula: $ORDERID

Note: ORDERID is the Drop-down Box widget in the parent template.

Input the following JavaScript codes:

window.parent.location = "http://localhost:8075/webroot/decision/view/report?viewlet=Parent%2Bpage.cpt&ORDERID=" + ID;

3.3 Preview

Open the parent template, select an option in the drop-down list of ORDERID and click [Query]. Click Order ID and a new dialogue box pops up. In the pop-up dialogue box, modify data as you need and click [Submit], then the parent template will be automatically refreshed with the query parameters being reserved. The preview effect is shown as follows:

Parent page.cpt

Subpage.cpt

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