Is there any documentation for what the different plugins do in the database structure plugin set?
It is quite difficult to develop processes/expressions in the architect when you have little idea as to what they exactly do.
If not, can this be added to the community?
Is there anyone at Novulo who can answer this question?
I don’t know the complete answer, but have used some of them in the expression debugger, which made things a little clearer for me.
Example:
String:field_fieldtype(“contacts.contact_name”) → novulodatastructuretypes:load(“string”)
→ Sometimes I don’t want to look it up in the datamodelbrowser
String:field_fieldname(“contacts.contact_name”) → “contact_name”
→ If this results in string:getnull() then I know a field does not exist in this database
String:field_id(“contacts.contact_name”) → “contacts~n_contact#a1f1fca8-cb11-4c1b-88c8-09d5e30e4940.contact_name”
→ This I use when implementing workflows for quickly accessing the concept-UUID
boolean:field_is_function(“contacts.contact_name”) → false
→ I’m not sure why, because it is a cached function from contact_name() so I don’t use this. Maybe it is useful in architect is you want to enter data in a dynamic field to check is it ends in ()
Maybe this can be a start?
This is a start, but I think the one who’s responsible or who created these plugins is also responsible for proper documentation. I think in general, documentation for all plugins should be visible in the architect. Is this on the roadmap somewhere at Novulo?
My colleague created documentation for this, which I put in a separate article. I think this is a nice reference for your future projects on this.
This is great. I haven’t looked at it yet, but I’m sure this will help all Novulo users that will use this plugin! When I have some questions about the documentation, I will reply on the documentation thread it self!
