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TheStructureofFabrik

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TheFunctionofFabrik
TheStructureofFabrik
DatabaseTables
CreatingYourFirstList

TheFunctionofFabrik (top)
ThemainfunctionofFabrikistocollectinformationfromusersthroughforms,sendittoadatabasetable,and
thenbeabletopresentviewerswiththisinformationinvariouswaysincluding:
Listswhichdisplayalistofallyourrecordssubmittedthroughaparticularform
Visualizationswhichtakedatafromyourdatabaseandvisualizethisthroughcharts,maps,calendars
andmore

TheStructureofFabrik (top)
Toachievethis,Fabrikispredominantlymadeupof:
Listswhichdisplayallrecordscollectedfromaform.
Formswhicharewhatisusedtocollecttheserecords.
Groupswhicharecollectionsofelementspresentonaform.
Elementswhicharetheindividualfieldspresentonaformandthecolumnnamesinyourdatabasetable
Visualisationswhichtakedatafromyourdatabaseandvisualizethisthroughcharts,maps,calendars
andmore
PackageswhichallowyoutocreateinstallablecomponentsfromacollectionofyourFabrikforms,lists
andvisualizations
ConnectionswhichallowyoutoconnectFabriktothedatabasethatJoomlausesaswellasother
MySQLdatabases
ScheduledTaskswhichallowyoutodefinetasksthatarerunrepeatedlyatagiventimeandinterval

DatabaseTables (top)
Asmentioned,andtogainthemostoutofFabrik'sfeatureset,youwillalsobeworkingwithdatabasetables.
Adatabasetable,whichcontainstherecordscollectedthroughaform,isbasicallystructuredlikea
spreadsheetandismadeupofrowsandcolumnsrowsrepresentingeachinstanceofdatabeingsubmitted,
andcolumnsbeingthedifferentelementsbeingrecorded.
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CreatingYourFirstList (top)
ThefirststepincreatingthisstructureandgettingFabrikupandrunningiscreatingalistandassociated
databasetable.
TodothisgotoLists>Newandentera'Label'foryourlistthiscanbechangedlaterandwillappearasthe
labelatthetopofyourlist.
Whenyouarecreatingalist,youcanalsospecifythatwhenclickingthe'Save'iconforthefirsttimeitwillalso
createanassociateddatabasetable,iethedatabasetablethatwillcollecttherecordssubmittedthroughyour
form.
Fororganisationalpurposes,whencreatinganewlistanddatabasetable,youmightfindithelpfultogivethe
databasetablethesamenameasthelist.
Forexample,youcouldcreateanewlistcalled'MyNewList'andduringthatprocess(inthe'Data'tabfield
'Tablename')alsocreateadatabasetablecalled'coolprefix_mynewlist'.
ItisrecommendedthatyouaddaprefixtoyourFabrikdatabasetablessothatyoucandifferentiatethemfrom
otherdatabasetablesinyourdatabase.
Thedatabasetableshouldalsonothaveanyspacesinitsname.Ifyouwantspacesbetweenwordsor
charactersuseunderscoresinstead:
Incorrect:mytable
Correct:my_table
Itisalsorecommendedtouselowercasecharacters.
Followingthesestepswillsetup:
Alistcalled'MyNewList'
Adatabasecalled'coolprefix_mynewlist'
Aformcalled'MyNewList'
Agroupcalled'MyNewList'
An'id'elementthathasbeenaddedtothegroup'MyNewList'
A'date'elementthathasbeenaddedtothegroup'MyNewList'
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