Working with Data

While using Process Platform Web service operations and external Web services in an XForm, Process Platform XForms automatically creates the appropriate user interface and data models. These data models send data requests to the backend and bind the retrieved data to appropriate controls in the XForm. However, in some cases you need to set and retrieve data manually:

• When data is already present in the client, such as an XML file, or data that is already received.
• When data is involved in a process workflow, and is a part of the previous form in the process. Here, the data is not from any specific backend source.

For information about the modes in which data is rendered in Process Platform XForms, see Transactional and Non-transactional Data. See Referencing Transactional and Non-Transactional Data for information about setting data for controls.

The following topics provide information about working with models:

• Creating Models
• Adding and Associating Multiple Models
• Associating Existing Models
• Retrieving Data For Models
• Setting Data For Models