NITRO Managed Columns

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NITRO Managed Columns

NITRO Managed Columns are best described as "column-less" controls. They can also be called "unbound" controls. That is, the data in the NITRO Managed Column doesn't write back to a column in SharePoint.

 

NITRO Managed columns can be used to drive Form Event Actions and/or scripting on the form.

 

For instance, let’s say you want to have a way to capture a person’s First Name and Last Name on the input form, but you want to store that information together in one field in the actual SharePoint list. First you would create two NITRO Managed Columns, one for each name, and then use a business process function (e.g. a Form Event Action on the form, a NITRO Workflow, or a Custom Action) to concatenate the two names into one column, which is the only column actually stored in SharePoint.

Another use case is if you want to use a “Select All” function to select all items in a choice field. The NITRO Managed Column would be a Yes/No column. You then use a Form Event Action with JavaScript to select all choices for the choice field (also make sure to have an option to remove the selections if the NITRO Managed column is set to “No”).

NITRO Managed Column

 

Here are the types of NITRO Managed Columns available:

ChoiceMultiple: For choosing multiple selections from the defined options

 Choice multiple managed column

ChoiceSingle: For choosing one selection from the defined options

 Choice singe managed column

Currency: For inputting a currency value

 currency managed column

Date/Time: For inputting a Date and Time on the form. Allows for both Date Only and Date and Time

 DateTime managed column

Number: For inputting a number value

 Number managed column

TextLong: For inputting a block of text, similar to the Multiline Text Column option in SharePoint

 Text long managed column

TextShort: For inputting a short string of text, similar to the Single Line of Text column option in SharePoint

 Text short managed column

Yes/No: For inputting a check mark on the form

 YesNo managed column

Once added, you’ll find the NITRO Managed Column in the left panel under Form Controls. You may need to scroll to the bottom since they are under a new heading called NITRO Managed Columns.

Managed column in NITRO form