The Manage App toolbar can be accessed by clicking the ⚙ icon on the right or by hovering over your app and clicking the “Manage” link.
The toolbar opens on the right side of the screen by default but can be moved to the left by clicking on the dock icons near the “close” icon.
Options tabs #
App Info #
The App Info tab allows you to edit the basic information of your app.
- App Name – A unique name for the app. Users can change it anytime as much as they want.
- App Title – This title appears on your table app’s header.
- App Type – Choose between available app types.
- App Language – Selected language will apply to both table and form inside the app.
- Reset – Offers options to reset the table builder, form builder, or theme within the built app.
Data Source #
The Data Source tab allows users to update the data source of your app.
- Database – Update which database the source table is located.
- Table Name – The main source table for the app. The table list is updated in real-time when choosing another database. Users can change the source table anytime.
- Select Columns – After selecting a table, listed column names are updated in real-time. All columns are selected by default. De-select columns to exclude them. A “Refresh Column List” icon at the upper right corner is available when your table source structure is updated in the database.
Access #
The Access tab allows users to add or remove authorized roles or allow anonymous access via shortcode.
- Authorize Roles & Users – Select which roles or users are authorized to interact with the app, or allow anonymous access altogether.
- Backend Access – Enable to add a new dashboard menu for the app.
- Front-end Access – Generates a shortcode that can be used to embed the app to a front-end page or post.
- Feedback – Enable this option to generate a new shortcode with the feedback parameter. This parameter enables showing authorization and usage errors when users without authorization try to access your app.
- Disable builders on front-end – Table and form builders are only accessible to Administrators by default. This parameter allows hiding the builder icon for ALL users on the front end.
Is there a way to restrict the “Run & Build” App setting on the front end? I don’t want those with access to be able to change the settings but I am not finding a place to turn it off.
Hi Cassie,
Thanks for the question! Only Administrators have access to the Table and Form Builders of an app. When you give access to another role other than an Administrator, they won’t be able to change any settings you set for an app. We’ll add that information to the documentation!
If you have more questions, feel free to send us a message using the form here: Contact.
Thank you so much!
I am not sure where to start with what app type. I need a data-entry form, at least two, one to add data on folders and the next for the items in the folders. So at least two tables are hierarchically related: folders and items.
The first basic task is data-entry: add and change the folders, second form to add items to these folders. The users need a two-step data-entry form for this.
Then one would like to see what is entered. So, the data-managers need a view on the tables.
When the data is added a public user view and search app is needed.
For data entry, you can use the app type Data Administration. Please follow these instructions to get started:
https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/app-form-builder/form-builder/
Your use case seems to have a 1:m relationship between folders and items. Adding relationships is explained here:
https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/app-form-builder/app-builder-relationships/
To show your table on a web page, you can create a Data Table app, which is explained here:
https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/app-table-builder/table-builder/
Hope this gets you started. Do not hesitate to request more assistance if necessary.