• Analyst Edition User's Guide
  • Important Information
  • TIBCO Documentation and Support Services
  • Getting Started for Analysts
    • Modelled Application Archive
      • Creating an MAA
      • Accessing an MAA
    • TIBCO Business Studio - Analyst Edition Ribbon-Format Controls
  • How to Model a Simple Business Process in TIBCO Business Studio - Analyst Edition
    • Creating a New Project
    • Defining Business Data
    • Outlining the Business Process
    • Creating a Conditional Script
    • Adding Data to the Process
    • Defining an Organization Model for the Process
    • Adding a Position as a Participant to the Process
    • Viewing and Testing Forms on User Tasks
  • How to Simulate a Simple Business Process in TIBCO Business Studio - Analyst Edition
    • Creating a New Business Process
    • Simulating your Project
    • Comparing Simulations
• TIBCO Business Studio™ Simulation
  • Important Information
  • TIBCO Documentation and Support Services
  • Getting Started with Simulation
    • Overview of Simulation
  • Concepts and Definitions
    • Activity-Based Costing
    • Destination Environment
    • Scenario
    • Service Level Agreement (SLA)
    • Simulation
    • Simulation Time
  • Tasks
    • Simulating Business Processes
      • Define the As Is Process
      • Prepare the Simulation
        • Assign Activity Duration
        • Add the Participants and Associate them with Activities
        • Assign Unit Costs to Participants
        • Add the Data Fields and Associate them with Activities (optional)
        • Set the Number of Simulation Cases
        • Set Up Looping Strategies
      • Run the Simulation of the As Is Process
        • View the Simulation Progress
      • Interpret the Results of Simulation
      • Optimize or Re-Engineer the Process
    • Using Historical Data for Activity Duration
    • Controlling Sequence Flow from a Gateway
    • Monitoring SLAs
    • Comparing Simulations
    • Creating and Viewing a Simulation Report
    • Designing Custom Reports
      • Obtaining a Data Source
      • Creating a New Report
      • Creating the Data Source
      • Create the Data Set
      • Creating the Report Parameters
      • Creating a Table to Display the Data
      • Importing the Report
      • Editing the Report
    • Customizing Simulation Preferences
  • Reference
    • Simulation Control View
    • Simulation Results View
    • Simulation Report View
    • Simulation Properties View
    • Compare Simulation Results View
      • Case Cost-Time Analysis
      • Participant Utilization
    • Simulation Data
• TIBCO Business Studio™ Forms User's Guide
  • Important Information
  • TIBCO Documentation and Support Services
  • Concepts
    • The Modeling Environment for Forms
    • The Form and Form Elements
    • Form Builders and Form Validation
      • Viewing the Build Configuration of a Project
      • Data Mappings File
        • Structure of the Data Mappings File
        • Data Binding
        • Enabling the Generation of the Data Mappings File
    • Bindings
      • Direction of Bindings
        • Assigning Binding Both Ways
    • Actions
      • Actions Summary Table
    • Rules
      • Rules Summary Table
    • The Design Tab and Preview Tabs
      • Configuring Presentation Channels
      • Port Settings for Preview
      • Copy Form Preview URL
      • Logging
      • Locale
      • Logging Level
      • Reload
      • Performance Metrics
        • Instrumentation Level
      • View Datastore Data
      • Visibility in the Preview Tab
    • Outline View
      • Forms Compact Mode
      • Thumbnail Mode
      • Tree Mode
      • Usage of the Outline View with Forms
      • Data
        • Parameters
        • Data Fields
      • Shared Actions
      • Rules
      • Managing Form Elements From the Outline View
      • Use Business Labels in Outline View
    • Business Object Model
      • The Objects in a Business Object Model
        • Multiplicity of Relationships
    • Live Development of Forms
      • Viewing Forms in BPM Live Development
      • Setting Preferences for BPM Live Dev
        • Setting Preferences from the Properties View
        • Setting Preferences from the Preferences Dialog
    • Cross-Resource References
      • Breakage Mechanisms
      • Quick Fixes
    • Mobile Forms
      • Modified Functionality
      • Enabling Mobile Forms
      • Mobile Forms Preview
      • Mobile Specific Configuration of Controls and Panes
      • Rendering of Mobile Forms
    • Problem Markers
  • Tasks
    • Creation of a New Form
    • Drag and Drop Gesture to Customize a Form
    • Setting Bindings
      • Adding a Binding from the General Properties Tab for a Control
      • Adding a Binding from the Parameter Dialog
      • Adding a Binding from the Mappings Tab
      • Removing a Binding
    • Setting Actions
      • Adding a Script Action Using the Outline View
      • Adding a Computation Action Using the Outline View
      • Editing an Action
    • Setting Rules
      • Adding a Rule Using the Outline View
        • Picking an Existing Action
        • Creating a New Action
      • Adding a Rule Using the Rule Wizard
    • Enhanced User Interface
      • Enhanced User Interface on Custom Clients
      • CSS Best Practice
      • Cascading Style Sheets
    • Data Validation in a Form
      • Validation Messages and Usability
      • Validation Script
      • Implementing Validations
        • Adding a Validation
        • Editing a Validation
      • Examples of Validation Messages
        • Example 1 Setting a Custom Validation Message
        • Example 2 Custom Validation Message with Substitution Variables
        • Example 3 Validation Message Referenced from External Resource
    • Calling External JavaScript Functions
    • Specialized Layouts
      • Nesting Panes
        • Creating Columns with Nested Panes
        • Positioning Controls into a Multi-Column Layout
      • Resequencing Tabbed Panes
      • Resizing a Tabbed Pane
      • Positioning a Modal Dialog Pane
      • Setting Visibility of Pane and Control Borders
    • Embedded Forms
      • Working with Embedded Forms
        • Creating an Embeddable Form
        • Embedding a Form by Using the Embedded Form Icon
        • Embedding a Form from the Project Explorer
        • Adding a BOM Class or Form Parameter to a Form
      • Embedded Form Parameters
      • Setting Bindings from the Mappings Tab
      • Rendering of Embedded Forms
      • Editing Embedded Forms
    • Mappings Tab
      • Coloration Feedback
      • Setting Bindings
      • Adding Computation Actions
      • Editing Computation Action Using the Script Editor Section
      • Editing Mappings
    • Property Resource Bundles
      • The Merging Process
      • Customizing Property Resource Bundles
      • Validations Related to Custom Common Resources
    • Customizing the Form’s Preview Data
      • Editing the File form-name .data.json
      • Configuring the Setting in the Properties View
    • Form Data Fields
      • Configuring a Form Data Field
    • Numeric Controls
      • Inserting a Numeric Control
        • Inserting External Reference Format
        • Creating a Custom Format
        • Adding the Properties File in the Resource List
        • Inserting a Custom Format
      • Editing a Numeric Control
    • Localization of Forms
      • Creating a Locale-specific Properties File
      • Language-specific and Country-specific Properties Files
      • Locale-specific Version of a Form at Runtime
      • Defining Localization Properties Outside the Form
        • Example Using a Localization Properties File Defined Outside the Form
    • Business Analysis and Solution Design Modes
    • Migration from Previous Versions of TIBCO Business Studio Forms
  • Advanced Tasks
    • Using CSS to Customize the Rendering of a Form Control
    • Using Editable List Controls
    • Changing a Control’s Background Color Based on its Value
  • Performance Improvements
    • Static Rendering
      • Constraints on Model Validations
      • Restrictions on Runtime Functionality
    • Deferred Rendering and Deferred Initialization
      • Constraints on Model Validations
      • Restrictions on Runtime Functionality
  • Custom Controls
    • Working with the Component Library File
    • Working with the ControlWrapper
    • Usage of Custom Controls
    • Runtime Life Cycle of Custom Controls
      • Runtime Life Cycle of Custom Control Used within Grid Pane
    • Component Library Model
      • Library
      • Palette Drawer
      • Event Type
      • External Resource
      • Control Type
        • Capabilities
        • Property
    • Control Wrapper Implementation
      • initialize()
      • refresh()
      • destroy()
      • getValue()
      • getFormattedValue()
      • isReady()
      • setFocus()
      • compare()
      • renderStatic()
    • Component Interface
      • generateId()
      • getControl()
      • getFactory()
      • getForm()
      • getHintId()
      • getLabelId()
      • getLocale()
      • getParentNode()
      • getPresentationURL()
      • getResources()
      • getValidationMessageIds()
      • raiseEvent()
    • BOM JavaScript API for Custom Controls
      • Factory Methods
      • BOM Class Methods
      • BOM Class Instance Methods
    • Utility Methods
  • Reference
    • The Workbench
    • The Palette for the Form Designer
    • Panes
      • Types of Panes
      • Setting Pane Properties with Bindings and Rules
    • Controls
      • Edit as List with a Control
      • Control or Component Labels
    • Properties View Tabs
      • Properties View for Forms
        • General Tab
        • Mappings Tab
        • Font Tab
        • Child Layout Tab
        • Child Labels Tab
        • Rules Tab
        • Resources Tab
        • Preview Data Tab
      • Properties View for Panes
        • General Tab
        • Properties Tab
        • Mappings Tab
        • Layout Tab
        • Font Tab
        • Child Layout Tab
        • Child Labels
        • Validations Tab
        • Rules Tab
        • Mobile Tab
      • Properties View for Controls
        • General Tab
        • Mappings Tab
        • Properties Tab
        • Layout Tab
        • Font Tab
        • Validations Tab
        • Rules Tab
        • Mobile Tab
    • Configuration of Parameters
    • Context Menus
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Grid Panes
        • Grid Panes in Display Mode
        • Grid Panes in Edit Mode
        • Grid Pane Column Headers
        • Grid Pane Navigation Bar
      • List Controls
        • List Controls in Display Mode
        • List Controls in Edit Mode
        • List Control Command Bar
      • Record Panes
        • Record Pane Body
        • Record Pane Navigation Bar
      • Tabbed Panes
    • CSS Classes
      • Built-in Static CSS Classes
      • Built-in Dynamic CSS Classes
    • Common Resource Keys
      • Keys for Number Patterns
      • Keys for Basic Number and Currency Symbols
      • Keys for Duration Control Labels
      • Keys for Date-Time Patterns
      • Keys for Optionlist Controls
      • Keys for Built-in Buttons
      • Keys for Grid and Record Panes
      • Keys for Modal Dialog Panes
      • Keys for Built-in Validation Messages
      • Keys for List Controls
      • Keys for Implicit Validation Messages
      • Keys for Enhanced User Interface
      • Miscellaneous Keys
    • Design-time Constraints
    • Client-side Validations
    • Scripting
      • Forms Scripting Scope of Variables
      • Forms Scripting Order of Script Execution
    • API for Scripting
      • Methods for Form Class
      • Methods for Control Class
      • Methods for Pane Class
      • Methods for List Class
      • Methods for Iterator Class
      • Methods for Logger Class
      • Complex Data
      • Factories
      • Packages
      • DateTimeUtil Factory
      • Duration Class
      • Utility Methods
  • Tips and Tricks
    • Recommendations for Forms Modeling
      • Grouping Related Controls Together in Vertical Panes
      • The Visibility Property to Simplify User Experience
      • Configuration of the Pane Type Property (optional)
      • Modifying Excessively Long Forms
      • Expansion of Narrow Panes to Avoid Wrong Placement at Run Time
      • Creation of Tabbed Panes
      • Addition of a Tab to an Existing Tabbed Pane
    • FAQs on TIBCO Business Studio Forms
    • Tips for Using TIBCO Business Studio Forms
• Analyst Edition Installation Guide
  • Important Information
  • TIBCO Documentation and Support Services
  • Accessing TIBCO Business Studio Help
  • Installing TIBCO Business Studio - Analyst Edition
    • System Requirements
      • Supported Platforms
      • Minimum Disk Space and Memory Requirements
    • Third-party Software Requirements
    • Compatibility
    • Installer Accounts
    • Installation Directories
    • Installer Log File
    • Environment Information
    • Installing in GUI Mode on Windows
    • Installing in GUI Mode on Linux
      • Failures in Linux Version 7 when TIBCO Business Studio uses the SWT Internal Browser
    • Installing in Silent Mode (All Platforms)
    • Perform Post Installation Upgrade Tasks
      • Deletion of the Temporary Installation Files
  • Uninstalling TIBCO Business Studio - Analyst Edition
    • Using the Uninstaller
    • Using Programs and Features (Windows Only)