Forms Editor Overview

Forms are a custom-defined set of properties for a single class or multiple related classes. They help you simplify the process of searching for data. The Forms Editor in the CES HTML Client helps you create, modify, and delete forms. Visibility of properties in a class can be controlled using the Forms Editor, and the forms you create can be customized to your business logic and process. There are three kinds of forms, namely:

  • Simple Form

  • Compound Form

  • Combined Form

You can create all three kinds of forms for a class in the Search/Results window. In the Edit window, you can only create Simple and Compound Forms for a class.


Simple Forms are forms for a single class that appear on a single tab. A single class can have multiple simple forms.

Properties of related classes can be combined to form a compound form. A compound forms can have either multiple tabs with a simple form per tab or a single tab with properties of more than one class displayed. The combined form is a simple form with cross class properties.

Combined Forms are available only for the Search/Results operation.