You have existing information in a Lapala database or within one of your softwares through connections. You would like a user to be able to utilize this information in a form to avoid redundant data entry.

Prerequisite: You must have at least one data source in Lapala.

If you want to know how to create a data source in Lapala :

Quick start with data source

In my example a have a simple data source named Products

Data source Products in Lapala

In Lapala Processes Tab, click on the “Create my first process” button.

Create a process

Then open the edition interface of the first step.

New step in a process

Open the edition interface of the first step.

And as previously written, the step is set by default on the Form component. So you can create your first Form right here.

To create a first field you can click on the “Add an element” button.

Create a field

The default type is “Text”. So you have to click on the ⚙️ button to create a selection from a data source.

Create basic field