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%hash = ( SampleTable => [ { Email => { header => 'Table Name', display => 'key,header,text', value => [""] }}, { Name => { header => 'Display Name', display => 'header,text', value => [""] }}, { Age => { header => 'Description', display => 'header,text', value => [""] }}, { Married => { header => 'Married', display => 'popup',value => ["true", "false"] }}, ] ); |
SampleTable => [ | Is the name of the table, this should match the name, e.g. Table-SampleTable.nmis |
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{ Email => { header => 'Email Address', display => 'key,header,text', value => [""] } }, | Each Column in the table is defined with an entry like this. In this case the column is called Email To define each column necessary fields are:
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{ Married => { header => 'Married', display => 'popup', value => ["true", "false"] } }, | This field would not be displayed in the main view and would contain a select list to select true or false from. |
Adding a New Table to NMIS
The following steps are required to add a new table:
- Create a table configuration
- Add the table to Tables.nmis
- Create permissions in Access.nmis
- Link to any other data
Create a Table Configuration
Create a file in /usr/local/nmis8/conf/, in our case /usr/local/nmis8/conf/Table-SampleTable.nmis, and add the appropriate configuration.
Add the table to Tables.nmis
Using the GUI or from the Unix prompt add the new table to Tables.nmis.
To add using GUI, access the menu item "System -> System Configuration -> Tables", a dialog will appear, and click on "add" next "Action >" in the top right of the widget.
Enter the properties for the table, the Table Name must match the name in the Table Configuration, in our case SampleTable, the "Display Name" is what you want it to appear in the menu, and Description is so you don't forget.
Refresh the NMIS Dashboard and your new table will exist in the menu, but you can't access it yet.
Create permissions in Access.nmis
You need to tell NMIS what Access permissions to add this with, we have created a script to add the tables with the default permissions which is as described in the table below, the command to run to add the permissions is.
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/usr/local/nmis8/admin/add_table_auth.pl SampleTable |
You should get some output like this:
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Checking NMIS Authorisation for SampleTable
INFO: Authorisation NOT defined for SampleTable RW Access, ADDING IT NOW
INFO: Authorisation NOT defined for SampleTable View Access, ADDING IT NOW |
You can add it again if you want, it will not actually add it twice.
The following table is the default permissions your table will be added with, if you want to change them, you can do that through the Access menu item at "System -> System Configuration -> Access".
Level | Privilege | View | Read/Write |
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level0 | administrator | Yes | Yes |
level1 | manager | Yes | Yes |
level2 | engineer | Yes | Yes |
level3 | operator | Yes | No |
level4 | guest | No | No |
level5 | anonymous | No | No |
level6 | security | No | No |
View the Table and Add Something
The first step to creating a new table is to define the Table Configuration