Think about steps similar to slides of a presentation, they can be configured to show different content to operators. Importantly, steps don't need to be walked through chronologically by users. Triggers can move users through steps in any order.
Steps can have their own set of automated logic.
Types of Steps
Normal Steps
App Steps will make up most of your application. Steps can be adjusted in just about any way to fit your needs. Any Widgets can be added to a normal steps.
As of r235, Form steps have been disabled for all new Tulip Instances. Reach out to support@tulip.co to enable Form Steps on your instance.
Form Steps streamline data collection use cases but lack much of the flexibility and reusability of normal steps.
Form steps are only recommended for cases where the use case is heavily reliant on data collection and where extensive customization of functionality isn't required.
Step Groups
Step Groups are folders for app steps primarily to help organize your applications. Step groups can be added within step groups, to further organize your applications.
Additionally, step groups can be leveraged to do bulk operations like rearranging/duplicating steps and printing step groups.
Base Layout
The Base Layout is the base template that all other steps will be built on top of. Establishing common navigation buttons, and a consistent app background and style across all of your app steps can expedite the training and app-building processes.
Additionally, Base layout steps can have their own Step level Triggers, enabling you to add logic that will run throughout your application.
A view your users will see within an application. Steps can be viewed chronologically or in whatever order best fits your process.
Steps can be grouped into Step Groups to manage and organize your app Steps.
Step
A view your users will see within an application. Steps can be viewed chronologically or in whatever order best fits your process.
Steps can be grouped into Step Groups to manage and organize your app Steps.
Steps
A view your users will see within an application. Steps can be viewed chronologically or in whatever order best fits your process.
Steps can be grouped into Step Groups to manage and organize your app Steps.
Trigger
Triggers are the mechanism to do things in Tulip Apps. Store data, move users between Steps, Interface with hardware, Etc.
Triggers can be added to widgets, machines, devices, apps, and steps.
Form Step
Form Steps are a special type of Step that is designed specifically for data entry. They lack some of the flexibility of normal steps but can streamline app creation.
Steps can be grouped into Step Groups to manage and organize your app Steps.
Form Steps have been disabled for every new instance in r235/LTS9.
Tulip Instance
A Tulip customer account. Your instance can be found at https://[your-instance].tulip.co
When your instance is referenced, we are just talking about your Tulip account on an organization-level, not user-level.
Form Step
Form Steps are a special type of Step that is designed specifically for data entry. They lack some of the flexibility of normal steps but can streamline app creation.
Steps can be grouped into Step Groups to manage and organize your app Steps.
Form Steps have been disabled for every new instance in r235/LTS9.
Step Groups
Step Groups are a mechanism to organize and group individual steps. Step groups can be duplicated/deleted and reordered like individual steps.
Step Groups
Step Groups are a mechanism to organize and group individual steps. Step groups can be duplicated/deleted and reordered like individual steps.
Base Layout
The Base Layout is the base template that all other Steps will be built on top of. Establishing common navigation buttons, and a consistent app background and style across all of your app steps can expedite the training and app-building processes.
Step-Level Trigger
A step-level trigger is a trigger configured with each app step. Step-level triggers can be triggered based on 4 actions:
Step Opened
Every X seconds (Timer)
Machine/Device outputs data
Step Exited
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