Organization Engine
The components for selecting people/departments/positions directly consume the organization's master data. After a change in appointment, the options and scope are automatically reflected without needing to modify the form code.
Define data and interface using business models: forms, lists, details, and validation rules are modeled once — configurable by business staff, implementable in practice
The form engine is the "data interface" carrier for business objects on the platform. By defining fields, associations, validations, and list views through a model, and then mapping them to input forms, query lists, and detail pages, SRM orders, QMS exception forms, and MES reporting pages no longer need to have their front end written from scratch. The design-time agent can assist in generating and adjusting form objects, but the final reference remains the real configuration that can continue to be modified in the designer.
The complexity of manufacturing forms lies in branch validation, master-sub tables, master data components such as selecting people/departments/materials, and linkage with workflows and permissions. The form engine shares the underlying platform with the organization, permissions, and workflow engines, ensuring consistency in 'who fills what and submits what for approval within what scope,' and reserving field-level translation space for multilingual operation.
The components for selecting people/departments/positions directly consume the organization's master data. After a change in appointment, the options and scope are automatically reflected without needing to modify the form code.
The list row range and field/button access are bound at form runtime; export and API calls are similarly restricted and do not constitute an unauthorized bypass.
Submit triggers the process; the node's required/readonly fields are consistent with the form rules to avoid 'the process is approved but the document is still a draft'.
Design-time can help generate and adjust form objects. Results must enter the designer for review before publish. Runtime creates form data through the form business API, sharing validation and permissions with on-screen entry.
| Breakpoint | Common cause | Control lever |
|---|---|---|
| Each business builds its own contact list to select people | Unconsumed Organizational Component | Unified Personnel/Department/Position Selector |
| Business status did not revert after rejection | The form state machine is not linked with the process | Node conclusion-driven status field |
| The report field names are inconsistent with the interface field names | The model data retrieval is not unified | Report Priority Consumption Business Model |
| Chat generation configuration goes directly to production | Skip designer review | Design-state products must be editable and republishable |
| The Lord Expresses the Orphan's Journey | Delete/void rule not modeled | Master-slave consistency check and cascading strategy |
| Version override unpublished configuration | Agent directly publishes | Designer Version and Release Gate |
| Multiple units coexist in the same field | Model definition not standardized | Field Dictionary and Validation Rules |
IQC records, purchase order lines, work reporting details, and inspection item sub-tables are high-frequency modeling objects: field units (pcs/KG/m), batch/serial numbers, and organizational dimensions should be defined once at the model layer. When interfacing with ERP, avoid duplicating a set of material descriptions on the form side; selecting material components should consume master data. The default list filter should link by plant/warehouse organization to reduce configuration errors of "seeing all group-level rows".