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What is Zoho Deluge Script?

Deluge or Data Enriched Language for the Universal Grid Environment as we call it, is an online scripting language integrated with Zoho Creator.

It enables users to add logic to the application, incrementally, making it more powerful and robust.

The entire database layer is abstracted and you will only speak in terms of forms and fields, while scripting in Deluge.

Functions

In simple terms, a function is a set of statements grouped together under a name and can be invoked from anywhere within a program. Deluge Scripting supports Functions, using which we can structure the deluge script in a more modular way, accessing all the potential that structured programming can offer. Related functions can also be grouped under a common category based on their purpose, called namespace, which helps in easy maintenance. Functions can be invoked from form/field action scripts or on selected records in a view.

Note:

  • A function calling itself (also known as recursive function) cannot be called more than 75 times. If the limit of 75 is crossed, it throws an error “Call Stack limit exceeded”.

 Advantages of using Deluge Functions

  1. Write once and reuse utilities‘Functions’ promote code re-usability of deluge script within an application and even across applications (same user’s applications). It makes the code modular and easy to understand. When you feel like repeating certain scripting functionality across different parts of an application, you can define them as a function and reuse it. With the help of built-in functions provided in deluge, you can create numerous util functions on your own, using the ‘Functions’ support.
  2. Serves as bridge between applications (created by the same user)Not only can you define generic utilities as functions, you can even manipulate the application data from within the functions. Till now, it was not possible to manipulate the data in one application from the script in another application. This is now made possible with the help of functions. In this respect, we can consider application as an object with its data and we can define functions to operate on this data which compares to member functions in an ‘object oriented’ world. The applications can communicate with each other using functions.
  3. Custom action integration in views‘Functions’ has the potential to be integrated into various GUI actions, taking the scripting integration in Zoho Creator to next level. It makes the applications created, much more powerful and alive. As a first step, it is integrated into views under the terminology ‘Custom Actions’. It enables the user to invoke a specific function on selected records in a view.

Zoho Creator creates seamless integrations with the apps and services you need

We begin with your actual situation with prebuilt integrations or powerful APIs custom functions, Zoho Creator works with the apps and services your business needs.

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What is Zoho Creator?

Zoho Creator is a low-code app development platform that lets you launch custom, mobile-ready apps.

You can create your own applications to automate workflows, automate internal processes, and manage databases.

What is Zoho Flow?

Zoho Flow is an integration platform that helps you connect your apps without any code.

Automate complex business workflows within minutes.

Set a trigger, add actions, use Delays and Decisions to create your entire workflow on an easy to use builder.

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Understand integration field

The Integration field enables your users to look up data that’s stored in an external service — another Zoho app or third-party SaaS.

The field features a dropdown menu that displays data from the selected service. It allows your users to select one value from the displayed data. Consequently, the integration field enables you to establish a relationship between the data in your Zoho Creator app and the data in the selected service.

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Adding an integration field

Adding an integration field to your form requires you to define (or select, if already defined) a connection to the target external service. You will need to define a few parameters in addition to the Module and Field from which you intend to lookup data.
Integration field lookup data from the following services:

  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Recruit
  • Salesforce
  • QuickBooks

2

Customizing the display fields

Customize the manner in which the integration field displays data. You can have the integration field display the data from up to three fields of selected module. When displaying multiple fields, you can define if any separator is to appear between the field values.
3

Accessing the field and searching for data

Each time your users access the integration field on your form, Zoho Creator fetches data in real time from the selected module of the external service.

Note: The integration field will display data only when your subscription to the target service (eg: Salesforce, Zoho CRM) allows accessing the target module. For example, imagine that you've subscribed to Zoho CRM's Standard edition and that you've added an integration field that displays data from Zoho CRM's Purchase Orders module. This integration field will not display any data as the Purchase Order module isn't available in Zoho CRM's Standard edition.
With regard to searching the integration field:

  • Your users can search in all the display fields you set
  • At least two characters are to be entered to initiate search
  • Searching more than one display fields is supported. Records that match the inputs in all display fields will be displayed.

The kind of search that will happen depends on the target service and the type of data.

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Other field properties

You can perform the following customizations for the user experience of the integration field on your form:
- Change the Connection: You can switch to any other Connection that you have added for the same service

  • Customize the field name and field link name of this field
  • Make it mandatory for your users to select a value in this field
  • Show this field only to the app’s admin (and hide it from other users).
  • Set the field size.
  • Describe this field using a tooltip or help text.