Copy form section to another view

[chazz1]

Is there a quick/easy way to copy a section of a form view to another?

I have created a number of sections for the emergency change form and now i want the same sections on my standard change form(with a couple tweaks). Am i stuck rebuilding the sections?

[Henk5]

I couldn't resist investigating a little more. You can point to a form section of a 'higher' table on the forms.

Re: Multiple forms with same form section

Tried a few, and this seems to work. Now back to the drawing board to create generic sections on cmdb_ci and refer to those from the extended tables.

Any advise of issues i'll run into?

[jkc]

You can make a copy of the entire form from the Form Designer.

Open the form to copy -> go to Form Designer -> Create new view -> Press the Save button.

All existing sections are being saved on the new view. This does not happen when you use the Form Layout.

[raking08]

I believe this only works for new forms built off of a single table extension... how can I apply this if I want to use the same form layout on a different table extension using the same fields from the extended   (base) table plus new fields on the second extended table?

[anthropic]

jkc it took me two hours to find your post but you've saved me even longer, cannot comprehend why this isn't more obvious or documented in a useful way given the failings of the Form Layout manager.

If you are stuck with a legacy install please note that old versions may have the Form Designer but it is disabled by default.
The plugin to enable is com.glide.ui.ng.fd

[Marek10]

Hmm, I tried that but I can only create a new View for a given form. If I want to - for instance - copy tailored cmdb_ci_server view to cmdb_ci_linux_server - can I do this with Form Design(er)?

Thanks & regards

Marek