Use the default file based persistence behavior
Add custom persistence behavior via a data adapter
Automatically save and resume interviews
Saving data from a Web Determinations interview to an external data source
The default is XDS Data Adaptor
Basically, a Data Adaptor allows the developer to create a custom way for the Intervew session data to be saved to a data source that they want.
The Data Adaptor controls the way the Save/Load buttons in the Interview and how/where they save
Usually it also allows the user to specify the name to save the session as.
Saving interviews at pre-defined points during an investigation can be accomplished by creating an event handler which fires at the point in which the data is to be saved and invokes the save data method on the interview session. The following Events may be useful in this regard.
Event | To... |
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OnSubmitCommitEvent | Automatically save any data that has been committed to the session. |
OnRenderScreenEvent | Automatically save data when a particular screen, or any screen is displayed. |
OnInvestigationEndedEvent |
Automatically save data once an investigation has been completed. |
Previously persisted Interview data can be automatically loaded into a Web Determinations session in either one of two ways:
For information on saving data from a web Determinations interview to an external data source, go to: Data Adaptor Plugin Overview