Adaptive Electronic Form Version Detection Workflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing workflow systems require participants to upgrade their viewer applications to access and submit electronic forms, causing compatibility issues when older versions are used, as they lack necessary workflow capabilities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of adaptive electronic forms that detect the version of the viewer application and provide alternative submission methods, such as a 'Submit' button, to ensure seamless workflow data submission across different application versions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the workflow system requires participants to use a later version of the viewing application to access workflow capabilities, then the workflow functionality and submission capability are improved, but the compatibility and ease of operation deteriorate when participants use earlier versions
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic form dynamically adapts its behavior based on the detected viewer application version. The form includes version detection logic that automatically adjusts its submission mechanism - using the workflow submit button for later versions and alternative submission methods for earlier versions, ensuring compatibility across different application versions while maintaining workflow functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of the electronic form based on the viewer version detected. By modifying the form's submission behavior and interface elements according to the application version, the system maintains workflow capabilities across different versions without requiring participants to upgrade their software
2Ease of operation
If the system provides alternative submission methods in the electronic form for participants using earlier versions, then the compatibility and ease of operation are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and separates the version detection logic and alternative submission mechanisms as distinct, modular components within the electronic form. This allows the form to include conditional logic that only activates alternative submission methods when needed, reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining the capability to handle multiple scenarios
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system to facilitate workflow data submission is provided. The system may include a communications module to receive a request to generate an electronic form such that the electronic form is suitable for viewing with a first version of a viewer application and a compatibility module to respond to the request by configuring the electronic form to include a functional feature, the functional feature being available with the first version of the viewer application and being not available with a second version of the viewer application.