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Creating and managing applications
Creating and managing applications contains a variety of topics on how to build and efficiently use applications.
Deploying applications and viewing data responses
After an HCL Leap application is built it must be deployed. After it is deployed, you can supply users with the URL of the application so they can launch it. After users submit completed forms, you can view the responses.
Updating and stopping a deployment
The following instructions describe how to update, or stop, the deployment of an HCL Leap application.

Creating and managing applications
Creating and managing applications contains a variety of topics on how to build and efficiently use applications.
- Creating an application
  This topic gives a general overview of the application creation process, from opening the HCL Leap interface to launching a completed application.
- Creating an application from an excel spreadsheet
  Leap allows you to create an application from an excel spreadsheet, automatically creating the widgets and importing the data found in the spreadsheet.
- Styling your application with a custom theme
  Style the colors, fonts, and other characteristics of the application by creating or importing a custom theme.
- Copying items
  Items may be copied from one form to another form within any application.
- Moving items on a form
  Form items are not static after they are added to a form. You can move items around on a single page, duplicate form items, and move items between pages on your form.
- Creating an accessible application
  When you create a form or application, the following information helps you design an accessible form for users with disabilities.
- Enabling dynamic layout
  When you build applications, you can now set the display width of your Leap application. Setting this feature reduces or removes the need for horizontal scrolling when you have an unknown or limited amount of space, such as when the application is displayed in a WebSphere_Portal portlet.
- Globalization features
  The following information describes the languages formatting features supported by HCL Leap .
- Creating rules in your application
  Rules help you gather the correct information from users and organize your information after data is entered in a form. You can create composite rules that govern how your form, and the data in your form behaves.
- Labeling data, performing data analysis, and exporting data
  You can add labels to data elements in your application that become the label in the export file.
- Incorporating web services into your applications
  The following topics describe how to incorporate web services into your HCL Leap application.
- Adding formulas to your application
  You can create and edit formulas to assign values to an item on your HCL Leap form.
- Adding specialized form items
  You can use specialized form items to style text, echo text back, create dynamic lines, or add HTML.
- Managing the files associated with your application
  You can upload a variety of files, such as images, for use with your application. Managing these embedded files is done in the Files section of the Settings tab
- Leap document integration
  Leap's document integration feature lets you use previously built PDF files and populate them with data captured by Leap.
- Adding Stages to an application
  It is often desirable to have an application, or form, transition through a set of phases or stages. At each stage the form might be used by different people in different roles. The form also might be presented in a slightly different manner in each stage, such as having some items or pages hidden, or in a read-only state.
- Deploying applications and viewing data responses
  After an HCL Leap application is built it must be deployed. After it is deployed, you can supply users with the URL of the application so they can launch it. After users submit completed forms, you can view the responses.
  - Deploying an application
    Deploying an HCL Leap application makes it available for users. When you click Deploy, the application is loaded onto a server. You can deploy an application immediately, or set a timer to deploy the application for a specific period of time.
  - Updating and stopping a deployment
    The following instructions describe how to update, or stop, the deployment of an HCL Leap application.
  - Launching an application
    After an HCL Leap application is deployed, the Launch link is enabled. When you click Launch, the live application opens in a new window.
  - Viewing submitted responses
    After users complete and submit forms, you can view the submitted responses. Responses are available compiled into summary charts, or as a list of individual forms.
  - Importing data in View Data
    Application Owners can use an Import Data operation on the View Data page to import spreadsheet data into their application. This can provide a quick start method for adding many records/rows of data into an application from an existing spreadsheet.

Updating and stopping a deployment

The following instructions describe how to update, or stop, the deployment of an HCL Leap application.

About this task

There are many reasons why you might need to update, or stop, a deployed application. You might want to update the deployment parameters, such as adding a start and stop date. Or, you might need to stop the deployment to perform updates to the application, and do not want to impact existing data. To update, or stop, a deployment:

Procedure

Go to the Manage tab and click Deploy for the application.
The Deployment Setting window opens.
Modify the deployment settings:
- To update a deployment, update the deployment settings and click Update.
- To stop the deployment, click Stop.
  Note: If you want to set a Deployment period, you must stop the deployment first, set the Start and Stop dates, then deploy the application again.