Create widget in Zoho creator

Create widget: Using the widgets feature, you can directly embed UI components in a CRM and use the data form a third-party application to perform actions as per requirement.

Steps to Create widget:
Once the Zoho CLI is installed, you can create your own widget.

Step 1:
Once the CLI is installed, run this command to create a new project.
$ zet init

Step 2:
Select a Zoho service and give a Name for the widget which you want to create. In this case, select Zoho CRM as the service. The sample project will be created in the respective folder directory.

Step 3:
To open the sample project, run the following command:
cd {Project_Name}

Now, you can start designing and including the UI components for the Widget.

Widgets are used to extend the capabilities of your Zoho Creator application so that you could perform tasks that could not be accomplished using the in-built features. It equips you with additional features to enhance the front-end capabilities of your app.

There are many features in Zoho Creator that help you bring your application together. However, there can arise instances where you are unable to find the exact solution to a requirement. Widgets can help you resolve such minor setbacks. You can create a feature, configure it as a widget, and add it to your page to attain the kind of usability you are looking for.

Let’s assume you are an automobile dealer and have an application dashboard for your monthly sales-related data. This dashboard has details of the number of vehicles sold, a comparison of the previous month’s sales, a ranking of the models sold, the sales teams’ individual performance scores, and a customer feedback form. You would need to display a form that is of feedback matrix type. You can configure the form as a widget in your page. Using Java Script, CSS, and HTML, you can create this form, upload it to Creator, and introduce it into the required page as a widget. You can use Creator API to add, update, edit, and delete records from this report.

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