YiDA

What's YiDA?

YiDA is Alibaba's Nail Eco-basedlow codeThe development platform is designed to help enterprises quickly build digital applications through visual drag-and-drop and configurable operations. It has built-in rich templates and components to achieve flexible configuration of forms, processes, reports and other modules, and deeply integrates with Nail Contacts, messaging notifications and other functions to support cross-organizational collaboration and data sharing, helping enterprises efficiently achieve digital transformation. Its core value is to reduce the technical threshold, shorten the development cycle, improve business response speed, especially suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and business departments to independently build lightweight applications.

YiDA Main Features

1. Visual Drag & Drop Design
   • Supports drag-and-drop building of forms, processes, reports, pages and other modules to complete the application interface design without programming.
   • Provide rich component libraries (e.g. input boxes, drop-down menus, charts, maps, etc.) to meet diversified business needs.
2. Process Engines and Automation
   • Built-in visual process designer to support approval flow, workflow, conditional branching, countersigning, timeout reminders and other complex process configuration.
   • Realize data change trigger notification, task assignment, status update and other operations through automated rules to enhance work efficiency.
3. Data management and analysis
   • Provide data model design tools to support custom fields, data types, association relationships, etc., to build data structures that conform to business logic.
   • Built-in a variety of chart types (bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, etc.), support for statistical analysis of data and display in a visual form.
4. Mobile Adaptation
   • The application can be seamlessly connected to Nail Mobile, automatically adapted to the cell phone screen, and support anytime, anywhere office (such as data query, filling, approval, etc.).
5. Open Integration Capabilities
   • Provide API interfaces to support data interaction and functional integration with other Nail applications (e.g. attendance, to-do), enterprise-owned systems or third-party services (e.g. ERP, CRM).
   • Supports customized connectors to enable resource data connectivity.
6. Rights Management and Security
   • Supports granular permission assignment by organizational structure, role, and user level to ensure data security and compliance.
   • Data security is ensured through measures such as Level 3 Equivalent ISO certification, global watermarking, and exclusive domain names.
7. Template Markets and Rapid Reuse
   • Provide a rich library of application templates (e.g., personnel, administrative, financial, project management, etc.), which can be directly selected or modified by users to save development time.

Usage Scenarios

• Administrative offices:Quickly build applications for visitor management, meeting room booking, leave approval and other applications to improve office efficiency.
• Human resources management:Build systems for employee information management, performance appraisal, and training enrollment to digitize HR processes.
• Financial management:Develop applications for expense reimbursement, invoice management, and budget approval to standardize financial processes.
• Project Management:Create tools for task assignment, progress tracking, and work hour statistics to improve teamwork efficiency.
• Client Management:Build CRM system to manage customer information, sales opportunities, contract orders, etc. to improve sales efficiency.
• Production Management:Digitalization of production planning, work order management, quality traceability and other scenarios to optimize the production process.

Guidelines for use

1. Creating Applications
   • Log in to Nail, go to the YiDA platform, and select "Create an app".
   • Choose between a blank application or a quick build based on a template.
2. Design page
   • Use drag and drop to add components (such as forms, lists, charts, etc.) and configure component properties.
   • Design the page layout and set the style style.
3. Configuration process
   • Define business processes in the Process Designer, set up approval nodes, conditional branches, notification rules, etc.
4. Setting Up Permissions
   • Assign operational privileges (e.g., initiate, view, edit, approve, etc.) by role or user.
5. data management
   • Define the data model, set field types, associations, etc.
   • Data analysis and visualization through reporting functions.
6. Publishing and Applications
   • After completing the configuration, one-click publishing apps to PC and mobile.
   • Users can access the app through pinning for daily operations.

Recommended Reasons

• Low threshold and high efficiency:Without programming basics, business people can quickly build applications, shorten the development cycle and reduce enterprise costs.
• Deep integration with the pinned ecosystem:Seamlessly integrated with Nail Office Suite, it supports message notification, to-do reminder, organizational structure synchronization and other functions to enhance collaboration efficiency.
• Flexibility to expand and open up:Provide rich API interfaces and custom connectors, support integration with third-party systems to meet the individual needs of enterprises.
• Safe and secure:Relying on the technology base of AliCloud, we have passed the Level 3 Equalization ISO certification to ensure data security and compliance.
• Enrichment Templates and Cases:Provide a huge number of templates and industry cases to help enterprises quickly reuse successful experiences and reduce trial and error costs.
• Continuous Iteration and Support:The platform is continuously updated with detailed documentation, video tutorials and online technical support to help companies get started quickly.