What do you get?
High-level description of what Altinn Studio provides out-of-the-box
Accessible services
Anyone who has created web solutions knows that it takes a bit of extra work to create good accessible services. With Altinn Studio, you have support for:
- WCAG and ELMER 3 standards
- Responsive design
We use components from the Common Design System to ensure a holistic user experience and good, user-friendly services.
Both form and API submission simultaneously
Our services have built-in support for both form- and API-based data submission. Those who need to submit large amounts of data can choose to do so via the service side standard APIs. It is the same data model and the same validation rules that underlie.
Form control
You have control over how a form should appear in terms of the number of pages and components on the pages. We offer a set of form components that cover everything from simple input fields to repeating groups and advanced tables.
Attachments
We support attachment uploads, both directly in a form and via API. Attachment uploads in forms can also be distributed across multiple form components and on different pages. We have relatively rich support for functionality related to attachments, such as:
- Virus scanning of attachments
- Control of file types, size, and number of attachments
- Ability to write custom logic for extended control
- Tagging/marking of attachments
- As many attachments as you want
Pre-filled data
You can help the user by pre-filling the form with data that is already available. The data can come e.g., from public registers, and we have a standard configuration for pre-filled data from:
- Business Register
- National Population Register
- Altinn Profile/Contact and Reservation Register
You can also write your own logic to pre-fill with data from e.g., your own APIs.
Code lists
We support fetching options for form field schema from a variety of standard code lists. In addition, you can define your own static code lists or connect to an API to fetch options from there. It is also possible to write logic where you customize which options from a code list are available to the user, e.g., based on something the user has answered earlier.
Dynamic expressions
Dynamic expressions allow you to express logic and validations in a simple JSON-based language. Expressions can be built in our tool with a user-friendly editor. The expressions are then run both on the frontend and backend and can be used for, among other things:
- Showing and hiding elements dynamically based on the user’s choices
- Setting elements as required or read-only dynamically based on the user’s choices
- Controlling text
- Managing process flow
- Validation of form data
Full flexibility
Each service is a complete web application, providing great flexibility. It is entirely possible to plug in self-developed code for customizations. We offer some standard events and setups that you can hook your code into, or you can write something entirely your own.
We also offer ready-made code for integrations with other common solutions, e.g.:
- Maskinporten
- ID-porten
- eFormidling
- Events
- data.altinn.no
Process
Each service comes with a process flow that can be configured. You can define which steps you should have, who should have access, and which actions should be available to whom. Currently, we support being able to define custom steps for:
- Data entry
- Signing
- Payment*
- Feedback
- Summary
PDF receipts are generated automatically.
Development
New functionality and bug fixes are continuously released. We also have extensive documentation, including a course on using Altinn Studio for service development.
We have established a simple setup to create a development environment that allows you to run and test services locally on your own machine.
By publishing a service to a test environment, you can also test with users from the Tenor Testdata.