Question

How can I constrain a dropdown search field by another (dorpdown) search field?

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I have two dropwdown search fields: company and department. Once a department is chosen, say X, I want the department dropdown search field to show only the departments belonging to X.

asked 2014-10-20

Yvonne KleefkensSL

2 answers

Erwin 't Hoen · Answer 1 · 2014-10-20

Yvonne,

if with search fields you mean fields in the search bar this type of constraint is then not possible. If you're talking about fields on a form/page (dataview) you could give the lazy reference selector from the app store a try.

Yvonne KleefkensSL · Answer 2 · 2014-10-21

Thanks a lot guys, it is indeed at the search fields level of a template grid I need this. You cannot mean this, tha it is not possible in a "natural way" like the constrained by option in the case of a dataview drowpdown field. What a disappointment that is;-(! Using a separate entity sounds as a contrived workaround. I think the treeview widget is then a better option.