ItemType - is it possible to combine field values into a hidden field?

Hans Ravnsfjall

Posted on 11/01/2021 17:11:59

We have an itemtype that has two values. Title and Place.

Now, I want these items to be selectable from another ItemType, as a CheckBox list.

But there is a problem. The title may be the same on many items, and the Place also - but the combination of title and place for a specific is always unique.

In order to know what is what when I select these from the other item (in the Checkbox list), I want to combine the values of the two in a third hidden field.

Sort of what you do when naming an item like this {{Title}}, {{Place}} - but I don´t think this is possible? If not, I wil make a feature request to get this feature.

/Hans

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Claus Kølbæk

Posted on 11/01/2021 17:28:39

Hi Hans

If you create the item via codefirst, it should be pretty easy to take the values and save them in a hidden field when the item is saved.

Otherwise you could possibly combine the fields when you generate your checkbox list, though that might require that you generate the list via sql.

Hans Ravnsfjall

Posted on 11/01/2021 18:25:33

Hi Claus

thank you for your reply. I haven´t tried the codefirst aproach. Will look into that.

But i am using the SQL aproach for the checkboxes. They require label and id based on already existing fields. How can i alter this? Don´t think that is possible?

/Hans

Claus Kølbæk

Posted on 11/01/2021 23:44:36

If I understand you correctly, it is only the visual label part you need to alter. So when you select the option for the label, you could let it be a sum of the values of 2 columns/fields. - I haven't tried it but I imagine something along the lines of: Select Title, Place, Title +' - '+ Place as TitleAndPlace From XXX- and then in this example TitleAndPlace would then be what you use as the value in label.

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ItemType - is it possible to combine field values into a hidden field?

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