Access CDT field Names ....

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

komalc3 — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:46:10 GMT

Try out the below code, it will help you.

load(
  local!extractFieldsFromCDTExceptField1:trim(extract(tostring(ri!myType),",","=")),
  local!extractField1FromCDT:replace(extract(","&tostring(ri!myType),",","=").[1],1,1,""),
  append(
    {},
    local!extractField1FromCDT,
    local!extractFieldsFromCDTExceptField1
  )
)

/*Here make ri!myType of type Any Type*/

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

bradc — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:35:28 GMT

Hi Paul,

I believe the below code example will return exactly what you're looking for. Just match the type!MyCDT() with the type from your input and give your input some data

= load(
  local!CDTFields: split(
    stripwith(
      tostring(
        'type!MyCDT'()
      ),
      "=[] "
    ),
    ","
  ),
  {
    a!paragraphField(
      value: local!CDTFields
    ),
    a!gridField(
      totalCount: length(
        ri!CDT
      ),
      columns: a!forEach(
        items: local!CDTFields,
        expression: a!gridTextColumn(
          label: fv!item,
          field: fv!item,
          data: index(
            ri!CDT,
            fv!item,
            null
          )
        )
      ),
      value: a!pagingInfo(
        startIndex: 1,
        batchSize: - 1
      )
    )
  }
)

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

josep — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:58:11 GMT

Nice solution Mikel!

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

MikelG — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:30:36 GMT

Hi!

I think you could use something like this:

load(
local!test:'type!My_Type'(),
local!pasoatext:cast(103,local!test),
local!split: split(local!pasoatext,"="),
local!split
)

It isnt totally correct but I think It will give you an idea of how to proceed :)

Regards,
Mikel

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

josep — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:57:16 GMT

You can loop the for each passing an array of strings of the field names. And using index function

Something like this
Foreach(
Items:{“fieldA”, “fieldB”...
Expression:Index(ri!cdt, fv!item, “”)
...
(Sorry for the expression is just to give you an idea )

If you want it dynamic, there is in the shared folder some plugin that gets you the names.

The following plugin has a function that gives you that.
forum.appian.com/.../summary

Jose

RE: Access CDT field Names ....

Dylan Salopek — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:56:20 GMT

I am not sure that this exists in Appian, however CDT field names are static. You should use grid headers for the field name and data as the rows though, as this is very easily implemented in Appian.

Refer to this page for more information:
docs.appian.com/.../Paging_Grid_Component.html