Have to remove one particular option in field

RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

akshayg0006 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:25:38 GMT

I cross checked with BA now he confirmed to remove entire Row..where it contains "best".. Thanks for help

RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

Chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:17:33 GMT

A query filter such as that would be designed to remove the entire row(s) where Value = "best". As far as I understand the requirement, you still want the row returned that contains "best", however to replace "best" with a blank value "" - this would be done on the DB side with a view typically.

If you want to remove the row completely, you can do so with a!queryFilter(), however your syntax would need adjustments. Setting the Value = ri!Status would only return any rows that match a single status input, and your applyWhen there would be a single boolean true/false value (albeit unnecessary in this potential case) but you are providing a list of items (1 boolean and 1 list of text). To remove the entire rows that contain "best":

a!queryFilter(
  field: "Value",
  operator: "<>",
  value: "best"
)

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RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

akshayg0006 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:02:18 GMT

I guess i can call a rule and exclude the "best ". Something like :

a!queryFilter(

field:"Value",

operator:"=",

value:ri!Status,

applyWhen: {rule!AAP_isNotEmpty(ri!Status),remove(ri!Status,wherecontains("best",touniformstring(ri!Status)))}

but am not getting expected result so posted here.(bdw have used a!exportDataStoreEntityToCsv in interface)

RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

Chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:46:10 GMT

The only way I could see to do this within Appian is with the deprecated "Export CDT to Excel" service - in which you can prepare the CDT (remove these values) prior to creating the Excel document. Otherwise, there isn't really a way to manipulate the data between the DB and your Excel file, so a view would be required on the database which handles this removal - then you can export from the view, vs the actual data store.

RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

akshayg0006 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:41:46 GMT

Hi,

I need to display data in grid(for which hv created a view) but while exporting in Excel i don't want "best" to be exported to Excel, however the "best" field should be changed to a blank value " " in the export..

RE: Have to remove one particular option in field

Chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:46:06 GMT

To confirm, you DO want the row containing "best" to be exported to Excel, however the "best" field should be changed to a blank value "" in the export? If this is the case, typically it would be done on the database side by creating a view which removes this value, then export to Excel over the view - as we are limited as far as data manipulation between the DB and Excel during export.