wherecontains not returning the value

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:10:33 GMT

What is the expected value of local!GridData prior to a value being selected from the dropdown? Would it contain all values in ri!engatement, or just be empty?

As Stefan already noted, the result of the whereContains() function simply returns a list of indices. If you want to use that to actually pull data from those indices in an exisitng list, you can pair this with the index() function. I would still suggest doing this within the declaration of local!GridData instead of manually setting it in a SaveInto of a dropdown, though.

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RE: wherecontains not returning the value

ananditab806196 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:51:07 GMT

1.) ri!engagement is not empty. Its holds a dictionary.

2.) yes the value is within the array of "client years"

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

ananditab806196 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:49:01 GMT

The desired output is a list of engagements which has the selectedYear from the dropdown.

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:29:57 GMT

Additionally, I wouldn't recommend "hardcoding" (as it were) the desired output value of a filter into its SaveInto. That logic should be handled dynamically in the relevant Local Variables (and/or queries).

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

Richard Michaelis — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:23:26 GMT

valid point. local!Griddata shouln't be an index usually

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:22:22 GMT

What is the intended output? wherecontains() gives you the indexes of values in a list.

RE: wherecontains not returning the value

Richard Michaelis — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:22:11 GMT

Hello ananditab,
1.) is ri!engagement null or empty?
2.)is the value selectYear within the array of "client years"?