I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Stefan Helzle — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:15:30 GMT

Check this first: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.3/fnc_looping_filter.html

Instead of "fn!isleapyear" you create your own expression which must return true or false depending on whether the item should be in the returned list or not.

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Mike Schmitt — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:14:19 GMT

My suggestions from your other post should help you handle this.

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Harris — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:12:37 GMT

Please suggest with an example code..it helps a lot

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Stefan Helzle — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:03:06 GMT

My suggestion is to use the filter() function and a supporting expression inside ucArrayPickerFilter to search for items as you like.

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Harris — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:43:48 GMT

Hi Stephen,

I have a requirement to create a search filed for searching users List. The users list is getting from an Query Rule(table from DB) not from any groups.

I have achieved this by using the following code.

Code:

a!pickerFieldCustom(
label:"Select Re-assignee",
maxSelections:1,
suggestFunction: rule!ucArrayPickerFilter(
filter:_ ,
labels: local!reassignChoiceLabel,
identifiers: local!reassignChoiceValue
),
selectedLabels:a!forEach(
items: local!selectedAssignee,
expression: index(touniformstring(local!reassignChoiceLabel), wherecontains(fv!item, touniformstring(local!reassignChoiceValue)))
),
value:local!selectedAssignee,
saveInto:local!selectedAssignee,
labelPosition:"ADJACENT",

)

-----------------------------------------

rule using in the suggest function

rule: ucArrayPickerFilter

I'm getting the user's list while searching with User Names(below snippet) but my requirement is, i should get users list even if we search with an user id (both user name and user id should work).

Please suggest.

Thanks in advance

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Harris — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:03:08 GMT

Many thanks Pal..It worked for me 🙂

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Peter Lewis — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:19:36 GMT

Unfortunately it isn't possible to use the results of a query to filter the user list in a user picker. One option is using a custom picker, but it is a little more effort than just using the pickerFieldUser..

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Harris — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:33:46 GMT

yes, but we are still using 20.2 😞

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

davel001150 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:17:15 GMT

You may not need to if you're going to upgrade to 20.3 or later. They introduced the ability to type ahead into all regular dropdown components with more than twelve options. Yours will be backwards compatible, so you may have to tweak a little bit, but if you're already planning the upgrade, check it out and see if that's the component that meets your needs best.

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:14:04 GMT

Follow this recipe https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.3/recipe-configure-an-array-picker.html should get you started.

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Harris — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:59:40 GMT

yes we can do, but I'm fetching the user's list from a data table using a Query entity rule. In need to fetch the user's list from that QE rule.. Please suggest??

RE: I want to replace a dropdown with a user search box

Sabhya Parwani — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:33:47 GMT

Hi, You can make use of "Group Filter" Parameter. For that you can add the required users list in a particular group and the constant related to that group you can pass over here. Attached is the sample code.

a!pickerFieldUsers(
  label: "Select Re-assignee",
  labelPosition: "ADJACENT",
  maxselections: 1,
  groupFilter: cons!ABC_GRP_USERS,
  value: local!selectedAssignee,
  saveInto:local!selectedAssignee,
)