Hi All,
Does anyone know if in appian is possible to show "..." and it you put the cursor on top you see rest of text? when we have multiple values for one column of one specific record. For example I have a grid with multiple columns and one of them for each records has multiple values , like the user record has a column with "favorite colors" and each user has 3-4 colors. In grid I want to display only first color and .... so the height of row is not so big.
thanks in advance
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Configure the value of the grid row with richTextDisplayField() like shown below.
But I'm using fv!row[recordtype.field etc] , how can I make the value to only show the first value only?
value: if(len(fv!row.value) > 10, left(fv!row.value, 10) & "...", fv!row.value)
when I use this it shows each value like blue, red green blue....., red green blue...., red green blue... The tooltip is working fine but the value is showing repeated
I assume you adjusted my example code to actually reflect your data structure? Can you post a code snippet and/or screenshot of what you currently have?
a!gridColumn( value: a!richTextDisplayField( value: if( len( index( rule!AM_getRegion( regionKey: fv!row['recordType!{04a9783cb7-4d51-b3ce-a347b0a390ea}regionkey'] ), "description", {} ) ) > 10, left( index( rule!NO_getRegion( regionKey: fv!row['recordType!{04a9783cb7-4d51-b3ce-a347b0a390ea}regionkey'] ), "description", {} ), 10 ) & "...", index( rule!AM_getRegion( regionKey: fv!row['recordType!{04a9783cb7-4d51-b3ce-a347b0a390ea}regionkey'] ), "description", {} ) ), tooltip: index( rule!AM_getRegion( regionKey: fv!row['recordType!{04a9783cb7-4d51-b3ce-a347b0a390ea}regionkey'] ), "description", {} ) ), width: "NARROW_PLUS" )
I'd recommend against repeating the exact same query 4 separate times, just sayin'. (hint: we have local variables...)
Also if you're using RecordType data, i'm unclear why you wouldn't have "description" as a column in the RecordType data, so you don't need to keep re-querying it?
a!gridColumn( value: a!localVariables( local!description: property( rule!AM_getRegion( regionKey: fv!row['recordType!{04a9783cb7-4d51-b3ce-a347b0a390ea}'] ), "description", {} ), a!richTextDisplayField( value: if( len(local!description) > 10, left(local!description, 10) & "...", local!description ), tooltip: local!description ) ), width: "NARROW_PLUS" )
its because its a mapping table one with the actual description and then the other with the key, each key is different based on the row
Maria said:its a mapping table one with the actual description and then the other with the key, each key is different based on the row
Are you using modern / synced record types? Because if so, like I mentioned, you should be able to add a record relationship to the mapping table, and thus get the description to just come through as a column.
Otherwise, the code I've provided above shows how to do the query once instead of repeating it 4 times (and it makes the code considerably more readable at the same time).
even doing it the way of mapping the relationship the values keep repeating themselves
a!gridColumn( value: a!richTextDisplayField( value: if( len(fv!row['recordType!{04a978d2-3e47-4d42-93d0-bd6d7cf7fd32}MA Color.relationships.{b9049f61-821d-4b2c-ac4a-284e7d4e8011}.relationships.{de4b16af-de71-4696-8b32-16ca9f1ca1c1}.fields.{db58f262-cc95-41a1-92e5-7d17e351c2d6}description']) > 10, left(fv!row['recordType!{04a978d2-3e47-4d42-93d0-bd6d7cf7fd32}MA Color.relationships.{b9049f61-821d-4b2c-ac4a-284e7d4e8011}.relationships.{de4b16af-de71-4696-8b32-16ca9f1ca1c1}.fields.{db58f262-cc95-41a1-92e5-7d17e351c2d6}description'], 10) & "...", fv!row['recordType!{04a978d2-3e47-4d42-93d0-bd6d7cf7fd32}MA Color.relationships.{b9049f61-821d-4b2c-ac4a-284e7d4e8011}.relationships.{de4b16af-de71-4696-8b32-16ca9f1ca1c1}.fields.{db58f262-cc95-41a1-92e5-7d17e351c2d6}description'] ), tooltip:fv!row['recordType!{04a978d2-3e47-4d42-93d0-bd6d7cf7fd32}MA Color.relationships.{b9049f61-821d-4b2c-ac4a-284e7d4e8011}.relationships.{de4b16af-de71-4696-8b32-16ca9f1ca1c1}.fields.{db58f262-cc95-41a1-92e5-7d17e351c2d6}description'] ), width: "NARROW_PLUS" )
even doing it the way of mapping the relationship the values keep repeating.
I found a way instead of having the same value if if statement is false it should be null - now it doesn't repeat. thanks!
But it still keeps showing 10 characters of each value- instead of just showing first value only