I have four parameters that are required in a pbit powerBI template for the report to load. However, the fourth parameter(org_ids) is a dynamic dropdown parameter that needs the first three parameters to refresh and get the list of values that will be used in the dropdown in the org_ids parameter. Is there a way for the user to enter the first three parameters and let those refresh and then a new popup is loaded that lets them use the dropdown arrow for the fourth parameter? otherwise, the user has to manually enter the fourth parameter instead of using the dropdown button.
Attached is a picture of the different parameters used.
four parameters in pbit template
The only way the dropdown in the orgs_ids parameter worked was if the first three parameters were sources and not parameters. However, this won't work because this report will be used by multiple users with different parameters.
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I have an Azure Workbook that uses two parameters. The report has been working fine with these for the past 10 days. Today, I updated the parameter values.
There are three groups in the workbook. The second group does not display any data after changing the two parameters. The first parameter is a Time Range; the second is a text value. The other groups do display data that are driven by these parameters. They update correctly.
When I click "edit" and then click "edit" for the second group that is not displaying, I see my grids and that they have data. There is a striped overlay however on the grids and there is a message "This item is currently hidden so it is not automatically updating."
Why is the second group -- which has two grids and a chart -- all marked as hidden? I've checked the properties under Settings, Advanced settings, etc. "Lazy" is the load type set for the visualizations in group two.
It's very confusing.
I am using the Time Range parameter with an end value that is set in the future, but this doesn't seem to be a problem with the other grids in the other groups.
Thank you in advance!
I am attempting to build an app with Microsoft powerapps that will be writing/reading data to/from an excel sheet.
I have created a form in powerapps from a table in the excel sheet. I am curious to know if anyone knows how to fill the data in a field based on a button selection on a previous screen.
As an example let's say the following fields are in the form; Location, Action, Item, Username.
This is what I am imaging and would like to do;
I would like the first two fields to be filled by selecting buttons on a previous screens instead of a drop down menu in the edit form view. the last two field can be filled by inputting text on a thirds screen.
The flow:
Screen1; presents two 4 locations in the form of buttons*doesn't necessarily have to be a button but function like one.
4 locations: NY, LA, AZ, LN
when users selects "NY" button, "NY" is filled/stored in to the "location" field in the form and the screen navigates to the next page where the user will select the actions.
Screen2; presents two 2 actions in the form of button.
2 Actions: remove, add
when users selects "remove" button, "remove" is filled/stored in to the "action" field in the form and the screen navigates to the next page where the user will fill the other two fields in a text field.
Screen3; has two text fields where user can fill in the rest of the information for item and user name. Location and Action should be prefilled at this point. When the user submits the form all data is submitted and a row is created in the excel table with all the information captured.
any information how to make a button selection on a previous screen prefill a field in a form that would be awesome! thank you for reading.
It sounds like you want to use a collection. A collection can be used similar to a global variable and will allow us to access data on a different screen than the one we set it on.
Some useful information can be found here:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/working-with-variables/#create-a-collection
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/function-clear-collect-clearcollect/
Based off of your flow, let's assume that the screens are named as follows:
Screen1 will be "SpecifyLocation"
Screen2 will be "SpecifyAction"
Screen3 will be "FinalizeInput"
The names are arbitrary, but I think they'll make the following example easier to follow.
On the screen "SpecifyLocation", we're going to create four buttons. They will all be identical, except for the name of the location they reference. For instance, the button referencing "NY" would be as follows:
Text = "New York"
OnSelect = ClearCollect( LocationMetadata, "NY" ); Navigate(SpecifyAction,ScreenTransition.Cover)
Please note that the OnSelect value is two different functions separated by a semicolon. The first function, ClearCollect(), clears all information in a collection and then writes a new entry. In this case, we have a collection named LocationMetadata into which we are writing the value "NY". The second function, Navigate(), changes which screen we are looking at.
On the screen "SpecifyAction", we're going to create two buttons. They will be similar, except for the action they refer to. For instance, the button referencing "Add" would be as follows:
Text = "Add"
OnSelect = ClearCollect( ActionMetadata, "Add" ); Navigate(FinalizeInput,ScreenTransition.Cover)
As was the case before, we've created a button that calls two functions when clicked. They are the same two functions as last time; however, we've changed LocationMetadata to ActionMetadata in our ClearCollect() call, since we want to store a different piece of information. We've also changed our Navigate() call to move us over to the "FinalizeInput" screen.
I'm not entirely sure how you've got your final screen laid out, but in any case, you'll want to access the data we stored in collections previously. This can be done with the function First(), which returns the first element of a collection.
To access our selected location, you can use: First(LocationMetadata).Value
To access our selected action, you can use: First(ActionMetadata).Value
You should be able to supplement whatever extra data is collected from your user on this final screen with the collections we set up.
Need some help with Gravity forms. I need to have a field, that is a merge of values ,that user has previously selected.
So, if a user has selected 3 different fields wth values of 1)XYY, 2)YYX,3)YYZ I do not need a sum, just a plain merge, in form of XYY.YYX.YYZ, or anything like that.
Could that be acomplised with some merging tags, or dynamically population?
Thanks
Of course;
You should create two different forms.
Collect data with field1-field2-field3, they can be single line text, number, date or anything. In the advanced tab of field settings, write a parameter name for each one, like field1-field2-field3.
In the second form create a single line text, in the advanced tab of field settings check "dynamically populate field" and write your parameters like field1.field2.field3.
In form1 settings->confirmations->redirect URL line, write your form2 page url where you added form2. Select "Pass field data via query string" and add your parameters like field1={fieldname:1}&field2={fieldname:2}&field3={fieldname:3}
When you submit form1, your form2->single line text field will capture the parameters as you wish.
This is possible with Gravity Forms Populate Anything by...
Add whatever type of field you'd like to use to capture the combined.
Set the Default Value to the merge tags of your 3 fields: #{Field A:1}.#{Field B:2}.#{Field C:3}.
That's it.
Edit: Updated screenshot for Gravity Forms 2.5 and updated merge tags to use the # to make them "live".
I would like to create a custom control which shows 3 columns,
column 1, value selected from checkbox (this is ok)
column 2, editable box , this is showing but not working 100%
column 3, a button to remove the row (still to be done)
So far:
After selecting the options, click "Create Rows" button and 1 row appears for each selected option.
Problem:
Only last value in editable box, is used, how can I get the value from each box ?
getComponent("inputText1").getValue() only shows the last value.
Example code is on this URL:
http://snipt.org/AAgd3
You bind the column values to array variables. Exercise 23 has a complete working example: http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/ddwiki.nsf/dx/Tutorial-Introduction-to-XPages-Exercise-23
You just need to adjust it to the source/destination of your data. Let us know how it goes
If you want to bind them dynamically, you can also do this with expression language. It takes a bit of getting around in order to get the fields editable, but the way I've resolved it is to pass a calculated ID into a custom control, then using that for the binding.
For example: If I'm Working with a list of Unique Part Names, I may pass into my custom control a variable for a Comment. If I pass this in as fieldNameComment to my custom control, I can dynamically bind it to an inputText element through the following code.
I'm using a DominoDocument passed in as the dataSource.
Calling the Custom Control:
<xp:repeat var="CurrVal" value="#{DataSource}">
<xc:DynamicTableRow dataSource="#{EmissionsDocument}">
<xc:this.fieldNameComment><![CDATA[#{javascript:CurrVal+"Comment"}]]></xc:this.fieldNameComment>
</xc:DynamicTableRow>
</xp:repeat>
Inside the Custom Control:
<xp:inputText id="inputText5"
value="#{compositeData.dataSource[compositeData.fieldNameComment]}">
</xp:inputText>
As long as (for some reason) none of the string calculations are performed within the expression language syntax, this will yield an editable field. In my testing, if I tried to calculate a value by concatenating any strings, the field would be bound, but not appear as editable under any circumstances. If you want to bind directly to fields, this may be a good approach, but if you want to save your array and parse it through java, then Stephan's solution also works great Hope this helps!
Appended: Added repeat control to show iteration through the data source. Each iteration of the Data Source yeilds a value, CurrVal, to which the string "Comment" is appended. This creates a series of FieldNames based on the Values in the DataSource that are bound to inputs within the custom control called DynamicTableRow
First off I am new to FM but I have a good handle on the basics. What I need to do is this - in a contact information type layout I want to be able to alter the layout based on a specific field. Ex. When the record is brought up, the background of the layout will change colors for a client, another for vendor, etc.
I tried to change a label based on a field, with no success. My guess is that the layout is static and only the data fields change.
We use FM Pro.
Thanks,
Mark
FileMaker layouts are static, but there are still some things you can do to alter the layout based on the values of fields:
Calculation Fields
If you want the data shown in an area to change, you can use a Calculation field. A typical example of this would be a status field. To do this you would add a new field to your table and use enter a calculation on that field like:
Case (
IsEmpty(myTable::myField) ; "Please enter a value for myField." ;
myTable::myField = "wrong value" ; "Please enter a correct value for myField." ;
"Everything seems okay."
)
Conditional Formatting
To make things like background color change you can use a conditionally formatted field. I will typically add an empty numeric field (for this example we'll call it emptyField) and set it so that it can't be edited during modification.
If you place emptyField on your layout, below all the other fields and disallow the user to enter the field in either Browse or Find mode, you can then use conditional formatting to change the field's color.
Portal Hiding
You can use this technique when you want some elements of your UI to disappear when they aren't needed. For example, if you want a "submit" button to appear only when all of the records on a field are filled out.
To use this technique I will usually create a Calculated number field, called ReadyForSubmit, on the original table and give it a logical calculation like:
not IsEmpty(field1) and ... and not IsEmpty(fieldN)
(Note that the value of the above function would be 1 or 0)
I will then create a new Support table in my database and add to it a field One with a calculated value set to 1.
I will then make a relationship between myTable::readyForSubmit and Support::One.
On the layout, create a portal with one row. Put your Submit button in that layout. Now, when readyForSubmit calculates to 1 the button will appear. When it calculates to 0 the button will be hidden.
Hidden Tab Browser
Finally, you can use a tab browser where you set the title font size to 1 point, hide the border, and control the browser programmatically. You can use this for having different field arrangements for different types of records. To do this you would first give an Object name to each tab of the tab browser, say Tab1, Tab2, Tab3.
Then you would add a script, goToTab, with the logic for when you want to go to each tab. Say:
If (myTable::myField = "corn")
Go to Object (Tab1)
Else If (myTable::myField = "squash")
Go To Object (Tab2)
End If
You would then use Script Triggers to run goToTab when On Record Load.
With the release of filemaker 13 there may be another way to do this. You could use a slide control, name the panels in the control, and conditionally switch to the correct panel based on the record type.
you would drop the appropriate fields for the record type in each panel.
http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12012/~/using-slide-controls-and-slide-panels-in-filemaker-pro