2sxc question. I have a lot of single entities of a content type that I want to combine into a list. Essentially, I have four columns and each column has an individual 2sxc content module in it. The column layout is controlled by DNN content panes. What I want to do is create a list template for that content type and add those individual items to the list. The columns would be created in the list template dynamically.
Is this advisable, or am I better off just recreating the content and using a new list template. If it is feasible, what steps would I have to take to make the conversion.
Thanks
This is very easy. The only question is if you want to manually choose which items to show in the list, or if you want to query it like a DB.
Manual approach: create a new template, say it's a list, and you're ready to go. You'll have to add "demo-items" and then "replace" them with the real one, so the initial setup has a lot of clicking.
Query-approach: create a new template, but then loop over the App.Data["Type"] instead of the Data["Default"]
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Actually, I try to make a filter criteria who list the available "structures" in my view. I'm using the Views Selective Filter module who does what I want. But in that list, that show the id of my structure and not the name. (I can't show you with an image, actually)
I want that my "structures" name replaces the id in my list (but not the value).
If you have any idea, I would be very grateful.
I found a solution.
I have edited the Views Selective Filter module to allow him to detect and load my structure name.
After that, I just have to change the text of my option before that the id has assigned in.
I am trying to create an expandable grid in MVC3. This is a follow up question to this .
Basically I have a complicated sql query that I need to use to populate a set of fields in a grid in MVC3. Also the grid elements must be expandable and on expansion should show additional data.
For example
I have two sql queries
Query A
select * from large tables joined
Query B
select data from selected row in query A
Query A represents my first query which I should use to populate the grid. On expansion of the grid I have to show the additional data by expanding the row from A with the query B.
I am creating a view model with all the fields I need in the first row of the grid that I can pass to the view.
Questions:
1.) How do I directly use sql to pass the data into the views instead of joining the models
2.) How do I make the grid expandable to show additional data?
3.) How do I model my sql, do I create one query for both and then selectively show data?
Caveat: MVC3 noob
Answers inline
Questions:
1.) How do I directly use sql to pass the data into the views instead of joining the models
This depends, either you pass in everything up front and write out hidden fields, or a hidden JSON object containing all the data and when the field is expanded, show it. so that is: Render all the data in your grid and hide each item until you need it, or dynamically load it from an array and show it when the user expands. You could also dynamically grab the required data when a user clicks on a row, but then you'd need to show a wait image while you grab the data by ajax (which would be fairly easy with mvc)
2.) How do I make the grid expandable to show additional data?
Plenty of expandable html grid results on the net :) Depend show you want to hide/show it.
3.) How do I model my sql, do I create one query for both and then selectively
This depends on the approach in 1 above. If you use ajax, you'd be returning one row at a time. In the other scenario you can have two queries you then merge into two view models or you join query A results with query b if theres a 1-1 mapping, assuming there isn't though so make two calls. Again, this is up to you. Do you want to pass all that data up front if the user will only expand two rows? not likely, in that case I like the ajax approach.
I have a tbl_categories and a tbl_items. I want to display tbl_categories in a horizontal manner and list objects from tbl_items vertically below each category name. I am confused how to get all this data using TSQL stored procedures and displaying them using ASP.NET native controls.
Columns with headers of category names. rows of items keyed with category_id.
The db is set up correctly. It is the ASP.NET controls I have trouble with.
I would use a Repeater myself, and make it output an HTML Table. The categories row would be in the HeaderTemplate, the closing tags in the FooterTemplate, and the actual data inside the ItemTemplate
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/asp-net-repeater-control/
The best way to handle this is to setup business objects which support the data in a way you wish to present it, which may not always be the way it is handled by your database.
Then you can use those objects directly to bind or feed data into the UI.
You could use Pivot to do that. See this referece http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177410.aspx
I've figured out how to use metadata to define the displaynames for table data I want to rename - but I haven't figured out how to do this to the tables themselves - so that when the initial dynamic data menu comes up the menu options are friendly rather than the actual table names. Any suggestions?
See the TableNameAttribute. It takes effect when you reference MetaTable.DisplayName. The attribute can be applied either to the specific table class, or its associated MetadataType class.
I have two views that I would like to combine into one.
The first view shows all items of X where company ID = Y. This is to give preferential sort to the client first, and then everyone else.
So I created a second view, all items of X, where company ID != Y.
I created it as an Attachment to attach to the first view, but I don't think I got the intended result.
How can I combine these views so the first view results are listed first, and then the second view is too, using the same pager, filters, and arguments?
Is there any way of achieving this without programming it?
From a MySQL point of view, the order-by-field syntax would be the appropriate way to handle this. Example:
SELECT * FROM tickets ORDER BY FIELD(priority, 'High', 'Normal', 'Low');
It would be great if there is a module that add this kind of functionality to Views, but AFAIK, it does not exist.
If you want to solve this without programming, I think you can use the rules module to automatically set the 'sticky' checkbox on nodes where company ID = Y. With that in place, you can order the View on the sticky value.
Along the lines of the 'sticky' idea, if you didn't want to override that, maybe you could add a checkbox field to the company type -- isClient. Make it false for everyone except the client, and sort by that.
I haven't done this, but maybe you need to create both versions as attachments, and attach them both to another display...?
for drupal 5 there was views union. Someone started something for D6, but I don't know how far they got.
http://drupal.org/node/275162
Create the second view as an attachment and attach it to first.
Set all Inherit arguments, Inherit exposed filters and Inherit pager to Yes.
how is the client parameter passed to the view? as an url argument? if so, you can create your second view like i outline here and then select the exclude the argument option on the appropriate location.
usually the easiest way to achieve this is with a small hook_query_alter, but that requires a small amount of programming.
A little bit later... but I've found a better solution using only the Views module:
Create a Block View with that shows the first list that you need ("all items of X where company ID = Y")
Create another View that must be a "Page view" with the second list (all items of X, where company ID != Y)
In the "HEADER" settings of this second view, click "Add" and select "Global: View area".
In the "View to insert" list, select the first you have created (and check "Inherid contextual filters" if you are using it)
And that's it!