Query Builder with several NAME columns definition ... links are not working

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:54:28 +0000

Dear All,

Before Efficy 2021, the pages\dialog\QueryResult.htm was using the pages\grid\QueryResult.htm in order to set the columns definitions, now it is using the GridColumns.txt. And some new GridColumns.txt definitions have been added to try to make the NAME columns clickable by using the new function tag <%IfFromNativeQuery()%> :

td.NAME, td.TITLE.Mail, td.SUBJECT {[<td class="<#I=OPENED;0=inactive>"><%IfFromNativeQuery(
then=`<#F=$FIELD$;emptytext=T;context=TEXT>`,
else=`<a href="javascript:View('$ENTITY$','<#F=$KEY$;absent=T;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;emptytext=T;context=TEXT></a>`)%></td>]}

td.K_CONTACT  {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Cont','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_COMPANY  {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Comp','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_PROJECT  {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Proj','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_DOCUMENT {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Docu','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_PRODUCT  {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Prod','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_PUBLICATION {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Publ','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_OPPORTUNITY {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Oppo','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_CASE     {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Case','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_PROFILE  {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Prof','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_ACTION   {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Acti','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}
td.K_MAIL     {[<%IfFromNativeQuery(then=`<td><a href="javascript:View('Mail','<#F=$FIELD$;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;context=TEXT></a></td>`)%>]}

The issue with this change is that in a simple Efficy Query like below, it is now not possible to click on the Company or Contact name to view it. This was working in the previous version of Efficy!

Example of a simple Query Builder in order to reproduce this:

[Select]
OPPORTUNITIES.K_OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITIES.NAME
COMPANIES.K_COMPANY
COMPANIES.NAME
CONTACTS.K_CONTACT
CONTACTS.NAME

[From]
OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES OPPO_COMP
OPPO_COMP COMPANIES
OPPORTUNITIES OPPO_CONT
OPPO_CONT CONTACTS

[Where]

[Orderby]

[Options]
ChangeParameters=0
Distinct=0

[InlineEdit]
OPPORTUNITIES.K_OPPORTUNITY{}
OPPORTUNITIES.NAME{}

In order to make it clickable I can add the following aliases ... but then that means we need to review all the queries in the Customer Database which is really a pain in the A** and this may raise issue with existing queries.

Alias Example:

I looked a bit in the source of the pages\dialog\QueryResult.htm and find that the duplicated NAME columns are named NAME1, NAME2 ... so I tried to add the following GridColumnsCustom.txt definitions but it seems that the $ENTITY$ is empty!

td.NAME_1, td.NAME_2 {[<td class="<#I=OPENED;0=inactive>"><%IfFromNativeQuery(
then=`<#F=$FIELD$;emptytext=T;context=TEXT>`,
else=`<a href="javascript:View('$ENTITY$','<#F=$KEY$;absent=T;context=JS,ATTR>')"><#F=$FIELD$;emptytext=T;context=TEXT></a>`)%></td>]}

Is there another way to activate the old behavior?
Can we override the pages\dialog\QueryResult.htm and call the old page pages\grid\QueryResult.htm or it is not recommended to do it?

Cf also Submariner ticket CFT-2021-190155

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