Efficy Overflow Q&A - Recent questions tagged lookup

Can we add a not standard translation for a lookup value ?

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:33:09 +0000

Hello,

Can I had a translation in IT (Italian) for my custom lookup?

The "Add Langage Field" of the designer doesn't offer IT as a choice for translation. Can I do it in another way? Or trought SQL?

Thanks in advance.

getLookupValueFromKey

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:37:06 +0000

Hi,

In workflow script i need to read value from lookup record.
To do that, i used function API getLookupValueFromKey.
Thus the code is :
var labelTypeRelation = Efficy.getLookupValueFromKey(Efficy.entityCatalog.tableIDFromName('LKRELATIONPRJRCOMP'), 'FRELATIONPRJRCOMP', CompDataSet.fieldByName('FTYPERELATION').asFloat);

But when i run script, i get this error message :
Cannot fetch Lookup Table Values on table "LKRELATIONPRJRCOMP.FRELATIONPRJRCOMP"

ErrorContext

EEfficyLookupTableError 1806
(ENTT-1515) LookupTableManager
FieldName "0" not found in SYS_FIELDS

Error

EEfficyLookupTableError 1805
(ENTT-1512) LookupTableManager
Cannot fetch Lookup Table Values on table "LKRELATIONPRJRCOMP.FRELATIONPRJRCOMP"

Error

I managed to find solution with query sql but i would like to use Efficy API.

Can you help me ?

Best regards,

Romain

Use entity table as a lookup

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:26:25 +0000

Hi,

Is it possible to define a lookup field on an entity table (for example K_LOOKUPFIELD=10000 for COMPANIES), and to filter the results ?

On CompEdit I need to have a lookup field to choose another company :

The field will contain the key of the selected company
Only Companies with 'F_GROUPE=1' can be selected, so I need to filter
the lookup result
This field can be used in QUERIES and display the name of the
selected company (same on the CompEdit form)

I tried but I use two fields...
The first one :
FMEMBREGROUPE, used on the CompEdit form with the definition below

field.LOOKUP_MEMBRE_GROUP{[
    <%RunQuery(id='getGroup', store='1', sql='SELECT K_COMPANY, NAME FROM <#TABLE NAME="COMPANIES"> WHERE F_GROUPE = 1')%>

    <%GetDataGrid(query="getGroup", count=-1, TemplateText="<select name='F_MEMBRE_GROUPE' id='F_MEMBRE_GROUPE'>
        <option value='0' selected></option>
        <#repeat>
        <option value='<#F=K_COMPANY>' <%OnField('F_MEMBRE_GROUPE', value='<#F=K_COMPANY>', then='selected')%> ><#F=NAME></option>
        </#repeat>
    </select>"
    )%>
]}

The second one : V_CENTRAL, used in QUERY and view (on the right) :

update SYS_FIELDS set
NAME='V_CENTRALE',
DATATYPE='A',
DATALENGTH=255,
USAGE='P',
LOOKUPASSOCIATE='=select NAME from COMPANIES cent where cent.K_COMPANY=COMPANIES.F_MEMBRE_GROUPE'
where K_TABLE=10000 and K_FIELD=308

Thanks! :)

Join a lookup table in a custom view

Tue, 07 May 2019 09:22:05 +0000

Here's the context:

I have a field called F_FUNCTION in the table CONT_COMP. This field is an integer value refering to the lookup table LK_CONT_COMP_FUNCTION. In this lookup there is obviously the field F_FUNCTION and there's no problem getting its value.

But in the very same lookup, there's another field called F_STATUS (for each F_FUNCTION there is a F_STATUS). This field contains values like "gold"/"silver"/"aucun" and I'd like to get those values in my custom view.

So my goal would be to make a join between the CONT_COMP table and the LK_CONT_COMP_FUNCTION lookup table so I can have access to values, stored in other columns of the lookup table, in my custom view.

Is there a simple way to achieve that?

Insert a value in a lookup table during the datasynchro

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:04:53 +0000

Hello Efficy Team,

A customer have a big Excel file to import with a DataSynchro. My quesion is simple : how, with an Efficy method / function, could we insert a value in a Lookup if this value does not exist ?

Last time I had to do that, I did it with an insert in SQL :(
Not really clean.

Is there a more "efficient" way to do that ?

Thanks in advance,

Loïc

Create a lookup table from scripts

Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:08:16 +0000

Hi,

To install a custom module to an other base I have to create lookup tables in the new base.
Since the dbstaging doesn't work fine in this context (the iscustom field is not taken into consideration plus the keygen is not managed by this tool and since in the new base the Key of the lookup table is not the same)

I had to make it work so this is the script I finally used. Please note that The keygen will works now, plus the ISCUSTOM field issue has been fixed as well.

I would recommand to perticulary look after the use of ADMIN user and schema in my code because this part is not dynamic.

NB: I chose to ignore the sys label of my table since it's a configuration table

So far it works fine (on MSSQL) cheers,

EXECUTE AS USER = 'ADMIN'

create table LK_DP_HYPERLINKS (
    K_DP_HYPERLINKS INTEGER NOT NULL,
    K_SORT INTEGER NULL,
    K_LABEL INTEGER NULL,
    DISABLED VARCHAR(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
    F_VALUE NVARCHAR(128) NULL,
    F_URL NVARCHAR(255) NULL,
    F_SECURITY NVARCHAR(32) NULL, constraint PKLK_DP_HYPERLINKS Primary Key (K_DP_HYPERLINKS)
)

declare @K1 float
exec admin.GETNEWKEY @FIELDNAME = 'K_TABLE', @NEWIDVAL = @K1 OUTPUT

Insert into ADMIN.SYS_TABLES (K_TABLE, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, KIND, K_LABEL, RANKING, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 'LK_DP_HYPERLINKS', GETDATE(), GETDATE(), 'L', NULL, '0', GETDATE(), 0, '1')

   Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DBALLOWNULL, USAGE, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 1, 'K_DP_HYPERLINKS', getdate(), getdate(), 'I', '0', 'K', '0', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DBALLOWNULL, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 2, 'K_SORT', getdate(), getdate(), 'I', '1', '1', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DBALLOWNULL, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 3, 'K_LABEL', getdate(), getdate(), 'I', '1', '1', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DBDEFAULT, DBALLOWNULL, DEFAULTVALUE, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 4, 'DISABLED', getdate(), getdate(), 'L', '0', '0', '0', '0', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DATALENGTH, DBALLOWNULL, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 1924, 'F_VALUE', getdate(), getdate(), 'A', 128, '1', '0', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DATALENGTH, DBALLOWNULL, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 1925, 'F_URL', getdate(), getdate(), 'A', 255, '1', '0', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')
Insert into ADMIN.SYS_FIELDS (K_TABLE, K_FIELD, NAME, D_CREATE, D_CHANGE, DATATYPE, DATALENGTH, DBALLOWNULL, ALLOWNULL, LABELPOS, SEARCH, QUERY, PUBLISH, D_REPLIC, K_REPLICUSER, ISCUSTOM) values (@K1, 1926, 'F_SECURITY', getdate(), getdate(), 'A', 32, '1', '0', 0, '0', '1', '0', getdate(), 0, '1')

Would anyone have the postcode file for UK?

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:05:07 +0000

Hello,
Would anyone have the postcode/zipcode file for UK? (ready to import in DB even better)
Many tkx
Kind regards
Frédéric

Automatically fill in the province by postcode

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:27:17 +0000

Hi Team,

Has anybody ever done this? Simply fill in a custom "province" field depending on the postcode.
Is there a database with provinces easy to match with our current postcode lookup?

Thanks in advance.

Width of the category-lookup

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:53:11 +0000

There is a customer who wants to make the dropdownlists for a Lookup field in a category wider. They currently use Efficy 2012 and in that version this was implemented as a custom.

Is there any possibility to customise that in Efficy 10th?

Build 6640: pickListSearch in category

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:54:17 +0000

We found a flaw in build 6640, due to a remark of a customer after migration.

This Is according to a lookup in a category with the Edit style: Lookup-up with search window (this lookup has more than 1500 records).

In a category it wants to use the data-msg="pickListSearch;….” but this function doesn’t exists in the build.
So it looks like we didn’t migrate this function, because it’s only present in the efficy.dll.

I ask this because I think it is a high urgency case, the customer uses this dropdowns in multiple ways.
Because the lookup has 1500 records there is no work-around.

Anybody has a solution for this?

Regards,

Michael de Groot

Filter Acc_Accounts as lookup

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:05:02 +0000

Hello,

I'm using lookup acc_accounts in a custom lookup field, and i want to filter this list to show only the users (not the groups). the custom field is in category, so i think FORMS can be used here.

Please let me know your suggestion and advises.

Thank you.
Best Regards.

What is the syntax to display the R_VALUE of a CATEGORY LOOKUP into a form ?

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:46:26 +0000

I try to display into the project consultation form the value of a lookup by key into a category.

The field is an FXXX or je veux le RF_XXX.
Of course I can create a virtual field to get the information of my category but I imagine that it all possible to do it easily just by using the right tag.

By default it's CATEGORY. I tried LOOKUP but without success. Not better with the following combinaison CATEGORYLOOKUP or CATEGORY LOOKUP.

Any quick solution ?

Lookup menu doesn't show all values

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:33:15 +0000

Hello,

I'm setting a lookup field to list contains 1700 option, but on Edit window only almost 560 options are shown and the rest are not there (i can't search them, it's "Lookup with search window").

Please advise, is it bug? is there some work around to get all the values in the list?

Thank you.
Best Regards.