I am looking for implementing a dynamic controlled list in share edit properties form, when i select a value in another controlled list then a different set of values should get populated on selection.
I tried share form configuration and i think It's not possible to do this via content model config and share form configuration.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Yes its not possible ootb. But have a look at the value assistance addon available on github.
https://github.com/dgcloud/alfresco-value-assistance
Go through these docs to understand the functions and see if that fits into your requirements:
https://www.tsgrp.com/2013/07/10/alfresco-data-list-driven-value-assistance/
Yes its not possible ootb. But have a look at the value assistance addon available on github.
https://github.com/dgcloud/alfresco-value-assistance
Go through these docs to understand the functions and see if that fits into your requirements:
https://www.tsgrp.com/2013/07/10/alfresco-data-list-driven-value-assistance/
Thanks for your response. I gone through the document and it looks promising. I will take reference from github link and try to implement. Thanks again. I will accept this as a solution after I complete my implementation.
I was able to implement the controlled lists by taking the reference of github project. It works fine up to 2 levels. But doesn't support if there are additional levels. But its fine for now as i had to support only two.
Thanks to the developer and this forum.
Hi @bip1989,
Glad to hear the @abhinavmishra14 was able to help you resolve your issue. Is there any chance that you could supply the code to show others how you overcame your problem? Perhaps we could publish it as a mini tutorial? Let me know if you're interested in pursuing this.
Thanks,
hi @EddieMay
Ofcourse. I will share the code definitely. I will capture all the changes i did as part of POC and share the details here over the weekends.
Thanks for your support.
Here are the changs we did in POC for dynamic controlled list. I have given the list of steps we followed.
ContentModel changes:
<aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect">
<title>Jurisdictions Aspect</title>
<properties>
<property name="demo:state">
<title>State</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>true</multiple>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
<property name="demo:city">
<title>City</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
</properties>
</aspect>
<aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect">
<title>Cascading Levels Aspect</title>
<properties>
<property name="demo:level1">
<title>Level 1</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
<property name="demo:level2">
<title>Level 2</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
</properties>
</aspect>
Created a new Model : dynamicValueModel.xml
<model name="va:contentmodel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">
<description>TSG Value Assistance Content Model</description>
<version>1.0</version>
<imports>
<!-- Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions -->
<import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" />
<import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/datalist/1.0" prefix="dl" />
</imports>
<namespaces>
<namespace uri="http://www.tsgrp.com/model/va/1.0" prefix="va" />
</namespaces>
<types>
<type name="va:dynamicValueListItem">
<title>Dynamic Value List</title>
<description>Data list item for managing the dynamic controlled list</description>
<parent>dl:dataListItem</parent>
<archive>false</archive>
<mandatory-aspects>
<aspect>va:level1Aspect</aspect>
</mandatory-aspects>
</type>
<type name="va:twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem">
<title>Two Level Cascading dynamic Value List</title>
<description>Data list item for managing the dynamically generated cascaded controlled list</description>
<parent>dl:dataListItem</parent>
<archive>false</archive>
<mandatory-aspects>
<aspect>va:level1Aspect</aspect>
<aspect>va:level2Aspect</aspect>
</mandatory-aspects>
</type>
</types>
<aspects>
<aspect name="va:level1Aspect">
<title>Level 1 Aspect</title>
<properties>
<property name="va:level1Label">
<title>Level 1 Label</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>false</multiple>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
<property name="va:level1Value">
<title>Level 1 Value</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>false</multiple>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
</properties>
</aspect>
<aspect name="va:level2Aspect">
<title>Level 2 Aspect</title>
<properties>
<property name="va:level2Label">
<title>Level 2 Label</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>false</multiple>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
<property name="va:level2Value">
<title>Level 2 Value</title>
<type>d:text</type>
<multiple>false</multiple>
<index enabled="true">
<tokenised>false</tokenised>
</index>
</property>
</properties>
</aspect>
</aspects>
</model>
Added the webscript as per the gitHub project at:
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.desc.xml
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.js
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.json.ftl
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Share module changes:
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Per gitHub project Reference as given in the link above, Created a new file under: META-INF/resources/my-share-module/js/dependent-control.js
Per gitHub project Reference as given in the link above, Created a new file under: META-INF/resources/my-share-module/js/dynamic-dropdown.js
---------------------------
Updated my share module message properties for newly added items:
aspect.demo_cascadingLevelsAspect=Cascading Levels Aspect
prop.demo_level1=Level 1
prop.desc.demo_level1=First Level
prop.demo_level2=Level 2
prop.desc.demo_level2=Second Level
aspect.demo_jurisdictionsAspect=Jurisdictions Aspect
prop.demo_state=State
prop.desc.demo_state=State in a country
prop.demo_city=City
Created properties file in share module: alfresco/web-extension/messages/dynanicValue-messages.properties
type.va_dynamicValueListItem=Dynamic Value List
type.va_twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem=Two Level Cascading Dynamic Value List
aspect.va_level1Aspect=Level 1 Aspect
prop.va_level1Label=Level 1 Label
prop.desc.va_level1Label=Label for first level
prop.va_level1Value=Level 1 Value
prop.desc.va_level1Value=Value for first level
aspect.va_level2Aspect=Level 2 Aspect
prop.va_level2Label=Level 2 Label
prop.desc.va_level2Label=Label for second level
prop.va_level2Value=Level 2 Value
prop.desc.va_level2Value=Value for second level
Updated share-config-custom.xml (per my requirement), as we wanted to make this optional:
<aspects>
<visible>
<aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" />
<aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" />
</visible>
<addable>
<aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" />
<aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" />
</addable>
<removable>
<aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" />
<aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" />
</removable>
</aspects>
Further updated the config to provide form config for new properties:
<config evaluator="aspect" condition="demo:jurisdictionsAspect">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="demo:state" />
<show id="demo:city" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="demo:state" label-id="prop.demo_state"
description-id="prop.desc.demo_state">
<control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl">
<control-param name="picklistName">State</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="demo:city" label-id="prop.demo_city"
description-id="prop.desc.demo_city">
<control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl">
<control-param name="picklistName">City</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
<config evaluator="aspect" condition="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="demo:level1" />
<show id="demo:level2" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="demo:level1" label-id="prop.demo_level1"
description-id="prop.desc.demo_level1">
<control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl">
<control-param name="picklistName">TwoLevelCascadingValueAssistance</control-param>
<control-param name="level">1</control-param>
<control-param name="loadLabel">true</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="demo:level2" label-id="prop.demo_level2"
description-id="prop.desc.demo_level2">
<control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl">
<control-param name="picklistName">TwoLevelCascadingValueAssistance</control-param>
<control-param name="level">2</control-param>
<control-param name="dependsOn">prop_demo_level1</control-param>
<control-param name="loadLabel">true</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
<config>
<forms>
<dependencies>
<js src="/my-share-module/js/dependent-control.js" />
<js src="/my-share-module/js/dynamic-dropdown.js" />
</dependencies>
</forms>
</config>
<config evaluator="node-type" condition="va:dynamicValueListItem">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="va:level1Label" />
<show id="va:level1Value" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
<config evaluator="model-type" condition="va:dynamicValueListItem">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="va:level1Label" />
<show id="va:level1Value" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
<config evaluator="node-type" condition="va:twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="va:level1Label" />
<show id="va:level1Value" />
<show id="va:level2Label" />
<show id="va:level2Value" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level2Label" label-id="prop.va_level2Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level2Value" label-id="prop.va_level2Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
<config evaluator="model-type" condition="va:twoLevelCascadingValueAssistanceListItem">
<forms>
<form>
<field-visibility>
<show id="va:level1Label" />
<show id="va:level1Value" />
<show id="va:level2Label" />
<show id="va:level2Value" />
</field-visibility>
<appearance>
<field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level2Label" label-id="prop.va_level2Label"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Label">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
<field id="va:level2Value" label-id="prop.va_level2Value"
description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Value">
<control>
<control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param>
</control>
</field>
</appearance>
</form>
</forms>
</config>
As per the gitHub project reference, added following templates to use it on forms:
/web-extension/site-webscripts/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl
At last, Create the data list and configure the values which will be used dynamically. It allowed us to add/update new/existing values
Hi @EddieMay
i tried posting the files and changes we did for the dynamic controlled list. It's not showing up here. I tried twice
Hi @bip1989 ,
Thanks for trying! I think you will have to post using the <> code snippet tool, or screenshots as a last resort.
ContentModel changes:
<aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect"> <title>Jurisdictions Aspect</title> <properties> <property name="demo:state"> <title>State</title> <type>d:text</type> <multiple>true</multiple> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> <property name="demo:city"> <title>City</title> <type>d:text</type> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> </properties> </aspect> <aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect"> <title>Cascading Levels Aspect</title> <properties> <property name="demo:level1"> <title>Level 1</title> <type>d:text</type> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> <property name="demo:level2"> <title>Level 2</title> <type>d:text</type> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> </properties> </aspect>
Created a new Model : dynamicValueModel.xml
<model name="va:contentmodel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0"> <description>Dynamic controlled list Content Model</description> <version>1.0</version> <imports> <!-- Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions --> <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" /> <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/datalist/1.0" prefix="dl" /> </imports> <namespaces> <namespace uri="http://www.demo.com/model/va/1.0" prefix="va" /> </namespaces> <types> <type name="va:dynamicValueListItem"> <title>Dynamic Value List</title> <description>Data list item for managing the dynamic controlled list</description> <parent>dl:dataListItem</parent> <archive>false</archive> <mandatory-aspects> <aspect>va:level1Aspect</aspect> </mandatory-aspects> </type> <type name="va:twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem"> <title>Two Level Cascading dynamic Value List</title> <description>Data list item for managing the dynamically generated cascaded controlled list</description> <parent>dl:dataListItem</parent> <archive>false</archive> <mandatory-aspects> <aspect>va:level1Aspect</aspect> <aspect>va:level2Aspect</aspect> </mandatory-aspects> </type> </types> <aspects> <aspect name="va:level1Aspect"> <title>Level 1 Aspect</title> <properties> <property name="va:level1Label"> <title>Level 1 Label</title> <type>d:text</type> <multiple>false</multiple> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> <property name="va:level1Value"> <title>Level 1 Value</title> <type>d:text</type> <multiple>false</multiple> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> </properties> </aspect> <aspect name="va:level2Aspect"> <title>Level 2 Aspect</title> <properties> <property name="va:level2Label"> <title>Level 2 Label</title> <type>d:text</type> <multiple>false</multiple> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> <property name="va:level2Value"> <title>Level 2 Value</title> <type>d:text</type> <multiple>false</multiple> <index enabled="true"> <tokenised>false</tokenised> </index> </property> </properties> </aspect> </aspects> </model>
Added the webscript as per the gitHub project at:
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.desc.xml
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.js
/alfresco/extension/templates/webscripts/org/orderofthebee/picklist.get.json.ftl
------------------------------------------------------
Share module changes:
------------------------------------------------------
Per gitHub project Reference as given in the link above, Created a new file under: META-INF/resources/my-share-module/js/dependent-control.js
Per gitHub project Reference as given in the link above, Created a new file under: META-INF/resources/my-share-module/js/dynamic-dropdown.js
Updated my share module message properties for newly added items:
aspect.demo_cascadingLevelsAspect=Cascading Levels Aspect prop.demo_level1=Level 1 prop.desc.demo_level1=First Level prop.demo_level2=Level 2 prop.desc.demo_level2=Second Level aspect.demo_jurisdictionsAspect=Jurisdictions Aspect prop.demo_state=State prop.desc.demo_state=State in a country prop.demo_city=City
Created properties file in share module: alfresco/web-extension/messages/dynanicValue-messages.properties
type.va_dynamicValueListItem=Dynamic Value List type.va_twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem=Two Level Cascading Dynamic Value List aspect.va_level1Aspect=Level 1 Aspect prop.va_level1Label=Level 1 Label prop.desc.va_level1Label=Label for first level prop.va_level1Value=Level 1 Value prop.desc.va_level1Value=Value for first level aspect.va_level2Aspect=Level 2 Aspect prop.va_level2Label=Level 2 Label prop.desc.va_level2Label=Label for second level prop.va_level2Value=Level 2 Value prop.desc.va_level2Value=Value for second level
Updated share-config-custom.xml (per my requirement), as we wanted to make this optional:
<aspects> <visible> <aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" /> <aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" /> </visible> <addable> <aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" /> <aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" /> </addable> <removable> <aspect name="demo:jurisdictionsAspect" /> <aspect name="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect" /> </removable> </aspects>
Further updated the config to provide form config for new properties:
<config evaluator="aspect" condition="demo:jurisdictionsAspect"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="demo:state" /> <show id="demo:city" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="demo:state" label-id="prop.demo_state" description-id="prop.desc.demo_state"> <control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl"> <control-param name="picklistName">State</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="demo:city" label-id="prop.demo_city" description-id="prop.desc.demo_city"> <control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl"> <control-param name="picklistName">City</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config> <config evaluator="aspect" condition="demo:cascadingLevelsAspect"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="demo:level1" /> <show id="demo:level2" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="demo:level1" label-id="prop.demo_level1" description-id="prop.desc.demo_level1"> <control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl"> <control-param name="picklistName">TwoLevelCascadingValueAssistance</control-param> <control-param name="level">1</control-param> <control-param name="loadLabel">true</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="demo:level2" label-id="prop.demo_level2" description-id="prop.desc.demo_level2"> <control template="/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl"> <control-param name="picklistName">TwoLevelCascadingValueAssistance</control-param> <control-param name="level">2</control-param> <control-param name="dependsOn">prop_demo_level1</control-param> <control-param name="loadLabel">true</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config> <config> <forms> <dependencies> <js src="/my-share-module/js/dependent-control.js" /> <js src="/my-share-module/js/dynamic-dropdown.js" /> </dependencies> </forms> </config> <config evaluator="node-type" condition="va:dynamicValueListItem"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="va:level1Label" /> <show id="va:level1Value" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config> <config evaluator="model-type" condition="va:dynamicValueListItem"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="va:level1Label" /> <show id="va:level1Value" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config> <config evaluator="node-type" condition="va:twoLevelCascadingDynamicValueListItem"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="va:level1Label" /> <show id="va:level1Value" /> <show id="va:level2Label" /> <show id="va:level2Value" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level2Label" label-id="prop.va_level2Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level2Value" label-id="prop.va_level2Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config> <config evaluator="model-type" condition="va:twoLevelCascadingValueAssistanceListItem"> <forms> <form> <field-visibility> <show id="va:level1Label" /> <show id="va:level1Value" /> <show id="va:level2Label" /> <show id="va:level2Value" /> </field-visibility> <appearance> <field id="va:level1Label" label-id="prop.va_level1Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level1Value" label-id="prop.va_level1Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level1Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level2Label" label-id="prop.va_level2Label" description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Label"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> <field id="va:level2Value" label-id="prop.va_level2Value" description-id="prop.desc.va_level2Value"> <control> <control-param name="maxLength">255</control-param> </control> </field> </appearance> </form> </forms> </config>
As per the gitHub project reference, added following templates to use it on forms:
/web-extension/site-webscripts/com/demo/components/form/controls/dynamic-dropdown.ftl
At last, Create the data list and configure the values which will be used dynamically. It allowed us to add/update new/existing values
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