I have a multi select control populated by a smart object call from a database (record_id and description). There are many records that come back. Various users need to see various types of records. Is there a way; or what is the base way to give users a way to filter down to the record size they are interested in? My thought would be maybe a text box where a user puts in characters and then the multi select filters the records based on the input.
Your thought will work but you probably need some kind of button or other way of tabbing out of the fiels so you have an event you can attach a rule to.
They would type something in the text box and click the search button.
Your rule on button click will be
Populate MutliSelect list control with data. Click configure and add a filter where MultiSelect field Starts with ethe value from the text box.
You cannot use an input because you only have a partial match. You might want to consider using a picker control where they can store mutiple values then they can search much like the Outlook address book and select. We have some controls tied to tables in our ERP that have 10s of thousands of records.
I hope this helps.
Just a quick thought I would remove any other rules that populate that control until the click the button. It will appear blank until they search. The reason for this is that it will slow down your form load tremendously if you try to add a alot of data into this control that you dont need.
@MickiC,
Went with your rec-I don't load the control until the user interacts. Works well, thanks!
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