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Add a dropdown

Add drop-down fields to an app application to link data. To recap on the steps in the video:

Creating Drop-down

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Fields

1. In the

   stream Businesses

   stream Businesses, create a new view

   called DD

   called DD_Businesses.

   Tip
   The DD_ prefix is used here as

   a reminder to the developer

   an indication that this view is used for a

   dropdown

   drop-down.

   
   

2. Ensure the new view has the UID and Name fields only.
   1. Hide the UID.
3. Bring the contactsdashboard back  Dashboard to the front.
4. Drag the new DD_Businesses view (icon)  View icon onto the BusinessName field on the edit form. This dynamically creates a Drop Down-down field.
5. Setup the dropdown Set up the drop-down by opening the configuration form for the stream attribute BusinessName.
   1. Set Drop Down Value Field to Name. This is the value that the user will be able to select and it will be displayed in the dropdown field.
   2. Next we will set any required mappings. Mappings are used where we need to set additional values from the dropdown. For example, the user can select a business's name from the dropdown but we want to capture that business's ID when we save the data. For this we have a form field on the screen that an additional value from the dropdown can be mapped to.
   3. Under the Mappings click section, click + to add a new mapping and set:
      • Set Form Field to the : BusinessUID
        The name of the attribute on the form to which we want to map to on our form i.e. BusinessUID
      • Set Drop Down Field to the : UID
        The name of the attribute on the view that we will want to map to the form value i.e. UID

Link the Contacts on the Business Dashboard

1. Open the configuration form for the Business Contacts view on the Businesses dashboard.
2. Next Click + next to the Default Sort Order click + and set:
   1. Name: ByName
   2. Sort Order Attributes, use : FamilyName
   Next
3. Click + next to the Default Filter click + and set:
   1. Name: ByBusiness
   2. Filter Details
      • BusinessUID equals Businesses.UID
      • Click abc to let tell PhixFlow know that this is a formulaan expression.
4. Now the Businesses will Businesses view will drive the content of the Contact Detailsi. e we This means you will see the contacts relevant to the selected business.

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