Question regarding multi-select data grid

Hello

I am trying to call an API using the selected options in a multi-select data grid. When selecting two options in the multi-select list, the API connected is called once per selected item instead of just calling the API once with both the selected options as parameter. If I set up a textbox to show the selected options and then take the values from that textbox when calling the API it also for some reason calls the API once per selected item, even though the textbox clearly shows both values. If I make a small change manually to the data in the textbox(remove and re-add a character) before calling the API using a button, it works as expected.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Rene Bottern

I think it calls the API for 'every change to the Textbox - when updated from the list, each Line selected adds separately to the Textbox.
If you change the content manually it's only 1 change.

I believe the workaround is to handle the call using a Form Script instead and ONLY call the API once ALL of the selected Lines have been read, and populated the Textbox.
Depending on how/when you like the API call to be made, you would have to attach the Event to call the Script accordingly.

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The API call is made via a button click. So first I select two options, that updates the textbox with two values. Then I click the button to call the API with the value in the textbox as input. For some reason it still makes two different calls. If I make a change in the textbox, just remove and re-add a character manually and click the button again the API call is made with the entire content of the textbox. The same text is in the textbox, only thing that is different is that I made a manual change in it before clicking the button.

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