Base Element Selection in Application Studio

Hi All,

I got a requirement where I have no real approach to implement. In fact it is about the selection of elements within an application studio global list.

Use Case:

You have an OLAP dimension having some Hierarchy Levels, e.g. the world alt level 1, the continents are level 2, the countries are at level 3, .....

You want to offer multiselection to the users and allow them to "drive"/navigate through the OLAP dimension, BUT

=> The users MUST NOT select any consolidated elements <=, therefore you need somehow to make sure, only Base elements are (to be) selected.

The only thought I have is to follow up to the selection with an App Engine script that removes all Consolidated Elements or checks if any are selected and shows a warning...

Does anyone have a different Idea, or had the same requirement in the past?

Kr,
Peter

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Comments

John Robson

Peter

My immediate thought would be to create a really simple report for the user to select the element basically show the full dimension with expand/collapse enabled for quick navigation. Only show a check box for base elements (you can use element type or child cardinality to test). The report would be called as a modal dialog and would save the selection to say a global variable.

peter-kriebernegg

Hi John,

thanks for the answer. That thing I also already had. What made me strggling was to completly rebuilt the select elemnts dialog application studio offers. And on half way I will come into trouble with search functions and so on ....

That is why I am asking, as I see no adequate solution possible...

Peter

Mike Potashnick

Peter, Not sure I understand exactly what you are requesting. Do you ant the slection box to only show base elements or do you want all of the elements to show, but not allow the user to select them?

Regards

Mike

peter-kriebernegg

Hi Mike, I need/want to show all/the whole dimension, but ONLY allow to selet base elements. Kr, Peter

ivan-rebo

Is it enough for you to just make a global list that doesnt include consolidated elements (i would guess you can filter them out with attribute filter and element type property?) and disable hierarchize so you get all base elements as flat list ? Or do you actually need to see the consolidated elements and expand/collapse them just without the ability to select them ?

peter-kriebernegg

Hi Ivan,
it's about the second thought you had. Big dimension (> 2000 elements and about 5 levels), so I really like to offer all content (base and consolidated).
Your thought braucght me to the idea of two global lists: One for selection, and second filtering the selection/output/result of the first one to base elements.

Is quite the same as using App. Studio Formula or App Engine process..., Anyway a filtering needs to be included. I assume there is no way without that.

Kr,
Peter

unknown

Brilliant idea!

Peter Mayall

The way I do this is to have the normal selection list display (i.e. with consolidated elements) and on the action, check if the return value is consolidated. If it is not consolidated then assign global/report variable to the action result otherwise just assign the variable back to itself i.e. no change.

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