Inline-Repeat: Filter for an enumeration field enlarges the table header unnecessarily

Modeling
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Hi modeling friends,

I have an inline repeat and I want to use filters. For enumerations that filter “destroys” the whole table, aka “you don’t see the table anymore because the table header got so large” :wink:

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Are there any ideas around on how to improve that?

  • The filter widget in the overviews is designed as modal. Is that an option also for repeats?
  • A dropdown as single- (or multi-) select would be the best option for my case…

Cheers,
Bianca

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Hi @bianca-firm-knoll,

What about this…

  1. Add a (transient) Field, “FilterField”, to the parent Group of your Repetable Group in your Document Model.
  2. Use a Type Definition for “FilterField” so the Enumeration Value from your Repeat are used for this field too.
  3. Use the Value of “FilterField” to compute a further transient field in your repeat
[Bundesland] == [../FilterField] -> True
  1. Add a repeat with a Filter Expression to your Fomr Model
[Filtered] = "true"
  1. Use control dependencies to only show this filtered repeat when the filter is set.

I’ve modeled this in 2023.06-ext6
Bundeslaender.json (7.0 KB)
RepeatFilterLongEnumeration_DM.json (6.8 KB)
RepeatFilterLongEnumeration_FM.json (6.8 KB)

grafik

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Alternatively, speak to a Developer and ask if it is possible to adjust the widget map for the filter.

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Thank you, @Malcolm! I will check out your models as soon as I’ve finished my other (more pressing) tasks!
(from reading the description I couldn’t make out the solution yet :wink: )