Reusable LOV

Hi,

I have 70+ tables for which I'm building grids to display and edit data, a grid for each table. Each table has a column, say client_ID, and there is Clients lookup table. I want a user to be able to select the client ID in each grid from a LOV base on the Clients table.

Thanks to this week's webinar, I got to know there is a lovField component, so I defined my client_ID as a lovfield in each grid. But the LOV doesn't return anything into the lovField unless I set a target in the LOV at design time. But then I'll have to create 70+ LOVs - one for each grid/datasource, although all LOVs would be identical except for the targets.

Is there a way to accomplish this task with a single LOV?

Thanks, Ilia

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asked 25 Nov '15, 16:29

Ilia Sazonov
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Hi Ilia,

To accomplish this, you can leave the LOV targets empty at designtime and set them at the runtime in the onClose event of your LOV. You can always access the column values of the selected row of your LOV using api_datasource.getColumnValueXX APIs, also you can use api_lov.getResponse to distinguish how the LOV is closed (By double-clicling a row or pressing OK button(api_lov.button_ok) / by pressing Cancel button or close icon(api_lov.button_cancel)).

Hope this helps,
Ibrahim

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answered 27 Nov '15, 08:42

Ibrahim Sand... ♦♦
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Hi Paul,

You can set the name of your components inside of the grid same with your column names. Then, you can get the name of the focused component in the grid with api_application.getFocusedComponent('Y') (and keep it into a session variable), which gives you the triggering column.

Hope this helps,
Ibrahim

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answered 30 Nov '15, 10:17

Ibrahim Sand... ♦♦
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0	How do I find out in the onClose action from which grid's row AND column that LOV got fired up? The triggering Column is important, as the row could have multiple Client_id columns (referring client, bonificated client...) link answered 29 Nov '15, 17:40 dipr 156●1●3●27 accept rate: 0%

0	Hi Ibrahim, Thanks for your help! It worked as you suggested. link answered 01 Dec '15, 20:07 Ilia Sazonov 120●5●12 accept rate: 0%

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