In dotCMS,
1) I Created a content type with name product with 3 fields (name, id, description). Name and id fields created by selecting unique option. Name and Id fields combination should give uniqueness. But in dotCMS there is individual field unique option. When I try to add new content with below data it is failing to insert .
a) name: prod1, id : 1, description: phone.
b) name: prod2, id: 1, description: tablet.
2) While calling REST api to save/publish a content, is there any way to pass multiple input instead of single PUT or POST. https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/rest-api-end-points#ContentResource
Is there any solution for above two problems?
The Unique option applies only to a single field, and ensures each content item has a Unique value for that field only. There's no built-in way to check for uniqueness on multiple fields.
However one relatively simple way to do what you want is to create a separate custom field that automatically fills with the value of the name and ID fields (just append the value of the two fields), and then just set the Unique flag on the custom field. For more information on custom fields, see https://auth.dotcms.com/docs/latest/custom-field. Note that the dotCMS starter site includes many custom fields you can use as examples as well.
I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean can you make a single REST call to create or update multiple individual content items, then the answer is no - you need to do a separate REST call for each item you want to create or update. (So you'd either need to code a loop to create each piece of content, or use another method such as importing content using a CSV file).
If that's not what you mean, can you please clarify your question?
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I’m not sure where to start on this project. I know how to read the contents of the excel spreadsheet, I know how to identify the header row, I know how to loop over the contents. I believe I have the UX portion worked out but I am not sure how to process the data.
I’ve googled and only found .Net solutions but I’m looking for a ColdFusion/Lucee solution.
I have a working form allowing me to map a user's spreasheet column to my database values (this is being kept simple for this post; user does not have direct access to the database).
Now that I have my data, I'm not sure how to loop over the data results. I believe there will be several loops (an outer and an inner). Then of course I also need to loop over the file contents but I think if I can get the headings mapped out,I can figure out the remaining.
Any good links, tutorials, or guides would be greatly appreciated.
Some pseudo code might be enough to get me started.
User uploads form
System reads headers and content.
User is presented form with a list of columns from their uploaded spreadsheet to match with available database fields (eg “column1” matches “customer name”.
User submits form.
Now what?
UPDATED
Here is what the data looks like AFTER the mapping has been done in my form. The column deliiter is the ::: and within the column the ||| indicates the ID associated with the selected column value. I've included the id and the column value since I plan on displaying the mapping again as a confirmation. Having the ID saves a trip to the database.
If I understand correctly, your question is: how do you provide the user a form allowing them to map their spreadsheet columns to that of the database
Since you have their spreadsheet column names, and you have the database column names, then this problem is essentially a UI/UX problem. You need to show both lists, and allow the user to map them. I can imagine several approaches to this. My first thought would be some sort of drag/drop operation, as follows:
Create a list of boxes, one for each field in your database table, and include the field name in (or above) the box. I'll call this the db field list. Then, create another list for each column from the spreadsheet, which I'll call the spreadsheet column list. The user would drag/drop items from the spreadsheet column list to the db field list.
When a mapping has been completed by the user, you would store the column/field names in as data for the DOM element of the db field list box. Then upon submission, you would acquire the mapping data by visiting each box and adding it to an array. Then you would serialize that array into JSON and send that to your form submission handler.
This could be difficult or easy, depending on your knowledge of UI implementations using JavaScript. jQuery makes this easy (if you know jQuery). There's even a jquery UI plugin that does this: https://jqueryui.com/droppable/.
A quick search for javascript drag drop would help, and here's a few articles I found:
https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_draganddrop.asp
https://medium.com/quick-code/simple-javascript-drag-drop-d044d8c5bed5
You would also need to submit the array of mappings using javascript. You could search for that as well, and here's an article I found:
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/94493/submit-an-array-as-an-html-form-value-using-javascript
In Dynamics CRM online, I can add a list of entities to another entity, for example a list of products to an opportunity.
Is there any way I can have a list that is not picked from pre-populated items, e.g. just a simple list of {number, date, text} that you type in each time you want to add to the list, not picking items from a pre-defined list.
I am just using the web interface to customise at the moment, but I am open to any suggestions.
EDIT:
So far i have;
Created two entities, proposal and proposal version
Added a 1:N relationship between proposal and proposal version
Added a sub-grid to the proposal form, tried to make it editable but it refuses to work
This lets me add new rows by opening up the proposal version form and adding a new one or picking from already created ones for other proposals but that is rather clunky for a simple list.
I don't want it to offer to search for previous entries, just let me add to the list by typing stuff in, surely this should be fairly simple?
If you want a pre-defined list of items that are simple (number, date, text..) then you can create an option set field in CRM. These lists are fixed and can only be extended by customising the system. An example option set field might be Organisation Type:
Prospect
Site
Head Office
...
If you want a pre-defined list that can be extended, you need to create a new entity. Following from the previous example, you would create a custom entity called Organisation Type and then create a record for each type you wanted, populating only the name field with the type: Prospect, Site etc.
Then you would add a lookup field pointing to the Organisation Type entity on any other entity that used the field, such as Organisation (Account).
You see how the custom entity still appears as simple data because you're only populating the name field, which can be text, a number etc. You can also apply security roles to this entity, limiting which users can create and delete options from your list.
Edit: to only allow the creation of new records in a subgrid, make sure the lookup attribute to the parent entity on the child entity is business required.
I'm trying to enable content editors to select an item that resides in a bucket in a droplink field but I'm unable to find a field type/datasource that enables this.
I need to allow the user to select a single item (so not a multilist), the items are in a bucket as the number of items may be huge and the search api would be most helpful to the editors.
Is there a field or datasource query that will enable a lookup field to select a single bucketed item?
The simplest solution is to use a Sitecore multilist with search field.
First you need to set the source of your field to display items within your bucket of a specific template(s).
Example: StartSearchLocation={11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111}&Filter=+_templatename:sample item
Here is an article describing how to set the source of your field: Sitecore 7 field types
If you need to limit the selection to one item then you need to also apply some regex. To achieve this you need to enable standards values in the view tab so you can alter the data section.
In the data section add the following regex: ^({[^}]+}\|?){0,1}$ and add some validation text.
Example:
This article provides additional infromation:Limit selected items on Sitecore multilist field
Just in case anyone else comes across this as I did, you can also use a query in the source field to filter the items in a droplink.
query:/sitecore/content/Home/YourBucket//*[##templateid='{your-template-guid}']
You can also use ##templatename='Your Template Name'
Keep in mind that unless your bucketed items aren't numerous (for some reason), the suggested answer is probably better since it provides search, and will not create a massive dropdown list of items.
I made some custom fields for this very purpose: https://github.com/Barsonax/SitecoreSearchFields
It gives you the same rich search interface you normally get when searching in buckets.
I'm currently implementing a solution using django admin, it allows users to define in the db a product, and then custom attributes and details, more details may be aggregated by a common attribute, this allows me to query with ajax a custom view that returns some JSON data to build automagically the form fields that I need directly in the same formset view (manipulating the DOM).
The current DB design follows this schema:
Catalog(name, description, photo)
Product(rel_catalog, name, base_price, photo, manufacturer_email)
ProductDetail(rel_product, rel_attribute, percentage_price, fixed_price)
ProductAttribute(rel_product, name, description)
As you may see I have a catalog, where there can be more products, a lot of details per product, aggregated by attributes. Then I simple show by default the Catalog, then the select with all available products for that catalog, then, choosing the right Product, I obtain the complete form (each row has a label with ProductAttribute.name and a select with related ProductDetail).
All works pretty dam good, but I also need to store this references in the DB when someone completes the form (making an order with choosen products). This forms are displayed as StackedInline (the ModelAdmin is for the Order).
I don't know how many options there may be per product so I was thinking to use this design to track orders:
Order(customer, status, notes, tot_price, inserted_by)
OrderItem(rel_order, catalog, product, unit_price)
But I don't know how to store the dynamic added inputs...
I was thiking to implement OrderItemProperty(rel_orderitem, rel_productdetail, rel_productattribute) to store each single input... but how do I loop over this unknown fields?
Maybe do you suggest a better design?
If you need more code just ask for it and I'll reply with a pastebin link.
Thankyou.
Finally I got a working solution,
I've created a custom view, overriding the default "add/" view, this way I can customize whatever I want to and I can read the POST data handling each validation, putting then the data in the right model.
I have a model which represents the user's display preferences. Just about all of these preferences are boolean values. Instead of having 50 boolean columns, is there a better way to go about this? In the future when I want to add a new item, I don't want to have to add a new column in my database.
If you have that many booleans and are anticipating adding more, you should not be using columns, but entries.
Then when you need to look up "User wants emails", just search for UserPrefs.objects.get(User=user, Preference=Preferences.objects.get(name="wants email")).
User_Table:
User
username
etc
Preferences_Table:
name
description
etc
UserPreferences_Table:
User (FK_User)
Preference (FK_Preferences)
Setting (Boolean)
Depending on your setup, you may be able to omit the Setting field in the UserPreferences table and simply use the existence of an entry for that User/Preference as a True and the lack of one as a False.
You could also use a bitmap. You only need single char field in you database. Somewhere in your app you store a list of preferences, pref1, pref2, pref3 ... and in the bitmap filed you store a sequence of 1's and 0's that correspond to the preferences.
For example 101 means pref1=yes, pref2=no, and pref3=yes and 011 means pref1=no, pref2=yes, and pref3=yes.
You could make this reusable by creating a new model field type for bitmaps.
" In the future when I want to add a new item, I don't want to have to add a new column in my database."
In this case, you'll want to add a row.
You have a table with the domain of possible setting Names. 50 rows.
You have a table of actual settings. User, Setting Name, Setting Value.