How to get collection of possible attribute values

Hi Rick,

I've created my own function to obtain possible attribute values (for drop-down attribute selection values)

function getAttributeValues(iattrnum)

{

  var AttrArray = new Array();

  var attValTypes = ArisData.ActiveFilter().AttrValueTypeNums(iattrnum);

  for(var a=0;a<attValTypes.length;a++) {

    AttrArray.push(ArisData.ActiveFilter().AttrValueType(iattrnum, attValTypes[a]));

  }

  return AttrArray.sort();

}

It returns an array, if you want to do a quick test to determine if the value that you are importing is part of the pre-defined list you can use the command join to parse the array into a string and search the string for the imported value.

In order to use the setValue() command for above you don't need the integer - if your imported value is part of the pre-defined list you can use setValue with the imported value. for instance setValue("Removed") with update your attribute successfully.

Ciska

Thanks Ciska,

AttrValueTypeNums was the function I was looking for. I can use JSLINQ to easily query the collection for a match without using 'join'. It may sound strange, but I am not a fan of comparing portions of a string.

I tried using the string value as in setValue("Removed") and it does not work. I could only get it to work with an integer.

Rick Beddoe

Cargill Aris Technical Analyst

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Well, I tried using setValue with just text and now it seems to be working fine. Not sure what I did wrong before, but that will be much easier.

Still good to know how to get that info using AttrValueTypeNums. Thanks Ciska :)

Rick Beddoe

Cargill Aris Technical Analyst

Minneapolis, MN, USA