Disable multiple containers in an app

[Sue]

Hi,

I'm new to Alteryx and I'm building an app for our users to access via the Gallery. The app points to an excel file and then creates a summary of the data held within. I work for a retailer; the file is a range plan which is a list of products the buyers are planning on purchasing.

1. Firstly the app asks the user to select a file (the specific range plan they need to summarise) - that part is fine.
2. Then the app asks the user to select which level of the product hierarchy the summary should be at: Department, Section, Category, or Group. If they select Section I want the workflow to only run the Section part of the workflow. This is where I have problems.

I've tried using radio buttons and containers, but I get the opposite of what i need - i.e. selecting Section outputs Dept, Category and Group. 

How can I switch the action so that selecting the radio button enables the container and deselecting it disables it? I've seen guides on how to do this but only for 2 radio buttons, not 4, and that method doesn't work for more than 2 options.

Thank you!

[danrh · Accepted solution]

There is likely another way to do this (there always is in Alteryx), but try using the "Update Value with Formula" instead of the default Enable/Disable options in the tool's configuration:

If the radio button is selected, the container stays enables.  If it isn't, it gets disabled.  Hopefully the attachment is clear, let me know if you need more specifics.

[Sue]

That's brilliant, thank you! Makes perfect sense and does exactly what I need. Thank you very much for your quick response.