Using List Box To Feed Input / Feed Into Text Entry Box / Something

[brianscott]

I must be missing something easy. 

I need to give the user a set of options.  The choose one or more values from the list.  I've tried a lot of combinations and they all bonk, sometimes allowing the tool to give me ridiculous error messages.  Here is what I have tried:

1. Populating a list box, then pushing down to a text entry box.   Trying to join full result set with replaced value in text box.  In this case, I do not have the options to allow for multiple inputs at assign time in the action; i.e., if I don't know if the user will select one or twenty checkboxes, I cannot attach to [c1], [c2]....  Also didn't seem to work in any case if I only choose one value.  (see textBoxFails.yxwz) 
2. Populating a list box, then attaching to a filter and attempting to filter out from entire result set from standard input.  (see filterFail.yxwz)
3. Populating a dynamic input box and replacing a where clause to push in the choices made by the user. Never any output in the log, despite the fact that I know I am selecting valid values.  (cannot publish example to my data source)

This has to be easy and I have to be missing something.  Help me, gurus, you're my only hope.

brian

[MarqueeCrew · Accepted solution]

here is some quick help for you....

I use a manual list of values and then apply those selected boxes to a filter.

The configuration for the check boxes is to create a list of values such that it can replace 'XYZ' in the filter.

Cheers,

Mark

[brianscott]

Hi Mark - 

You save me, once again!  Your solution works as advertised and brings happiness into my Monday morning.  Thank you! 

[MarqueeCrew]

I'm glad to lend you a helping hand.

Happy emoji day,
Mark

[dcraft]

Good afternoon,

I am struggling with a similar concept, and just can't seem to get the checked items to update the filter tool. Is there configuration of the Action tool I'm missing? This seems so simple, yet I'm at a loss... any thoughts? I have attached my current configuration.

[dcraft]

Here is the attachment

[patrick_digan]

@dcraft Close! In the action tool, you need to 1) select the line you want to change and 2) select the text you want to replace at the bottom. When you run this an an app (using the magic wand) this seems to work for me now.

[dcraft]

Thanks for the help - simple solution, but needed after several rounds (and too much time) with trial and error.

Have a great day!