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Challenge #5: HR Position Finder Application

ChrisTX
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

My solution

Dhrish
8 - Asteroid

Solution

robert-headington
8 - Asteroid

#5

mark-spain
8 - Asteroid

I saw this as a good opportunity to practice Chained Apps. 

App 1 creates a Hierachy.yxdb from the data, which is read by the Drop Down on Chained App 2 to present a list of all available positions. 

 

Spoiler
Chained App 1 creates a list of possible positions from the given hierarchy.

Community Challenge 5 Chained App 1 Solution.png

 
Chained App 2 has a drop down tool and I have referenced the Question Workflow Constant, rather than connecting the tools explicitly (or adding an Action tool), in the Filter tool to get the value selected by the user.

Community Challenge 5 Chained App 2 Solution.png