Enable/Disable container box

[Kamran1991]

Hi community,

I am using three different methods to generate the output through an Alteryx workflow. Every time, I need to choose one of them. 

Can anyone please let me know which interface tool will help me, to activate a specific container ?

Anticipatory thanks,

Kamran

[Deano478]

hey @Kamran1991 you can do this using radio buttons in interface tools palette

[caltang]

I’ll add to @Deano478‘s point. 

An option for users to select and for the option selected to expand would be to use the following interface tools: 

1. Check Box

2. Condition

3. Action

For your Check Box, connect it to Condition. For your condition, the formula should be [1], then it should go from True to the Action box down to the container. 

Then you should get it working depending on whether you want it enabled or disabled by default. 

Hope that helps @Kamran1991 !

[JamesCharnley]

Hi @Kamran1991,

I'm actually a big fan of using the condition method mentioned above to be able to break out the logic in tools, but another option that's a bit tidier is to Update the 'Disabled' value of the container tool with a formula like so:

The formula is: IF [#1] = 'True' THEN 'False' ELSE 'True' ENDIF where #1 is referencing the name of the connection from the Radio Button. If it is selected, it's true, and therefore the 'Disabled' value of the container will be False (and therefore Active), otherwise if the Radio button is not selected, then disable it.

Just using the radio button connected to the container will work for two output options but not three.

[OllieClarke]

Just to simplify @JamesCharnley's formula - if you've only got 1 radio button attached to the action tool, then you can simplify the formula to simply be

![#1]

So when the radio button is selected, the container is not disabled, but when it's not selected then the container is disabled.

Ollie