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Attribute

Description

Type

Availability

entityName

entityName

String

Both

entityTable

entityTable

String

Both

lookupKeyValueColumn

Form - Defines which field in the DBE is the GUID or code field

Grid – Defines the DBE field used for filter

String

Both

lookupKeyValueBinding

Form - The field in the Form (or FBE) in which the value of the field defined by ’lookupKeyValueColumn’ will be saved

Grid – The field from the GBE which will be used for displaying data in Grid rows.

String

Form

lookupKeyField

The name of the field from the DBE, which will be displayed in the DynSelect (e.g. when selecting a record).

Can also be a comma-separated list of fields and constants

String

Both

lookupFields

Comma-separated list of fields from the DBE which will be used as description-fields

String

Form

lookupControls

Comma-separated list of fields, with form-fields, in which the values of the fields defined by ’lookupFields ’ will be displayed (1:1 Mapping to ‘lookupFields’)

String

Form

template

Name of the handlebars template used when displaying the results list. Possible values are: 

• GenericAutocompleteSearchTemplateDynSelect - default dropdown
• GenericAutocompleteSearchTemplateDynSelect_line - in-line dropdown
• GenericAutocompleteSearchTemplateDynSelect_checkbox - checkbox dropdown

String

Both

templateOptions

Pipe-delimited list (img|key|desc) specifying the fields displayed in the results list

The key and desc can also be a comma-separated list of fields and constants

String

Both

multiple

Allows selection of multiple values.

When selecting multiple options, all of them will be saved as a separated list (see multiDelimiter) in the BE fields defined in attributes. 

Boolean

Both

• standard - the 'multiple ' attribute will be applied for the filter only. This is also the default value.
• cell - the 'multiple ' attribute will be applied for the cells only
• filter+cell - the 'multiple ' attribute will be applied for both filter and cells

maximumSelectionLength

Maximum number of items that can be selected (only when ‘multiple’ is true)

Integer

Both

minimumInputLength

Minimum characters that need to be typed to start searching

Integer

Both

placeholder

A value displayed in the input until a selection is made

String

Both

allowClear

A clear button to remove all the selected option/s. It only works when the placeholder is specified

Boolean

Both

closeOnSelect

Specifies if the dropdown should be closed/or not after a selection is made

Boolean

Both

tags

Allows the creation of new values that don’t exist in the results list

Boolean

Both

tokenSeparators

Pipe-delimited list -> e.g ‘tokenSeparators’: ‘,| ‘

When user is typing and wants to choose an item he can use either ‘,’ or ‘ ‘ to select that item, and then can keep searching for another item. It will allow a faster selection of items.

Available only when ‘multiple’ is true

String

Both

resultListMenuCode

Contains the name of a menuStructure that will be displayed at the end of the results list

String

Form

validation

Validation in form

String

Form

initialFetch

When the dropdown is opened for the first time, the results list will contain only the values that match this attribute

String

Both

onBeforeFetch

Event with code executed before fetching

String

Both

validateEvent

Event with code executed whenever an option has been selected

String

Both

focusEvent

Event with code executed when the results list is opened

String

Form

defaultActionEvent

Event with code executed on Ctrl-Enter on dynSelect

String

Form

lookupDialog

Screen name - opens a window/dialog for selecting a record.

Shortcut used: Alt-L

String

Form

extHdl

Only used when ‘lookupDialog’ is set. Specifies the field used as a Hdl after selecting a record

String

Form

extKey

Only used when ‘lookupDialog’ is set. Specifies the field used as a Key after selecting a record

String

Form

extDesc

Only used when ‘lookupDialog’ is set. Specifies the field used as a Desc after selecting a record

String

Form