Dynamic Views for Multiple Control Fields

This section contains an example of an alternative option to using a Data Control View to manage the way the fields display on a Vertical View. This method is to only be used when there are many control field options.

The steps below provide an example of creating Dynamic Views on a page where a selection in a list box entered on the Horizontal view controls the fields displayed on the Vertical View.

Dynamic views are used most effectively on vertical views. The best way to demonstrate their usefulness is through example.

Refer to Control Views for general information.

The Orders table contains the following fields:

  • Fields: ID for record ID

  • Submitted as date of order

  • Type being Online or InStore

  •  StoreID as ID for the store where the order was placed

  • ShipAddress for address for shipping online orders

The four views would be:
webOrdersHor horizontal view webOrders#Type#Ver registered vertical view webOrders#Online#Ver substituted view webOrders#InStore#Ver substituted view
ID ID ID ID
Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted
Type Type
StoreID StoreID
ShipAddress ShipAddress

 

When the user chooses the Type of Online on the horizontal view insert, and then they navigate to the vertical view, the DSP® will look at the view webOrders#Type#Ver and replace the ‘Type’ between the two # marks with the value from the table. It will locate webOrders#Online#Ver and use that to determine the fields to display, allowing the user to enter the ShipAddress for the Order.

This enables one registered page to enable a few different vertical views tailored to the content that needs to be displayed.