Refresh a Choice or Lookup Field without losing Form Data
Hey Guys, About to start googling it, but thought I would drop an email around first to see if there are any suggestions. I have a user requirement to provide a dropdown on new/edit item forms that allows the user to add a new dropdown option on the fly. I would personally prefer it to be a choice field, but I understand that perhaps a lookup field might better suit. So the point being the user uploads a document, fills out the form up to a certain dropdown, discovers the dropdown doesnt have the option he/she requires, is able to add the option to the dropdown and select it, and continue completing the form. OOTB with choice and lookup they would have to close the form, go and add the new option to the choice field or the source list, then edit the uploaded documents properties and set the metadata. I know I could achieve this with Managed Metadata and an open termset, but I dont really want to create a termset for all the dropdowns. So, any suggestions? Cheers, Nigel ___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
RE: Refresh a Choice or Lookup Field without losing Form Data
Hmmm SPServices SPLookupAddNew maybe... ?? From: nigel_wither...@hotmail.com To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com Subject: Refresh a Choice or Lookup Field without losing Form Data Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:55:23 + Hey Guys, About to start googling it, but thought I would drop an email around first to see if there are any suggestions. I have a user requirement to provide a dropdown on new/edit item forms that allows the user to add a new dropdown option on the fly. I would personally prefer it to be a choice field, but I understand that perhaps a lookup field might better suit. So the point being the user uploads a document, fills out the form up to a certain dropdown, discovers the dropdown doesnt have the option he/she requires, is able to add the option to the dropdown and select it, and continue completing the form. OOTB with choice and lookup they would have to close the form, go and add the new option to the choice field or the source list, then edit the uploaded documents properties and set the metadata. I know I could achieve this with Managed Metadata and an open termset, but I dont really want to create a termset for all the dropdowns. So, any suggestions? Cheers, Nigel ___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss ___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
Re: Refresh a Choice or Lookup Field without losing Form Data
Hi Nigel, I would go with Managed Metadata field and open Termset since SharePoint provides the exact interface you need for this requirement. It's much cleaner than look up to a list. In case of using a Choice Field, you need to update the column definition which is not an ideal solution specially if user needs to update an existing option (typo or change of mind) later down the track. I found that the update to options will not be pushed through automatically to list items already using the old option, however with MM field that's not a problem. Regards, Shahram. On 31 July 2013 11:55, Nigel Witherdin nigel_wither...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey Guys, About to start googling it, but thought I would drop an email around first to see if there are any suggestions. I have a user requirement to provide a dropdown on new/edit item forms that allows the user to add a new dropdown option on the fly. I would personally prefer it to be a choice field, but I understand that perhaps a lookup field might better suit. So the point being the user uploads a document, fills out the form up to a certain dropdown, discovers the dropdown doesnt have the option he/she requires, is able to add the option to the dropdown and select it, and continue completing the form. OOTB with choice and lookup they would have to close the form, go and add the new option to the choice field or the source list, then edit the uploaded documents properties and set the metadata. I know I could achieve this with Managed Metadata and an open termset, but I dont really want to create a termset for all the dropdowns. So, any suggestions? Cheers, Nigel ___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss ___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
