Hi Will,
(I post to the user list as this might interest one or the other
I've been playing around with the data module a bit. It's a welcome
enhancement of Magnolia. It its current state it's very limited
though - if I did not miss something.
Whenever you have structured data you will need the ability to
reference other data nodes, e.g. products <--> product categories
or committees <--> committee members with their function <-->
people. There is no easy way to do this in the data module as of
now - or again: At least I could not find it.
To fix this, I propose the development of the following:
I think most of the features are actually already there
Data TreeBrowser
- Lists the nodes (especially also mgnl:contentNodes) on certain
repository (in our case "data")
- Lists only a certain type, i.e. "data" module type -> see
config /modules/data/config/types
- At this point I'm not sure if the actual data node knows
anything about its type. I have not checked the meta data yet.
- Maybe the type is defined by the path, so on should be able to
limit the TreeBrowser to a certain path as defined in /modules/data/
config/types/[my_type]/rootPath
- Define which fields should be displayed (Only the "name" will
probably not do)
- Ability to filter, especially when there are many records?
- Ability to sort?
When ever you create a type (with the GUI) it creates such a tree
even if this tree is limited it is already very helpful. You find the
trees under /modules/data/trees
To define which fields are listed in the tree view (or tree browsing
view) you can use the property in the dialog definition:
- list (rendered in the normal tree/list view)
- browse (rendered in browse mode too)
dataUuidLink Control
- Allows the referencing of a single data node of a certain type
- Calls the TreeBrowser described above for the selection of the node
- Acts like the uuidLink control
The normal uuidLink control supports that: use the property
repository (data) and and the tree property (name of the type/tree)
dataMultiselect Control
- Allows the referencing of multiple data nodes of a certain type
- Calls the TreeBrowser described above for the selection of the node
- Acts like a combination of the multiselect control and the
uuidLink control
In /modules/data/controls you will find some additional controls. I
think dataMultiSelect is what you search for (there is a uuid based
variation too). Use again the repository and tree property to allow
browsing the data
Have a nice Day
Philipp Bracher
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