Filtering collections

Hi,
Either I'm not using this properly or the filtering mechanism doesn't seem to work for collections that have sub-collections.
For example, I have a collection with 1800+ images, which are contained in sub-collections (some with their own sub-collections). I've gone though all of the images and flagged the ones I want using the "pick" flag.
If I set a filter on the lowest level collection to only show picked images this works fine. If I go up a level and select the same filter for the parent collection it gives a message "No photos match the filter".
If I turn the filter off and view the parent collection in the grid view I can see hundreds of flagged images, but if I filter them it says that there are no flagged images.
I've using a Mac with OSX10.4 and Lightroom 1.1.
Chris

Flags are local. Ratings, keywords, and color flags are global.

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Filtered Collection

Hi,
I have a filterfunction that filters the data in my grid. I
would like to be able to reference the filtered rows. Is there a
way to do that ?
Here's the filterfunction :
private function processFilter(item:Object):Boolean {
var result:Boolean=false;
for(var i:int = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
if((String(item[String(columns
.columnName)])) != 'null') {
if(item[String(columns.columnName)].toString().toUpperCase().indexOf(txtFilter.text.toUpperCase())
>= 0) {
result = true;
return result;
}

Use the getItemAt method. Suppose you have 100 rows and your
filter function selects 10 of those rows. Then the collection's
length property is 10, getItemAt(0) is the first filtered row,
getItemAt(9) is the last filtered item.
You can also use cursors (ICursorView) - see the Flex docs
for more detailed explanation and examples.

Design Issues for filtering a JTable

Hi,
I'm interested in any suggestions on how I should implement a JTable with filtering.
I have a JTable, which also sorts, so it is associated with a FilterModel as well as a TableModel.
I have a filter panel with a bunch of controls where a user can type in a name or date range or any number of other fields. This creates a Filter object and I pass this Filter object into my table model.
Basically the way I thought would be best is if there are two collections within my tableModel. A Filtered collection and a Complete collection. When filtering the filtered collection is filtered and used to display.
I just can't seem to get it to work yet.
Does anyone have any ideas for a better approach, or is my approach the standard pattern for doing this kind of thing?
cheers,
Oliver

actually I just had a thought. Within the panel code I could have two data models. One for the filtered stuff and one for the complete stuff :
table.setModel(completeModel);
//if user filters
table.setModel(filteredModel);
is that a better design?????????

Advanced XML filtering

Hi,
In short: How do I filter an XMLList in ActionScript rather
than E4X, i.e. I am looking for a
replacement of myXmlList.(@attrib == someValue) with
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which has the same behaviour (i.e. the result does not
contain copies).
The long story: I have an application that operates on an XML
structure. It uses the E4X filter
mechanism to generate a number of filtered views to display,
using
filteredList:XMLList = myXmlList.(@attrib == someValue)
I now hit the situation that the filter functionality is more
complicated (I basically need access to the whole object and
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filteredList.addItem(n); (*** see below)
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all in there twice now) - no what I want.
Second question: What exactly is the addItem call doing? Why
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which is not what I want (I am updating the
XML and don't want to have copies around). This whole
approach may be complete nosense, I am just
starting to get my head around the XML processing.
Any help or pointers in the right direction are much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert

You are so close. You are saying the right words but not
conjuring the right spell. You do want a filtering function - you
want a filterFunction:
var bigList:XMLListCollection = new XMLListCollection(
originaldata );
bigList.filterFunction = uniqueFilter;
private function uniqueFilter( item:Object ) : Boolean {
var test:XML = XML(item);
if( /* some test here */ ) return true; else return false;
bigList.refresh();
If you look at the documentation for XMLListCollection and
then examine the inherited properties and methods, you'll see the
filterFunction property and the refresh method.
I just wrote an article on my blog about filtering
collections. Although I used ArrayCollection, it should similarly
for XMLListCollection.
Filtering
Collections - weblogs.macromedia.com/pent
Basically the filterFunction is given an element of the
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the item from the Collection, just from the view of the Collection.
This way you can change the criteria and refresh() the collection.
If you have a DataGrid's dataProvider bound to the Collection
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Switzerland

Issue in Combobox flex 3.5

Hello all,
I got a serious issue in combobox while using flex sdk 3.5.
The issue is if we filter the collection before creation complete of component and use that filtered collection as a dataprovider for combobox.
If the result from the filtered collection is a blank collection then that combobox is still pouplated from the first value from the source of collection. However the actual result should be null in the selected item of comboBox.
Giving you the sample test code to reproduce the issue.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" xmlns:local="*"
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Thanks
Vikash Kumar

Hi Vikash Kumar,
Just put the initialize event on ComboBox itself instead of Application tag....as shown below...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" xmlns:local="*"
          >
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
               [Bindable]
               private var dp:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(['t1','t2','t3']);
               private function filterFunction(inData:Object):Boolean
                    return false;
               private function onInitialize():void
                    dp.filterFunction=filterFunction;
                    dp.refresh()
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <mx:ComboBox id="cb" dataProvider="{dp}" x="66" y="31" initialize="onInitialize()"/>
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</mx:Application>
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Bhasker

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I don’t have a problem, but I have questions regarding the need for Lightroom. I have Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom3. I use Photoshop, Camera Raw and Bridge. So far, I’ve used Lightroom3 in learning mode, and I’m not convinced it offers advantages over using Photoshop CS5/Camera Raw/Bridge. Here’s why.
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Trevor.Dennis wrote:
That's the sort of throughput that people argue you need LR for
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Hi all!
Is there a way to let end user to set up a query/report with forms?
= users can use a form (whit predefined values) to determine which column(s) shows in the result and can add filters before submit.
Because a cube is stored in relational tables i think it's not an olap question.
But here is why i asked this:
I make an application that query an olap cube. I can make reports with apex from the cube view and from dimension views. But i want to let users to select from the available dimensons and measures and set filters on selected dimensions (on first page) using a form. When user submit the form the second page shows the result.
Thanks
Edited by: qenchi on 2009.08.09. 7:27

Hi,
This is what I've done in that application example.
1 - I have two pages. Page 1 is the select columns and filters page and Page 2 is the report
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BEGIN
IF NOT APEX_COLLECTION.COLLECTION_EXISTS('FILTERING') THEN
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END IF;
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This collection gives allows me to store the following:
SEQ_ID - the collection's sequence ID
C001 - The COLUMN_NAME
C002 - The DATA_TYPE
C003 - The Y/N flag for SHOW_IN_REPORT
C004 - The filter to be applied to the column
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FROM APEX_COLLECTIONS
WHERE COLLECTION_NAME = 'FILTERING'
ORDER BY SEQ_IDThis is a "manual tabular form" and is based on the collection created by my process.
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BEGIN
FOR x IN 1..APEX_APPLICATION.G_F01.COUNT
LOOP
APEX_COLLECTION.UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE(p_collection_name=>'FILTERING', p_seq=>APEX_APPLICATION.G_F01(x), p_attr_number=>3, p_attr_value=>APEX_APPLICATION.G_F03(x));
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END LOOP;
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Now onto Page 2
1 - I created a SQL Query report using *SELECT 1 FROM DUAL". When created, I changed the report type to "SQL Query (PL/SQL function body returning SQL query)" and change the Region Source to the following code:
DECLARE
vSQL VARCHAR2(8000);
vQ CHAR(1);
vSEP1 VARCHAR2(2);
vSEP2 VARCHAR2(6);
BEGIN
vQ := CHR(39);
vSEP1 := '';
vSEP2 := 'WHERE ';
vSQL := 'SELECT ';
FOR x IN (SELECT SEQ_ID, C001, C002, C003, C004 FROM APEX_COLLECTIONS WHERE COLLECTION_NAME = 'FILTERING' ORDER BY SEQ_ID)
LOOP
IF x.C003 = 'Y' THEN
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vSQL := vSQL || ' FROM EMP3 ';
FOR x IN (SELECT SEQ_ID, C001, C002, C003, C004 FROM APEX_COLLECTIONS WHERE COLLECTION_NAME = 'FILTERING' ORDER BY SEQ_ID)
LOOP
IF LENGTH(x.C004) > 0 THEN
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    vSQL := vSQL || vSEP2 || x.C001 || '=' || x.C004;
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END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN vSQL;
END;This loops through the FILTERING collection twice. The first time to build up a SQL SELECT statement containing all of the columns in EMP3 that the user wants to show
The second loop then builds up a WHERE clause for the statement based on any filters the user wants to apply. I have used the DATA_TYPE values stored in the C004 field to identify the format of the value in the WHERE clause - either VARCHAR2, which puts the string in quotes, DATE, which casts the string as a date using DD/MM/YYYY format and then any other value (which should be NUMBER), which just outputs the value entered.
Note that I've used vQ to hold the quote character (CHR(39)) as I find this easier than trying to work out how many single, double or triple quotes I need to get quotes within the string.
All of this just builds up a string (vSQL) which is returned to Apex at the end of the code so that it can build the report.
Note that I have also ticked the option under the Region Source setting to show "Use Generic Column Names (parse query at runtime only)". This needs to be done as the columns are changeable.
2 - I created a button called P2_BACK_BUTTON which branches back to Page 1
Obviously, this is a very basic example. You could, for instance, go one step further and allow the user to pick the table (SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM ALL_TABLES) or view (SELECT VIEW_NAME FROM ALL_VIEWS). As the final report is being constructed as a string, it doesn't matter how the table/view name is derived. You could also add popups for calendars and calculators, where appropriate, on Page 1.
Andy

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Hello Dillip,
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J

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I'm creating an email list maintenance application in Apex 3.1. I have an Interactive Report on an email address table. I want the users to be able to run this IR and then click a button to add all of the resulting email addresses into a selected mailing list table. The interface needs to be as quick and simple for the user as possible, so I don't want to force them to click a checkbox beside hundreds of rows.
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