Using .name() to display coded values doesn't work...

Emily Renkema

24. August 2018 13:18

Essentials 4.5.1

 

Viewer 2.6.1

 

The Reporting help (as well as several posts in the forum) says you append .name() to the DataField property to show the value for a field with a coded value domain. This isn't working for me and the value ont he report is left blank.

 

However there might be a couple things causing a wrinkle with this, so I wanted to confirm:

 

1) The report is being built in a workflow, so maybe that works differently than if the report is created directly from the layer.

 

2) The field with the coded value domain is actually in a subreport.

 

This isn't a big problem in all honesty. I know I can get the values I need using the GetCodedValueDomain activity and work it from there. I'm more looking for confirmation that one of the above options is why .name() isn't working in my case.

 

Thanks!

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  Permanently deleted user

  24. August 2018 16:22

  Hi Emily,

   

  Your suspicions are correct.  When you assemble a DataSet to run a report from a workflow, the code that renders the report does not know that some of the columns are actually coded values that would need expansion into their display values.  

   

  When you run a report from Essentials, it does know about that, so Essentials will add the .name() fields at run-time.

   

  In your workflow the best approach is to use the GetCodedValueDomain activity and fill in the values explicitly in your DataTable and DataSet object(s).

   

  Regards,

   

  -Malcolm

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  Emily Renkema

  24. August 2018 17:58

  Thanks for the confirmation Malcolm!

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