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Hi, I'm just getting my head into the capabilities of MIGX so please bear with me. I'd like to ask about the feasibility of the following requirement:
Lets say we have a field: Topics
This field should pull in a list of options in checkbox format from a custom db table.
Option 1 [ ]
Option 2 [ ]
Option 3 [ ]
When a user selected an option(s), a further field "Criteria" (with radio buttons) should display side-by-side with the chosen option(s), for example:
Option 1 [X] - Criteria: ( ) High (*) Medium ( ) Low
Option 2 [X] - Criteria: ( ) High ( ) Medium (*) Low
Option 3 [X] - Criteria: (*) High ( ) Medium ( ) Low
So Option 1 has a criteria of "Medium" assigned.
The idea would then be to write a snippet that can cycle through the selected options and criteria and sort resources accordingly but that's another story.
Could the above "related" fields feature be achieved with MIGX?
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There are several ways to do something like this with MIGX or with MIGXdb.
The easiest to configure option would be to use a MIGX-TV and have MIGX-items for each selected option.
In the MIGX-form (where you add or edit items) you could have a listbox-field with @EVAL or @SELECt-binding,
where you can choose the option. Then you could have this radio-buttons where you can select the Criteria.
you can add, remove, sort, edit all options. You could also add another field with an 'active' - state, if that is needed.
At frontent you will get records with selected options and you could use the getImageList-snippet or a custom-snippet to generate the TV-filters or what else you will need there.
The MIGXdb - way could show a grid with all possible options directly from your db.
You could have an activate/deactivate-menue-option for each row and an option where you select the Criteria for this relation.
The datas would not be stored in a TV as json, as it is done by the MIGX-TV, but in a custom join-table.
The second way is more configuration involved, but you could have real join-relations between table-records/resources
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That's great to hear Bruno - thanks for the explanation.