Displaying table column value as a combination of two or more entity attributes

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#1

I am looking for some help on displaying a column value as a combination of two or more Entity attributes.

For example: I have an entity named “Contact” with attributes “firstName”, “middleName” & “lastName”. How can I display the concatenation of values of these attributes under a column named “Name” in a simple table using CUBA framework?

Note: I am using CUBA Platform: 6.7.9

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#5

hi Jasvir,

generally your question is answered here:

In case you want to do filtering through the generic filter mechanism, you have to persist the column. That can be easily achieved via entity listeners.

Bye
Mario

#6

Hi Jasvir,

The easiest way would be to add a generated column:

  1. DataGrid: DataGrid - CUBA Platform. Developer’s Manual
  2. Table: Table - CUBA Platform. Developer’s Manual

For example:

    contactsTable.addGeneratedColumn("combo", entity -> {
        TextField field = componentsFactory.createComponent(TextField.class);
        Contact contact = (Contact) contactsTable.getItemDatasource(entity).getItem();
        field.setValue(contact.getFirstName() + " " + contact.getMiddleName() + " " + contact.getLastName());
        return field;
    });
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#7

Thanks Olga.

I could achieve this using @MetaProperty in my entity class.

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