Mini query inside a form

[ben]

I am creating a wiki that has a wiki pages of tests. Test pages
automatically have a page name of test ID to ensure that each has a
unique name. They also have a name and description. They are created
with a semantic form.

When an article is tested and users enter the results through a
semantic form, they need to specify the ID of what test was conducted
on the test article. Because the test ID is a meaningless number,
users cannot be expected to remember it. Is there a way to put a mini
query on the form page where they can select test_name and
test_description and the test ID is automatically populated from that
info?



As you can see below, they can select from the list of tests, but all
they see is (test1,test2,test3,etc.)
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{{#forminput:Results}}

</noinclude><includeonly>
=Main=
{{{for template|Results}}}
{| class="formtable"
! Asscociated Test:
| {{{field|Asscociated Test|values from category=Test}}}
|-

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From what I have seen so far, I do not think this functionality exists
but would like to confirm. I have tried #sask. Drilldown requires to
exit the form into another page.
Thanks in advance
Ben

[Yaron Koren]

No, there's no way to do that. You might consider having a "query form" instead, using RunQuery, that lets people look up a specific test name, and have the template associated with that form say something like, "if the test you're looking for was not found, you can add it here:". Below that, you could have a #formlink or #forminput (it wasn't clear whether you're using automatic page names or not), with the name they entered as a pre-loaded value going to the form.

I hope that all made sense. :)

-Yaron

[Arber, Benjamin (Contractor)]

Thanks Yaron and Gu for your fast replies.  It appears from looking at 'Run Query' example on DiscourseDB that it queries load in a separate form.  I would also need "values by property" as Gu suggested but I would rather not have to maintain modified source code.

 

I think the best solution seems to be one using SQFT which I am discussing on:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:SemanticQueryFormTool#Enter_a_property_in_SQFT_and_find_what_page_it_appears_on.

It looks like it should work but I am having some errors.

 

 

It will hopefully be a small SQFT form that I can put under my Main Semantic form.  It would not autofill the values but at least users can easilly find the ID required without navigating away from the page.

 

Ben

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From: semanti...@googlegroups.com [mailto:semanti...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Yaron Koren
Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 5:02 AM
To: semanti...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Semantic Forms] Re: Mini query inside a form

No, there's no way to do that. You might consider having a "query form" instead, using RunQuery, that lets people look up a specific test name, and have the template associated with that form say something like, "if the test you're looking for was not found, you can add it here:". Below that, you could have a #formlink or #forminput (it wasn't clear whether you're using automatic page names or not), with the name they entered as a pre-loaded value going to the form.

I hope that all made sense. :)

-Yaron
 

 

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Well the SF Google group doesn't like my mails for some reason, so I'll send my reply again to you.

>Isn't there an 'autocomplete on property' option? Maybe that helps.

>I don't use SF a lot but I came also to the point where I needed to use

>in a field values from a specific normal or multi-value property. I

>added a 'values from property' option for fields (which uses #sask:

>from SQFT to provide the list of property values). It's only a few line

>modification but of course a hack of the source code and not in the

>official SF release.

>Gu

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