Operator Node

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Filter Operator node has the following properties:

Category Property  
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Predefined Operator
Custom Type
Caption
Operator
Operator To
Middle Text
Fixed Value
Fixed Value To

General Properties:

Type:

Specifies whether the operator will be one from the predefined operators or a customized one.
 

Predefined operator:

The predefined operators available are the ones specified in WorkWithPlus Settings -> Filters -> Operators (depending on the type the attribute will be the predefined operators available). In this example, the attribute is Varchar so, the available predefined operators are the following:

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When the property Type has the value Custom, the following properties appear:

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Custom Type:

Specifies the type of the customized operator. The possible values are Simple, Range, Fixed value and Fixed range. There is an example and explanation of each type below.

  • Simple: it will add an operator with just one condition, and a field so that user enters what he is looking for
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  • Range: it will allow end users to search between two values. So, it will have two conditions and two fields:
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    In addition to the properties displayed above, the following properties appear:
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    Operator To

    Specifies the operator that will apply for the second field


    Middle Text

    Specifies the text that will be in the middle of the two fields

  • Fixed Value: it will filter by a fixed value. So, end users won´t need to enter anything on a field, the only thing they do is select the operator. An example is to filter in a date field, by Today or by past.

    In addition to the properties displayed above, the following property appear:
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    Fixed Value

    Specifies the value that will be used for the filter using the operator set in 'Operator' property.
     

  • Fixed Range: it will filter between to fixed values. In this case end users neither will need to enter anything on a field, just select this operator.

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    In addition to the properties displayed above, the following properties appear:
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    Fixed Value To

    Specifies the value that will be used for the filter using the operator set in 'Operator To' property.

     

Caption:

Specifies the title that will be displaying at runtime for selecting it in the combobox.

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Operator:

Specifies the operator that will apply to this operator control. In the example, is 'like', so will look for that sentence at the beggining of the attribute Name.


You want to read more information about Filters with dynamic operators.