I have a workflow where user selects a list text emojis and this list is added to a new thing in the database. I want the list to be added as individual entries, like the screenshot from the database below.
Instead, what is happening is the list is being added as one entry like below.
My workflow for this currently looks like:
I have fiddled with this and tried a few different ways to set it up but so far been unable to reach the desired result.
Can anyone tell me how to add a list to list but as individual entries into that list?
In your database, if you want to save these emojis as a list, on the relevant data type, ensure the field “Emoji Group” is a list of texts.
Then, for your workflow triggered by hitting the “Add” button, your action should be “Emoji Group” add list (or set list to replace a pre-existing list), and maintain the reference to the repeating group. That will create each as their own record.
In the case you had that set up correctly but you’re still seeing the comma-based view in the second repeating group - ensure you’re repeating group has a data type of text and second, have the data source set to "Emoji Group’s list of texts.
Then, for your workflow triggered by hitting the “Add” button, your action should be “Emoji Group” add list (or set list to replace a pre-existing list), and maintain the reference to the repeating group. That will create each as their own record.
In the case you had that set up correctly but you’re still seeing the comma-based view in the second repeating group - ensure you’re repeating group has a data type of text and second, have the data source set to "Emoji Group’s list of texts.
Here’s where I am struggling. I think my database may be set up wrong, so we can go back a few steps that would be great. Please ignore the earlier part of the question. (for now).
I have listings, for places to eat and drink, these listings have emojis attached to them such as the burger emoji or the pizza emoji. I want to be able to display ALL emojis in a horizontal scrolling repeating group. Underneath here I have a repeating group listing all of the places to eat (vertical full list.) When an emoji is selected the list is filtered and the associated places to eat and drink, pizza places if the pizza emoji is selected will appear.
How can I select repeating group type as text and then display the full list of emojis?
Your list is not a list of texts. Your list is a list of RESTAURANTS. You should adjust your thinking here (and likely your data model).
The name of a restaurant is a text. The type of restaurant is not a text. It should be a CUISINE or perhaps a FEATURE. Either way, THOSE are not texts either. The name of a Cusine IS a text. The “Emoji Name” of a Cuisine IS ALSO a text. A Restaurant should have a list of Cuisines on it, not a list of texts.
Etc. See where we’re going with this?
In a list of Restaurants (displayed in a Repeating Group) of course you’d display the restaurant’s name inside the cell. You do this with a text element that displays Current Cell’s (Restaurant’s) Name.
(Current Cell will be of type Restaurant and represents a single Restaurant in the list of Restaurants displayed by the RG. Restaurants have a Name so of course we can display that.)
A list of Restaurants can also easily be sourced from a Search or :filtered, based on the Restaurant’s “Emoji Name”. If the pizza emoji is selected in your selector, the source for your RG becomes only those Restaurants whose Cuisine’s Emoji Name includes the pizza Emoji.
