Repeating group filter -unique by sub-elements?

lankri.erez · 2021-01-07T11:55:19.210Z

Hello,
Say i create a RG , and i want to remove duplicates based on sub elements , for example:
I have am a company receiving job application for jobs i listed. I want to create a RG of applications from different applicant. each repeating application holds a field - type user, and i would not like to see 2 applications from the same user in my view.
How is that achievable? i tried exploring unique elements but it is not suitable because it compares the specific data and not sub elements.

Thanks!

joseph.farinhas · 2021-01-07T17:29:01.814Z

Hello!

In your repeating group data source; at the end add the option :unique elements. I believe that is what you are looking for.

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lankri.erez · 2021-01-08T06:37:28.274Z

Hey joseph thanks for the answer but that is not what i was aiming for. I have a an object of type A holding a type user, i want to remove duplicate objects of type A that hold the same object of type user.
So unique objects will not work here…
Thanks!

rico.trevisan · 2021-01-08T16:57:03.813Z

I’d fiddle around with :group by. I’m not sure how, though. Have you tried that route?

lankri.erez · 2021-01-10T06:11:49.741Z

I have it did not work… any saviours?

joseph.farinhas · 2021-01-13T18:23:49.847Z

Hey there @lankri.erez . Adding onto this. The :group by does work in my testing but is meant for more numbers instead of displaying text. Another option I can give you is have RG1 display text (not your data type) and do a search for the data type’s user :unique elements. This will display a list of text, being users. Then you can make another repeating group inside of this one and a search for applications with the constraint of user = current cells text and only display first item.

Maybe something like that will work for you?

system · 2021-03-18T11:55:22.808Z

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