Repeating group including blank tiles

hmellquist · 2025-02-18T18:48:59.631Z

Suddenly my repeating group (of events) is returning a number of blank tiles along with ones populated with my event data.

For example, on page load, the first several entries in the repeating group are blank, before it shows events lower down the page.

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I have made sure that I don’t have database entries that are blank/missing information. I have also made sure that the repeating group (and subgroups) are set to “collapse when hidden” (if the event data doesn’t satisfy my visibility conditions).

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My filters work, and it brings up the relevant events, but it also includes the blank tiles interspersed within the list of events:

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Any advice on how to troubleshoot this?

romanmg · 2025-02-18T18:54:52.271Z

Check your privacy rules on that data type.
Use the debugger to inspect the repeating group’s data source.
Check any conditions inside the RG cell.

hmellquist · 2025-02-18T19:11:53.951Z

Thanks, I’ve tried each of these, and no resolution yet:

no privacy rules on this data type to interfere with this.
Debugger suggests it may be that I have a condition on the RG cell that makes the cell not visible when the event date is in the past, and then I have the RG cell set to “collapse when hidden.”
In the past this has worked fine, and it appears to work generally. So I don’t know why I still have a small number of blank cells that do not collapse.

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romanmg · 2025-02-18T20:37:45.743Z

Rather than hiding the group, filter that event out of the RG data source entirely. That way, a cell doesn’t generate at all for that past event.

Remove the condition and just add a constraint to your RG data source where “End < Current Date/Time”

Try that.

hmellquist · 2025-02-19T01:19:45.815Z

Thanks for the help!
I started by:

Filtering the events out of the RG data source (but then the past events were still showing? No idea why).
I also hid past events in the cells. (this hid all the past events, but I still have a small number of blank cells showing).

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What could I still do differently?

hmellquist · 2025-02-20T00:46:33.417Z

Sorry, I thought I had found a solution, but I haven’t. Still grateful for bubble wisdom !

romanmg · 2025-02-20T22:08:05.713Z

Let’s revisit filtering out the past dates. Can you post a screenshot of the filter you tried at the RG level?

hmellquist · 2025-02-20T22:15:15.774Z

Great! Here are screenshots for the filter at the RG level, and the one applied to the cell level:

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The strangest part is that the blank tiles show up almost randomly (like this):

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romanmg · 2025-02-20T22:22:57.961Z

What are the 2 conditions on the repeating group? Are you changing the data source in either of them?

Edit: Also, I’m on your live event list page, and I’m not seeing any blanks. The list is all future events, so it’s all looking correct. Do the blanks appear inconsistently in general?

hmellquist · 2025-02-20T22:43:15.599Z

Yes, the conditions filter the data source.

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The blanks show up without a pattern I have identified, but consistently. For example, filter for “Stanford University” under host institution, you will see a few blanks before a populated cell. Or filter by discipline to “Religious Studies & Theology” and you will see a few blank cells interspersed throughout the list.

romanmg · 2025-02-20T22:47:36.846Z

Do the 2 searches in those 2 filters also have the “Start Date >= current date/time” constraint? Not in the “filtered” part, but the first “Search for Event_Calendars” part.

hmellquist · 2025-02-21T00:30:19.655Z

BINGO! They did not have that constraint (which I assumed would be duplicative), and now the blank tiles are gone.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!