Look up to provide all the custom dimension (Even can be used in SSRS reporting using UI Builder classes)
publicvoidlookup()
{
Query query;
SysTableLookup sysTableLookup;
super();
sysTableLookup = SysTableLookup::newParameters(tableNum(DimensionAttribute), this);
sysTableLookup.addLookupfield(fieldNum(DimensionAttribute, Name));
query = new Query();
query.addDataSource(tableNum(DimensionAttribute)).
addRange(fieldNum(DimensionAttribute, Type)).
value(queryValue(DimensionAttributeType::CustomList));
sysTableLookup.parmQuery(query);
sysTableLookup.performFormLookup();
}
And the now another lookup which gives us the value corresponding to the dimension selected in above lookup. We can implement it either in forms or dialog (can also be used in SSRS reporting using UI Builder classes).
publicvoidlookup()
{
DimensionAttribute dimensionAttribute;
DimensionAttributeDirCategory dimAttributeDirCategory;
Query query = new Query();
SysTableLookup sysTableLookup;
dimensionAttribute = DimensionAttribute::findByName(Dimensionlist.text());
super();
// Only user defined dimensions will have a financial tag category
if (dimensionAttribute.Type == DimensionAttributeType::CustomList)
{
selectfirstonlyDirCategory fromdimAttributeDirCategory wheredimAttributeDirCategory.DimensionAttribute == dimensionAttribute.RecId;
sysTableLookup = SysTableLookup::newParameters(tableNum(DimensionFinancialTag), this);
// Add name field to be shown in the lookup form.
sysTableLookup.addLookupfield(fieldNum(DimensionFinancialTag, Value));
sysTableLookup.addLookupfield(fieldNum(DimensionFinancialTag, Description));
query = new Query();
query.addDataSource(tableNum(DimensionFinancialTag)).
addRange(fieldNum(DimensionFinancialTag, FinancialTagCategory)).
value(queryValue(dimAttributeDirCategory.DirCategory));
sysTableLookup.parmQuery(query);
// Perform the lookup.
sysTableLookup.performFormLookup();
}
}
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