On 26 Sep 23:32, Albert Cervera i Areny wrote: > 2014-09-26 20:43 GMT+02:00 Cédric Krier <cedric.kr...@b2ck.com>: > > On 26 Sep 20:05, Jordi Esteve wrote: > >> On 26/09/14 19:35, Cédric Krier wrote: > >> >On 26 Sep 18:41, Jordi Esteve wrote: > >> >>On 26/09/14 18:08, Albert Cervera i Areny wrote: > >> >>>2014-09-26 17:59 GMT+02:00 M. Murray <murr...@moh.gov.jm>: > >> >>>>Hello Everyone, > >> >>>> > >> >>>>I have a question regarding the search query builder in the tree view. > >> >>>>It is > >> >>>>the window that pops up when you click the "Filters" button/label at > >> >>>>top > >> >>>>left. > >> >>>> > >> >>>>How can I modify the list of fields that shows in that popup? > >> >>>Just change the tree view. You can search on all the fields of the > >> >>>view except those that are not searchable (usually calculated fields) > >> >>>and the client also adds some special fields such as id, create and > >> >>>write date and users. > >> >>> > >> >>>Note that you can add fields to the view but make them "invisible" so > >> >>>they're searchable but are not shown to the user. > >> >>Adding filter fields with a more flexible way than changing the tree view > >> >>would be a nice feature for Tryton. In my experience, the user wants to > >> >>search by a lot of criteria, no only by the fields showed in the tree > >> >>view. > >> >>This requirement is very common in party and product views. > >> >> > >> >>I don't know if other people has this need and if it would be very > >> >>difficult > >> >>to implement in the core of Tryton. > >> >I'm strongly against, it is a wrong user experience to not show proof of > >> >the result of a search. > >> > > >> >>To fill this shortcoming, we have developed the searching module [1]. It > >> >>allows search records with flexible criteria in any Tryton model, > >> >>subfield > >> >>search in m2o-o2m-m2m and store the criteria in a profile to be reused. > >> >> > >> >>[1] https://bitbucket.org/zikzakmedia/trytond-searching > >> >Too bad to not improve the current search syntax because all the > >> >features you describe already exist expect for the relation field. > >> > >> No, it has another more important feature: In the current filter box you > >> can > >> not search if the fields are not defined in the tree view, this is the main > >> shortcoming that this module tries to solve. > > > > Better to add the field! This is really stupid to over engineer with a > > The problem Jordi tries to address is about the fact that he cannot > know in advance what fields the user wants to use for searching. In > fact the user doesn't know either until he has the need. > > We discussed this in the TUB and I think several people were > interested in creating a module that allows users to define their own > tree views. That would solve the search issue too, with the advantage > that the user can check the result, which I agree is important.
*No* developement at all is needed. Everything is already in Tryton. Also it is because of a bad or lack analysis of the needs that nobody knows what is needed. It is always the wrong answer to say: We don't know so let the user do the job. -- Cédric Krier - B2CK SPRL Email/Jabber: cedric.kr...@b2ck.com Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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