Control Properties - Entry List Tab

This tab is used to create or select static or dynamic lists of options, for use in bulleted and numbered lists, drop-down lists, and groups of radio buttons.

The list controls can have one of two types of entry lists:

Static lists have set values that you define.
Dynamic lists are populated at runtime according to the input fields selected and the corresponding values assigned.

You can use this list in conjunction with the Entry List Manager, for selecting global lists that have been defined for use throughout the model. For more information, see How to . . . Create an Entry List in the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Modeler's Guide.

Structure

When the Entry List tab is first displayed, the List scope set of radio buttons provides these options:

Static
Dynamic
Global

The display of the properties in the tab changes according to these selections.

Static Entry List

Static Entry List
Control	Description
Value column header	The value of the option displayed in the list
Display Text column header	The text to display for the option
(Add)	Add a new entry
(Delete)	Delete the selected entry
(Move Up)	Move the selected entry one place up in the list
(Move Down)	Move the selected entry one place down in the list

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Example

Dynamic Entry List

When you choose the Dynamic radio button from the List scope group, the Find Data Service dialog box is displayed. Search for your data service and define your input and output ports, as explained in the Find Data Service Dialog Box section, which follows.

Dynamic Entry List
Section/Field	Control	Description
Data service	(Data Service )	Used to display the Find Data Service Dialog Box, for selecting the data service and its input and output ports, for the entry list.
Input port	Input Field column header	Displays the fields channeled through the input port that you selected in the Find Data Service dialog box.
Input port	Assigned Value column header	The values that you require in order to get the output values that you want in your list, defined by: Entering a fixed value Entering a formula (choose Enter formula from the drop-down list) Using the Expression Editor, entering a different field in the form, from which to take the value
Output port	Output Field column header	Displays the VALUE and the TEXT rows to define the two fields that correspond to the actual value returned and the text to be displayed in the list (see example following)
	Assigned Value column header	The VALUE is the field from which the value should be taken and the TEXT is the field from which the actual displayed text should be taken (see example following).
	Sort checkbox	Lists the options alphabetically in the list.
	Allow duplicates checkbox	Enters identical text options more than once, according to the results returned.
	Additional entries checkbox	Expands the dialog box to allow you to add static text options to the list.
Additional entries	Value column header	Adds static entries to the list, defined by clicking (Expand) and defining a static entry list as described in the previous table. Click (Contract) to return to the Dynamic List screen.
Additional entries	Display Text column header

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Example

Global Entry List

This option displays a pane listing all static and dynamic entry lists that have been defined in the Entry List Manager as "global", for use throughout the model. To edit a displayed global entry list, select it and click (Global Entry List)at the right.