In Dashcode, if I have a dataSource that has, for example, 2 fields called 'FirstName' and 'Last Name', how do I concatenate the 2 fields into one text field in a list view?
I'm fairly sure it must be to use a value transformer, so say that I assign the 'FirstName' field to the textfield, and add a value transformer... how do I then add the 'LastName' value to the 'value' variable in the transformer.
I'm sure it's to do with dashcode.getDataSource and valueForKeyPath and I think I'm close to the solution but it all seems a bit ungainly so any help would be much appreciated.
Correct - you need to use a Value Transformer.
In the Transformer, you would code as follows:
itemDescription = Class.create(DC.ValueTransformer,{
transformedValue: function(value){
var itemDataSource = dashcode.getDataSource('itemsList'); // The Data Source Name here
var lastName = itemDataSource.selection().valueForKey('lastName'); // Presumes you have a field called lastName
return value + " " + lastName;
}
});
Hope this helps - I battled with this for a day!!!