Datepicker not affecting filter results

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Problem:

Add date field filter in a Views custom search form.

Solution:

You can follow our document to setup the date field filter:

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/date-filters/

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This topic contains 4 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Michelle Dodd 6 years, 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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November 8, 2018 at 7:32 pm #1143241

Michelle Dodd

Hi there, this is a continuation of this thread, where I asked how to change the dates shown in the datepicker:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-extend-range-of-datepicker-in-filters/#post-1142511

It looks like this isn't working to show results of the search/filter previous to ten years ago. Maybe I was in such a hurry with everything else I was doing at the time I didn't test thoroughly, but I am pretty sure it was working. Here's the page on our dev server:

hidden link ( password: Wild! )

If you search for press releases in a date range prior to 2008 (the default start range of the date picker before I changed it) there are no results, even though we have many of them. The datepicker shows the correct range of years available to search, but only works when searching within the last ten years.

I can give you the admin login if that would help to see how I have these filters set up. I put the code you gave me in the JS tab of the editor.

Thanks,
Michelle

November 9, 2018 at 9:30 am #1143667

Luo Yang

Dear Michelle,

Thanks for the details, I can login your website, but don't see similar problem as you mentioned above:
there are no results

see screenshot: date-picker-filter.JPG

I can see some search results prior to 2008

Is there any missing steps or is this problem resolved?

November 9, 2018 at 4:35 pm #1143920

Michelle Dodd

Screen Shot 2018-11-09 at 9.32.12 AM.png

I find that with some date searches it works, but with others it doesn't. For instance, when searching 1/1/00 to 5/31/00 I get results, but when searching 1/1/00 to 7/31/03 it doesn't. There are definitely press releases during that time.

I can't figure out why this would happen. The client has been testing as well and what we're finding is that with multi-year searches from the early years, it often doesn't find results.

Thanks,
Michelle

November 12, 2018 at 6:35 am #1144807

Luo Yang

Thanks for the details, I have done below modification in your website:
Edit the wordpress archive view:
hidden link
in section "Query Filter", edit the date field "Release Date" filter, change the option "The field Release Date is a string", to:
The field Release Date is a number, see screenshot date-filter.JPG

Please test again, check if it is fixed.

More help:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/date-filters/

November 13, 2018 at 5:37 pm #1145965

Michelle Dodd

That must have been the issue - all testing shows results now. Thank you so much for your help!