[Resolved] Generating smart queries and calculations with Toolset?
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I'm trying to see if there is a way to intelligently generate counts or use WP query to create values for certain fields within a CPT and display them on the frontend.
Please see this for what I mean: hidden link
But basically, is there a way to query and pull back the count of a CPT, but constrain it by certain values of other custom fields within the same CPT, OR... with values of custom fields of other relationship linked CPTs.
Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.
Well - what you need is possible but needs custom programming which is eventually beyond the scope of our support policy.
If you need custom programming for your project, please feel free to contact our certified partners:
=> https://toolset.com/contractors/
However - I can give you few hints, You can use WordPress standard hook "save_post" to update your custom field value dynamically based on your requirements.
Well - in general term "calculations" will be a broad word for toolset - when you say it, it will be different for each user and thus we can not control and guess what could be the exact requirement and implement it in generic way as it will be different user to user.
Toolset allows you flexibility that you can can always write custom shortcode or function to implement such functions and use it with content template, views etc.. etc.. If there is solution we are always happy to help and guide you in right direction so that you can achieve what you need but if there is no such native feature available as a supporter we need to work within the boundary and follow our support policy. I hope this makes things clear and understandable.
However I will pass your comment to right person and pass your concern to as a new feature request for assessment but please note that there is no ETA on it.
It would indeed be great if Toolset would offer the possibility to make calculations (e.g. the total number of posts with a specific metadata value, the total number of items listed in a table, etc.). Besides, it would be extremely powerful if Toolset could include a component to build and display graphs based on such values.
