[Resolved] In VIEWS is there a way to test whether any taxonomy terms exist?

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[PaulS4783]

I am creating a custom view and would like to do something like this:

[wpv-conditional if="{any custom taxonomy tag terms exist}"]
<span class="taxonomy-link">Tickers: [wpv-post-taxonomy type="ticker"]</span>
[/wpv-conditional]

[Christian Cox]

Hello, the legacy View system offers the ability to create a View of taxonomy terms, though that feature does not exist in Views created in the Block editor. You could use a View of any taxonomy much like a conditional, to determine whether or not any terms exist in that taxonomy yet. Create a View and select the taxonomy you want to test in the Content Selection panel. In the Loop editor area, you can use the wpv-items-found section to display something specific if terms exist. If no terms exist, you can display something else or nothing at all. You should leave the wpv-loop section empty, otherwise, anything between the wpv-loop tags will be repeated once for each term in the results. Example loop editor contents:

[wpv-layout-start]
	[wpv-items-found]
        
        <span class="taxonomy-link">Tickers: [wpv-post-taxonomy type="ticker"]</span>
	
        <!-- wpv-loop-start -->
	<wpv-loop></wpv-loop>
	<!-- wpv-loop-end -->
	[/wpv-items-found]
	[wpv-no-items-found][/wpv-no-items-found]
[wpv-layout-end]

Then place this View in the location where you want to display the Tickers information.

[PaulS4783]

Sorry, I don't really follow what that code is doing.
I tried the code below, but similar to another ticket you are helping with, it returns ALL the taxonomy terms rather than just testing for "Ticker" taxonomy terms associated with each loop item in the parent view.

[wpv-layout-start]
	[wpv-items-found]
    <strong>Tickers:</strong>
	<!-- wpv-loop-start -->
	<wpv-loop>
		[wpv-post-body view_template="loop-item-in-ticker-terms"] 
	</wpv-loop>
	<!-- wpv-loop-end -->
	[/wpv-items-found]
	[wpv-no-items-found]
		<strong>Ticker: [wpml-string context="wpv-views"]No items found[/wpml-string]</strong>
	[/wpv-no-items-found]
[wpv-layout-end]

[Christian Cox]

Oh I see, sorry but your initial comment didn't mention a parent View so I didn't realize that was involved here. In this case, you should apply a taxonomy term Query Filter in the nested terms View. The taxonomy term filter should display terms filtered by the current post (screenshot attached). That will filter each iteration of the terms View so that only the terms associated with the current post in the outer loop are included in the results.

If you cannot see the Query Filter section in the View editor, scroll to the top right corner and click "Screen Options". You can enable the Query Filter panel there.

[PaulS4783]

Well done! Thank you for helping me find the solution.