[Resolved] Passing arguments

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[briana-5]

I have two custom post types. The first is called "Bills" the second is called "Com Hearings". In Bills and Com Hearings, each post has a unique identifier in a custom field called "Bill_ID" (in the bills post type it's actually named bill_id_bills). I have a content template that is the default display for the Bills post type. What I'm trying to do is match the value in the "Bill_ID_bills" field in "Bills" with the value in the "Bill_ID" field in "Com Hearings" and when those two values match, display the "Hearing Date" field from the Com Hearings post type.

I tried to follow the instructions for passing arguments to views, but it doesn't work. https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/passing-arguments-to-views/

Here are the steps I've taken:

I created a view for the "Com Hearings" post type. I included a query filter that says "the field Bill_ID is a 'string' that is 'equal to' the following: 'shortcode attribute' "billid". In the loop I included the field "hearing date" from Com Hearings".

Next, I edited the content template for Bills. In the template window I included the following code:

[wpv-view name="com-hearings-view" billid="[types field="bill_id_bills" output="raw"][/types]"]

When I display the content template for bills, what it gives me is multiple hearing dates...it displays the hearing date for every post in Com Hearings, rather than the hearing date for the one post in which the value in Bill_id matches the value for Bill_id_bills. It doesn't seem to recognize the argument "billid=" . What is the solution?

[Minesh]

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[Minesh]

Could you please check now. I think you added a wrong custom filed filter as I can see multiple custom fields with same bill_id.

I've corrected that as:

Select items with field:
BILL_ID is a string equal to VIEW_PARAM(billid)

I can see its displaying the correct results.
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Could you please confirm.

[briana-5]

Can you clarify where exactly you made that change and what field I had and what field you changed it to?

[Minesh]

Well - I've added the view's code as given under to content template:
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DISPLAY THIS THING:[wpv-view name="com-hearings-view" billid="[types field='bill_id_bills' output='raw'][/types]"]

And then with your view I removed the filter and added the filter for custom field BILL_ID.

[briana-5]

Thanks! I see now what I did. Works great.