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[Resolved] Shortcode Field Filter Not Working

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Problem:

What dose the option "Shortcode attribute" in screenshot mean:

https://cdn.toolset.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1217223-Screen_Shot_2019_03_19_at_11.11.45_AM.png?x12434

Solution:

The option "Shortcode attribute" in your screenshot means attribute of shortcode [wpv-view].

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/passing-arguments-to-views/#accessing-the-arguments

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Last updated by Sean 5 years, 9 months ago.

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#1217223
Screen Shot 2019-03-19 at 11.11.45 AM.png

Users submit applications through my site. When they do so, I mark each one with the current year (as a single line custom field):

[cred_field field='application-year' post='candidate' value='[currentyear]' urlparam='' class='form-control' output='bootstrap']

Where [currentyear] is a custom shortcode that runs: echo date("Y");

When I create a view and want to filter by the year, I do the following (screenshot attached):

Only that doesn't work. Am I getting the syntax wrong?

I already know a workaround to get the same result, but I can see myself needing something like this in the future, so would like to understand how it's supposed to work.

#1217391

Hello,

The option "Shortcode attribute" in your screenshot means attribute of shortcode [wpv-view], for example:

[wpv-view name="MY-VIEW-NAME" currentyear="2019"]

See our document
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/passing-arguments-to-views/#accessing-the-arguments
section "Accessing the arguments"

#1219336

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.