Using view with custom attribute as an option for generic select field

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
The user was using a view to generate values for a generic field. The view was crashing the field.

Solution:
It turns out that the user was nested shortcodes and used inside the generic field shortcode. This is 3 level of nested shortcodes, which is not possible. We can only nest 2 levels of shortcodes. To workaround it, you can replace the nested shortcodes by a custom shortcode that hides one level of nesting. Check the example here https://toolset.com/forums/topic/using-view-with-custom-attribute-as-an-option-for-generic-select-field/page/2/#post-2181729

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This topic contains 16 replies, has 3 voices.

Last updated by cassianS 3 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Jamal.

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September 28, 2021 at 9:48 am #2181729

Jamal

Well, the issue as Christian has suggested earlier comes from the too many nested levels of shortcodes: A view shortcode inside another view shortcode, which is inside the generic field shortcode.
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/using-view-with-custom-attribute-as-an-option-for-generic-select-field/#post-2177971

I created a shortcode for the "Principal Investigator" field and it fixed the view. I added it here hidden link

add_shortcode('json-principal-investigator', function(){
  return wpv_do_shortcode('[wpv-view name="principal-investigators-pi-as-options-for-post-a-trial" instpostid="[current_user_member_institution_post_id]"]');
});

And I used it in the generic field:

<div class="field-wrap">
		<label for="%%FORM_ID%%_trial-pi" class="InstHeader">[cred_i18n name='trial-pi-label']Principal Investigator (PI)[/cred_i18n]</label>
      	[cred_generic_field type='select' field='generic-principal-investigator-select']
          {
          "required":1,
          "default":"",
          "options":[ [json-principal-investigator] ]
          }
        [/cred_generic_field]
	</div>

This shortcode uses our wpv_do_shortcode that is used by Toolset and that is able to handle 1 level of nested shortcodes.

Does it make sense? Let me know your feedback.

September 28, 2021 at 2:38 pm #2181999

cassianS

This is great!
I thought that one view as an attribute inside another view is ok and 1+ view is not ok. But now I know. Thank you for your help. My issue is resolved now.

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