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a!pickerFieldRecords_22r1( label, labelPosition, instructions, helpTooltip, placeholder, maxSelections, recordType, filters, value, saveInto, required, requiredMessage, readOnly, disabled, validations, validationGroup, accessibilityText, showWhen, showRecordLinks )
Displays an autocompleting input for the selection of one or more records, filtered by a single record type. Suggestions and picker tokens use the title of the record.
Name | Keyword | Types | Description |
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Label |
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Text |
Text to display as the field label. |
Label Position |
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Text |
Determines where the label appears. Valid values:
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Instructions |
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Text |
Supplemental text about this field. |
Help Tooltip |
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Text |
Displays a help icon with the specified text as a tooltip. The tooltip displays a maximum of 500 characters. The help icon does not show when the label position is |
Placeholder |
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Text |
Text to display in the field when it is empty. Does not show if the field is read only. |
Maximum Selections |
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Number (Integer) |
Maximum number of allowed selections. Once this number is reached, further selections are blocked until a selection is removed. |
Record Type |
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RecordType |
Required, singular. Filters picker to select records of this type. |
Filters |
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List of QueryFilter |
List of filters to apply when searching for records. |
Display Value |
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Any Type |
Array of currently selected records. This will be either a List of Text or a List of Number (Integer), depending on the recordType selected. |
Save Input To |
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List of Save |
One or more variables that are updated with the array of selected records when the user selects or removes a record. Use a!save() to save a modified or alternative value to a variable. |
Required |
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Boolean |
Determines if a value is required to submit the form. Default: false. |
Required Message |
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Text |
Custom message to display when the field's value is required and not provided. |
Read-only |
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Boolean |
Determines if the field should display as not editable. Default: false. |
Disabled |
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Boolean |
Determines if the field should display as potentially editable but grayed out. Default: false. |
Validations |
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List of Text String |
Validation errors to display below the field when the value is not null. |
Validation Group |
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Text |
When present, the requiredness of the field is only evaluated when a button in the same validation group is pressed. The value for this parameter cannot contain spaces. For example, |
Accessibility Text |
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Text |
Additional text to be announced by screen readers. Used only for accessibility; produces no visible change. |
Visibility |
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Boolean |
Determines whether the component is displayed on the interface. When set to false, the component is hidden and is not evaluated. Default: true. |
Show Record Links |
|
Boolean |
Determines whether selected records display links to their summary views. Default: true. |
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token is displayed for any invalid identifiers in the selected records array.Record type object references are specific to each environment. If you copy and paste these examples into an interface, they will not evaluate. Use them as a reference only.
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a!localVariables(
local!storedRecord,
a!pickerFieldRecords(
label: "Choose an Employee Record",
/* For the "recordType" parameter below, replace the record type reference (recordType!Employee)
* with a valid record type reference in your environment.
*/
recordType: recordType!Employee,
value: local!storedRecord,
saveInto: local!storedRecord
)
)
Displays the following:
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a!localVariables(
local!storedRecord,
a!pickerFieldRecords(
label: "Choose an Employee Record",
/* For the "recordType" parameter below, replace the record type reference (recordType!Employee)
* with a valid record type reference in your environment.
*/
recordType: recordType!Employee,
filters:{
a!queryFilter(
field: "department",
operator: "=",
value: "Engineering"
)
},
value: local!storedRecord,
saveInto: local!storedRecord
)
)
Displays the following:
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a!localVariables(
local!storedRecord,
a!pickerFieldRecords(
label: "Choose a Case Priority",
/* For the "recordType" parameter below, replace the record type reference (recordType!Priority)
* with a valid record type reference in your environment.
*/
recordType: recordType!Priority,
value: local!storedRecord,
saveInto: local!storedRecord,
/* Since the Priority record type only contains reference data (the different case priority levels),
* we can hide the record links to prevent users from navigating to their summary views.
*/
showRecordLinks: false,
)
)
Displays the following:
Feature | Compatibility | Note |
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Portals | Incompatible | |
Offline Mobile | Incompatible | |
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields | Incompatible | |
Real-Time Custom Record Fields | Incompatible | Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions. |
Process Reports | Incompatible | Cannot be used to configure a process report. |
Process Events | Incompatible | Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event. |
a!pickerFieldRecords_22r1