Programmatically Setting Custom Conditions for the Lookup Results Group in Infor CRM (Saleslogix) Web

The Lookup Results Group in Infor CRM displays a list of records matching a particular set of conditions. Typically, the user performs a search and the search conditions set the results of the Lookup Results group. However, it is possible to programmatically set these conditions at runtime.

Kris Halsrud previously wrote about setting the Lookup Results based on a custom condition. This article is going to expound on that idea and look at all the options available.

See Kris Halsrud’s article:
Programmatically Creating a Temporary Lookup Group for a specific entity in the SalesLogix web client

Let’s look at the base code (in this sample, we are on the opportunity entity and setting the condition to display all opportunities for a particular account):

// get group context service
Sage.SalesLogix.Client.GroupBuilder.IGroupContextService groupContextService = Sage.Platform.Application.ApplicationContext.Current.Services.Get<Sage.SalesLogix.Client.GroupBuilder.IGroupContextService>() as Sage.SalesLogix.Client.GroupBuilder.GroupContextService;
if (groupContextService != null)
{
    // set base table
    groupContextService.CurrentTable = "OPPORTUNITY";
        
    // set group info
    Sage.SalesLogix.Client.GroupBuilder.EntityGroupInfo currentGroupInfo = groupContextService.GetGroupContext().CurrentGroupInfo;
    currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.ClearConditions();
    
    // this is the important part, this is where you set the 
    // conditions you want to display in the lookup results.
    // add conditions in form of data path "TABLE:FIELD" and value.
    // other overloads allow operation and conjunction for multiple conditions
    // in this example we will set the lookup results for all opportunities for a particular account
    currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "AGHEA0002669");
        
    // add conditions to group XML & set as lookupresults group
    currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.GroupXML = Sage.SalesLogix.Client.GroupBuilder.GroupInfo.RebuildGroupXML(currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.GroupXML);
    groupContextService.CurrentGroupID = "LOOKUPRESULTS";
}

In the code above, the important part is this line:

currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "AGHEA0002669");

There are some other overloads for AddLookupCondition that allow you to specify the operator (such as equals, starts with, etc) and the conjunction (and, or, etc). One overload allows you to include the operator only (for setting a single condition):

currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "=", "AGHEA0002669");

If no operator is specified, the default is ” STARTS WITH ” (See operator choices below). The other overload that allows you to specify both the operator and the conjunction:

// set the lookup results for all opportunities for two different accounts
currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "=", "AGHEA0002669", "OR");
currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "=", "AA2EK0013031", "OR");

This gives you the ability to add multiple conditions. If you wanted to see all opportunities for a particular account that has a status of open you could add the conditions like this:

// set the lookup results for all opportunities for two different accounts
currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("ACCOUNT:ACCOUNTID", "=", "AGHEA0002669");
currentGroupInfo.LookupTempGroup.AddLookupCondition("OPPORTUNITY:STATUS", "=", "Open", "AND");

So, what are the choices for the operator and conjunction?

Valid operator choices are:

• ” STARTS WITH “
• ” LIKE “
• ” IN “
• ” IS ” (works great with value ” NULL ” for does not contain data)
• ” IS NOT ” (works great with value ” NULL ” for does contain data)
• “=”
• “>=”
• “>”
• “<=”
• “<“
• “<>”
• etc

For the group, this is turning into a SQL query, so basically operators that are valid in SQL should work here (obviously, the “STARTS WITH” here changes to a LIKE with a wildcard after the value)

Valid conjunction/disjunction choices are:

• AND
• OR
• etc

Again, think SQL query for the choices.

If you set the Lookup Result Group on the initial load of a page, the lookup results group will display with the conditions you’ve set. The detail page for the record you navigated to will still display normally, but the lookup results group will be the selected group so the list in the left task pane will show the record matching your conditions. If the page has already loaded and you’re setting the lookup results on a post back, you’ll need to reload the page by redirecting back to itself.