New User - Tracking the selected object to it's subobject

kaygee1

Hi I'm new to awareIM. I come from a .NET development background and I've been looking for a good tool to allow me to rapidly build and maintain web based business applications and I'm really liking what I see from awareim so far.

However as with any new tool I'm struggling at times to get things that I know I could do easily in code and it's a bit frustrating at those moments.

My most recent issue is I have an object called Claim that belongs to a parent object called Program. Claim has multiple objects called Transactions. Depending on the Program that the Claim belongs to, there are a number of TransactionTypes that are permissible for a Claim's Transactions. My problem is that I can't figure out how to show these Program dependent TransactionTypes when I click on a new Transaction from within the Claim.

Right now if I'm in a claim and click New Transaction. Then I have a query in the presentation of the TransactionTypes dropdown control that looks like:
FIND TransactionTypes WHERE TransactionTypes.Program.ID=ThisTransaction.ProgramID (a shortcut to ThisTransaction.Claim.Program.ID)
This doesn't work. Is it because the Claim isn't set in the Transaction until I save it? Is the Transaction object even created until I save?

I've also tried:
FIND TransactionTypes WHERE TransactionTypes.Program.ID=ThisClaim.ProgramID

So I'm just looking for a workaround. The user will select a claim by first opening a query that lists all the claims they have access to, then they click edit to go into a specific claim. From my .NET experience, I would just set a session variable at this point to store the selected claim. I read in a previous post that I could do create an attribute like Program in a user object like Regular User and store the required value there and retrieve it from LoggedInRegularUser.Program. However I don't see how to set a rule to do that when a user goes to edit a claim.

This feels like such a minor thing, but it's really holding me back, any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Kevin

kaygee1

Found the answer.

I created a process CreateTransaction with the Claim object as an input.

The rule in the process is ENTER NEW Transaction WITH Transaction.Claim=Claim.

Then in the Claim form for the button Add New Transaction, I set it to Start Process instead of Create Object.

BenHayat

Hi Kevin;

Welcome to Aware. As a .Net developer I tell you when you get a grip on Aware, it will blow your mind, how much you can accomplish with so little work. Aware DOES so much for you.

One comment that I like to mention, forget about using Object's ID for comparison. Aware is a full OOP Model and it's not like the old style of ADO.Net to check for ID. Just deal with the object and forget about the ID for almost 99% of the cases.

Secondly, when you said you found it, did you mean you were able to get the proper list of TrsTypes in dropdown based on the claim? I guess that was what you were asking in the first post.

Stick around and soon it will all come together in your head. 🙂

customaware

Hi Kevin,

Seconding Ben, Welcome the the Aware IM Community.

There are basically two initial head humps that you need to get over and you will never look back.

The first is Relationships between Business Objects and the second is Processes and Context.

Seems like you have bumped into the first already.

There is a fair bit you info around. Here on the forum, the Video Tutorials on the Aware site (the 6 part tutorial on building a whole app is a valuable resource). We have also started
an Aware IM Developers site and I have recently added the first couple of Blogs (Attribute Naming Conventions is Aware and Part 1 on Relationships - Owner Of and Owned By - Peer will be Part 2) which might shine some light on you thinking.

Additionally, either PM me here or send me an email to info@awareimdevelopers.com or eagles9999@gmail.com and I will be happy to schedule an hour with you to help you get over the Relationships issue quickly. I too came from an environment where the developer had to manage keys, indexes and ID for records and relationships between tables....so I can understand the issues associated with being told you don't have to do that anymore. 😉

Anyway, we are here to help in any way we can.... just stick your hand up.

In a line I stole from Keith Canniff - thanx Keith - "If it takes you more than 20 minutes to figure out then you are most likely doing it wrong!"

We also have some additional resources....
The Aware IM Developers Linked In Page and Facebook Page and twitter @DWAwareIM.
Heidi is running weekly webinars to help those coming from the Magic/UniPaas community - Next is scheduled for Thursday at 4.00pm WST - let me know if you want the link. Max class size is 25 I think (Note Heidi has not been well so it may be postponed this week)
Rennur's page has a death of info... https://github.com/RennurApps/AwareIM-resources
We have the next Aware IM Developers Conference happening late Feb 2016 in Phuket. Details are being developed and will be released in the coming weeks. (The last on in Vegas in April 2015 was a blast - <shameless plug mode on> note that the entire contents including workshops demo, presentations and videos of every Presentation and workshop are available for the measly sum of $300 - contact me if interested </shameless plug mode off>
As mentioned, we have started a new page at https://awareimdevelopers.com which will slowly fill up with valuable help.

Enough Already!.

Welcome aboard. Just stick ya hand up if you need a leg up.

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