In a datagrid, when you use datasource as Microflow or Association, search is not available.
Search is only available when datasource is database or XPATH.
So i assume if you use a data source microflow on a grid you cant have the search or aggregation functions.
I´ve had the same problem quite often… as of now I have not been able to find a simple workaround for it…
Also I don´t quite understand why Mendix doesn´t give you the option to search and aggregate in Listviews that are filled by microflows. It seems to be such a vital function to me.
What you could possibly try, only if you cannot avoid the microflow as datasource, I think I did the same in the past:
- Have a NPE (or even a Persistable entity that is not committed to DB or committed but deleted when you are done with the particular screen)
- Link that NPE to your entity that is shown in datagrid
- When calling the page, use MF to create the NPE, collect the entity for datagrid and link with NPE
- in the page, show NPE in dataview and show the datagrid with relevant entities by association from NPE.
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for this article, I have also asked myself the same question in the past and came across this post
Will be monitoring this ongoing