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Greetings!

Just quickly for reference: I am a designer and even though I have been using EE for years, my brain still works like a designer and sometimes it is difficult for me to visualize the reason why certain things are not working, could someone help me please?

I am attempting to use the Search Parameter in order to limit entries printed on the page. I would like to use the exact match option.

What I want to do, is limit items (agenda items) shown depending on which option is selected from a Select Dropdown list.

The list that I have in my dropdown list (and I’ve made sure it is set to searchable) is as follows:

Ballroom A
Ballroom B
Ballroom C
etc, etc..

I would like, for example, to only show the entries that are to be held in Ballroom A, using the Channel Entries Tag as follows:

{exp:channel:entries channel="agenda_items" category="17|18|19|20" orderby="{entry_date}" sort="asc" show_future_entries="yes" search:meeting_room="=Ballroom A"}
     <div class="agendaItemContainer" id="agendaItem{count}">
      <div class="agendaItemTime" id="agendaItem{count}Time">{agenda_start_time} - {agenda_end_time}</div>
      <div class="agendaItemDescription" id="agendaItem{count}Description">{agenda_title}</div>
      <div class="agendaItemLocation" id="agendaItem{count}Location">{agenda_location}</div>
     </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

What I want, is to only show the entries that have that specific option (Ballroom A) chosen on the drop down.

I would use categories for this, but we’re already using categories for another function.

Is there another technique I could use to limit entries by drop down or multi select, or can someone see why this isn’t working?

Thank you for your help in advance! 😊

Hey Jessica, can you post the dropdown list code you’re using?

Hi Manoj,

It’s a Channel Field. A Select Dropdown, Channel Field that is in the publish form.

This is the section in the user guide I am referencing and trying to get to work:

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/channel_entries.html#search-field-name

Hi Jessica,

I think if you adjust the search type, you might have some success. Try this:

search:meeting_room="Ballroom&&A"

I think the space in the “exact matching” method was the issue. Using the “contains matching” method should let us step around that.

Let me know!

Cheers,

Hi Dan!

I tried this and it’s still not working. When I type it that way, I am not getting any entries at all.

The biggest reason that I was using “exact match” is because the list of locations for agenda items will probably end up looking more like this:

Ballrooms A, B, and C
Ballroom A
Ballroom B
Ballrooms B and C
Ballroom C

So, I’m not sure “contains matching” will do I need.

Thanks for your help, maybe there is another way to achieve this?

I’m thinking about your suggestion, Dan, and I really feel like it should work!

Here is the code that I tried:

{exp:channel:entries channel="agenda_items" category="17|18|19|20" orderby="{entry_date}" sort="asc" show_future_entries="yes" search:meeting_room="Ballroom&&A"}
     <div class="agendaItemContainer" id="agendaItem{count}">
          <div class="agendaItemTime" id="agendaItem{count}Time">{agenda_start_time} - {agenda_end_time}</div>
          <div class="agendaItemDescription" id="agendaItem{count}Description">{agenda_title}</div>
          <div class="agendaItemLocation" id="agendaItem{count}Location">{agenda_location}</div>
     </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

I made sure there is an entry with the “Ballroom A” option chosen.

Not sure why it’s not working..

Ok, I think I figured it out., something in the displaying of the entries is preventing anything below 5 entries to show 0 entries.

Dan, I think your code fix, fixed everything, I just couldn’t see it until I tested different entry limits.

Thanks everyone!

Hey DigitalScientist,

Glad to hear it!

If you need anything else, please just let us know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,