How to output the Category Name as a Select_Category Variable of ProVariables?
How Do I?
Hi! Update…
So I did not use the Pro-variables field anymore as there is no need for it but I still have issue on my the category name does not show up on the frontend of the site.
Overview: I have 2 variable groups, added code on template but the pro-variables select_category does not output category name but just the ID
Below is the code:
=var group 1…Only numbers shows and not the names of the category= (var type used for all 3 variables is Select_Category)
{exp:pro_variables:parse var="custom_categories_a" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{custom_categories_a:data}{custom_categories_a:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:parse}
{exp:pro_variables:parse var="custom_categories_b" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{custom_categories_b:data}{custom_categories_b:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:parse}
{exp:pro_variables:parse var="custom_categories_c" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{custom_categories_c:data}{custom_categories_c:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:parse}
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==var group 2…it works as intended== (var types used are radio group and checkbox group) Survey <select name=”options”> {exp:pro_variables:options var="pv_star_rating"} <option value=”{pv_star_rating:data}”{selected}>{pv_star_rating:data_label}</option> {/exp:pro_variables:options} </select> <select name=”options”> {exp:pro_variables:options var="pv_checklist"} <option value=”{pv_checklist:data}”{selected}>{pv_checklist:data_label}</option> {/exp:pro_variables:options} </select>
I think the Pro Variable :data_label is not working or does not output the data label when using Select_Category??
here is new code and i added select_entries variable type to see if output is different and it is…and change select_category from parse to pair and it still the same output…
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{exp:pro_variables:pair var="pv_cat_a" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{pv_cat_a:data} {pv_cat_a:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:pair}
{exp:pro_variables:pair var="pv_cat_b" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{pv_cat_b:data}
{pv_cat_b:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:pair}
{exp:pro_variables:pair var="pv_cat_c" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{pv_cat_c:data}
{pv_cat_c:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:pair} <br> {exp:pro_variables:parse var="pv_related_entries" multiple="yes" limit="5"}
{pv_related_entries:data} {pv_related_entries:data_label}
{/exp:pro_variables:parse} <br> Survey <select name=”options”> {exp:pro_variables:options var="pv_star_rating"} <option value=”{pv_star_rating:data}”{selected}>{pv_star_rating:data_label}</option> {/exp:pro_variables:options} </select> <select name=”options”> {exp:pro_variables:options var="pv_checklist"} <option value=”{pv_checklist:data}”{selected}>{pv_checklist:data_label}</option> {/exp:pro_variables:options} </select>
=====Below is the frontend output=====
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Shareable Commentary
================================= Any code suggestion is appreciated
First enable Early parsing in Pro vars settings and on the variable field field.
You should now be able to use your field tag to get category information into a channel categories tag like this.
{exp:channel:categories channel="CHANNEL_NAME" category_group="CAT_GROUP_ID" show="{PV_FIELD_NAME}" style="linear"}
{category_name}
{YOUR_CUSTOM_CATEGORY_FIELD}
{/exp:channel:categories}Replace items in caps with your own values.