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Is there a simpler way to do this? Using checkboxes in search query

Answered Nicole ● ago

I have a complex search function which considers input of the following types:

Text
Checkbox
Dropdown

Right now I am having problems with checkboxes. The way I am doing it currently is:
Create an event to display search results for the text the user inputs
Create a condition for that event to occur only when the user has ticked a specific checkbox, e.g. "Active" (vs. Inactive). So this means only results with "Active" attribute will be shown.

These steps have to be repeated for every possible condition. i.e.
User ticks active
User ticks unactive
User ticks both boxes
User ticks no boxes

Then I have to also consider other search input... including other checkboxes for other attributes.
Is there a better way to do this? I am having trouble putting this together in the query builder since the results are dependant on which boxes the user ticks (if any), so I found using the conditions on the events worked best, but it is also tedious.

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Danielle Schneider ●

That sounds like the best way to accomplish what you're looking for. You could also attach your .vp file here (compressed to .zip/.rar) and we could take a look and see if there's a way to consolidate the conditions.