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get view type from PCF dataset context

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Posted on by Goutham A

I am developing a PCF dataset control and have a requirement to have a different display for saved query and userQuery, i.e. i need different UI if the grid hosts system view vs custom advanced find view(user created)

Is there any parameter from Dataset Context which can help me differentiate this-savedquery\userQuery? I do not want to make a round trip to server(based on viewid- context.parameters.dataset.getViewId())

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Diana Birkelbach 3,072 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Goutham ,

Maybe is not exactly how you would like to solve this problem, but there might be another possibility: you can define the PCF on an entity level and on a view level. So you could make another input parametere for your PCF, and set it when you customize the PCF on the view level. So the user-query shouldn't have that value.

The customizer must set it, so not that ellegant like a self detection, but maybe it helps you further.

Kind regards,

Diana

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Goutham A 76 on at

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Thank you @DianaBirkelbach . I am currently using the same approach. I already have ~10 parameters for different functionalities, so was trying to avoid if there is a way to retrieve this from PCF context.

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skoofy5 482 on at

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I've not seen them surface any of that sort of data and it's definitely not documented. I've gone down the retrieveMultiple path myself of savedquery and compared the viewid. It's not had a noticeable impact.

If some of the parameters they pass through are anything to go by then maybe one day they'll surface it, but I wouldn't be waiting for it if I were you.

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