Hello,
I am using a shape within visio to search for a parameter on one element using the parameter of a second (see eample below). I am doing this via a text placeholder not using the shape data.
Usually this returns a value from a table however I wondered if there is a way to set a default value to display should the table lookup not be found - at present it seems to show a full list of parameters from the table and I would prefer it to ether be blank or just show a dash? I have had a look at using a show/hide parameter but thought that there might be a cleaner way of doing it that I was unaware of?
[param:[var:SelectedElement],3402,[var:MonitoredSource]]Many thanks!
Oliver
Hi Oliver,
This particular use case is more challenging than it may initially appear. The main problem here is that the Param placeholder doesn't update its value when there are no matching rows (the last value remains visible).
Implementing a show/hide condition based on the search term is certainly one of the more effective approaches to address this. Another option would be to employ a RegexReplace placeholder to replace the empty search term with a non-existent value.
Please inform us if this solution meets your requirements. If not, we can explore the possibility of enabling this feature in the future.