Hi,
I am working on a protocol and have a good use case for using a Dynamic Table. I have seen Dynamic Tables being used in the past but cannot recall what protocol it was and when I last saw it. When looking at the Docs there is a section mentioning of it’s existence but nothing more than that (Table parameters | DataMiner Docs). I presume it works similar to the Matrix logic but need more to get started with it.
Is it possible to get an example or point me to where it is documented.
Thanks.
P.S Text tables is also mentioned but also couldn’t find anything more about it in the docs.
Hi Aston,
As far as I’m aware it is not possible to change the layout programmatically of a table shown in an Element Page. This is a hardcoded in the Protocol definition.
I’m not aware if this would be possible via another means e.g. Visio, dashboards, …
What can be done on the table in an element page is to right click on the columns and select what columns you want to show hide, or drag and drop the order of the columns. This will be stored for your user. But this is a manual action.
Hi Aston,
You can find more documentation on dynamic table parameters here:
Hi Aston,
Hope you are well.
We were able to update the column description from teh code of our WF by using the Set Parameter Description method.
Our usecase was that we have 1 out of 2 different (traps) protocols that might be used in the subscriptions of the WF to update a single table (traps table). The order of the columns was different and we have had different headers for each type of the traps. Therefore, we used an “Information Template” on each of the traps protocols to configure the expected headers for the columns.
Then, depending on the source of the received subscriprion message, we check the information template headers and update the headers of the columns if they are different to the existing ones.
Here is the code snippet where we were updating the headers:
public class TrapsTableColumnsHeaders
{
public static void LoadTrapsTableRhel8Headers(SLProtocolExt protocol, string protocolName)
{
GetProtocolMessage message = new GetProtocolMessage(protocolName, “Production”);
GetProtocolInfoResponseMessage informationTemplates = protocol.SLNet.SendSingleResponseMessage(message) as
GetProtocolInfoResponseMessage;var overridenParams = informationTemplates.Parameters.Where(param =>
param.InformationTemplateData.Filter == “*”);
foreach (var parameterInfo in overridenParams)
{
var trapsTableColumnPid = (parameterInfo.ID + 2001); // The Pids in the traps driver start from 1006, and start in this WF from 3007
var currentDesc = Convert.ToString(protocol.GetParameterDescription(trapsTableColumnPid));
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentDesc) && currentDesc != parameterInfo.Description)
protocol.SetParameterDescription(trapsTableColumnPid, parameterInfo.Description);
}
}
}
Note that there was not any way for us to show/hide the columns or setting their width.
Hope this helps 🙂
Thanks Saddam,
Really helpful and well explained.
Will keep this in mind for next time.
Many thanks 🙂
Hi Edith,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I may be mistaken, but I recall from the past that there was a way to have a table where you change columns programmatically (Show/Hide/Change Column Description), which would have a similar behaviour to a matrix. In my mind I have known it as a Dynamic Table but reading the description in the docs it doesn’t seem to match up. The links you sent, it appears that a Dynamic Table is just a basic table that is used everywhere.
Do you happen to know about a table that can be programmatically changed?
Thanks.