Embedded Data Relationship does not allow dropdowns/picklist in Constellation. Picklist inside data object is not working).

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Hi,

Picklist or dropdown inside data object is not working.

I have a requirement where I need to display an editable table. (Pega Platform 8.8.2–constellation based application)

This table will have for example three columns out of which one column needs to be a picklist type

Region Role Email
  • So I created a field of type embedded data called Team, which refers to data object “data-xyz” from app studio.
  • In dev studio I checked it created page list property with page definition as “data-xyz” (IMG.1 in the below screen shot)
  • In this table the email address will be a dropdown and the data will be maintained in Pega, source will be same data table of the same object i.e “data-xyz”
  • So I created a field fro​m app studio called EmailList inside data object “data-xyz” as pick list which sourced using data page of the same object. (IMG.2 in the below screen shot)
  • In dev studio I checked a property is created as text with UI control as pxDropdown as in the image.
  • NOW in the view when I add the embedded data field Team and inside which I add field EmailList , it allow me to save but at run time, no data is displayed in the dropdown.(IMG.3 in the below screen shot)

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@RenukaD9

  1. The IMG1 is how the example data model XYZ looks like. The Email field stores various emails used as source for EmailList.

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  1. The IMG2 shows the EmailList property which is a picklist sourced from the data page of the same data object i.e. XYZ.

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  1. The IMG3 shows the Team property which is an embedded data type of the data definition of XYZ and it is a page list.

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  1. The IMG4 shows view that is created. In the fields, the Team embedded property is added which creates an editable table view.

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  1. The IMG5 shows the configuration of the editable table view where the add/edit records is using the Table Rows and the required columns are added. The EmailList column is added here which is a picklist.

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  1. The IMG6 is the runtime image of the view which shows the EmailList column showing the list of emails to pick from.

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All these configurations are done in the Infinity 24.1.1 version. You can try this same in your version.

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@rajk1 Thank you for the reply.

When I had the above requirement I was in Pega 8.4 and now I am in Infinity so the way you explained is now working in Infinity 23.

Thanks again!