Distinct or unique values on reference field / lookup

[Nik Amy]

Hey all

On a form i have created a reference field which points to a custom table and this table has NO UNIQUE key.

So upon clicking the lookup icon, it should display only unique or distinct values like below it should show only 1200 and 1300.

VenID	Name
1200	ABC
1300	XYZ
1200	JKL

I have made use of reference qualifier and wrote a code like

vendorIdList = arrayUtil.unique(vendorIdList);

This is working, but since the table has some thousands of records, its taking very long time to display the unique values.

Any other method to achieve this quickly.

TIA

[bernyalvarado]

Hi Nikh,

You can create your field to be a choice type of field instead of a reference type.

Thanks,

Berny

[bernyalvarado]

By having choice type of field you can then click on the related link advanced view at the Dictionary Entry of the field. Over there you can specify whether the choice list should contain none or not, and most important you can specify the choice table which is going to retrieve the unique list of VenIDs.

Thanks,

Berny

[bernyalvarado]

Keep in mind to be in the advanced view of the dictionary entry of your field, otherwise you will not see the Choice Table option.

Thanks,

Berny

[Nik Amy]

Hey bernyalvarado

but as I said, the values are huge. It has some 10000 records and around 800 unique values.

Thanks

Nikh