Need a way to show one field in AC options, but set value to another…

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- June 23, 2017 at 21:01 #16959
  Celeste Garcia
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  Enhancement request!
  
  Add option to save one value in an AC field, but show another in the drop-down list.
  
  Right now I have showField set to a calculated field (full street including prefix and street type), but need to save only part of it to the AC field (street name only). This is so I can set enforceUniqueValues to true and still show all prefix/name/type combinations. But setting showField to the calculated field creates duplicated values in the new calculated string.
  
  Tried using setFields setting to force a different value on the AC field, but it won’t accept.
  
  Hopefully this makes sense! Thank you!
- June 24, 2017 at 20:22 #16967
  Alexander Bautz
  Keymaster
  Hi,
  I’m about to release the new production release of DFFS and plugins and this is supported in the latest version of SPJS-AC. You can have one “showField” and multiple “optionDetailFields” to show in the dropdown. Keep an eye out for it on Monday.
  
  Best regards,
  Alexander
- June 27, 2017 at 23:11 #17025
  Celeste Garcia
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  I have updated to the newest version of DFFS – thank you! However, what I need is to have one “showField” value, but save another field’s value into the “applyTo” field itself…
- June 28, 2017 at 23:12 #17055
  Alexander Bautz
  Keymaster
  Ah, I see. Unfortunately this isn’t supported as it is the actual value in this field thats used when searching for matches. Could I suggest that you set up a new field for the AC used for the actual search, and then set the “primary” field using the “setFields” array?
  
  Alexander
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