How to Display a Text Column as a Dropdown with Predefined Values in REI3 UI

Hemanth_L

Hi all,

I’m using the REI3 application and have created a custom module within it. I’ve also created separate tables in the schema. Currently, I’m storing data directly into the database tables via the API, and then loading those columns directly in the frontend.

I have a Gender column with data type Text. When the data is displayed in the UI, it shows correctly. However, when the user edits the record, I want this field to appear as a dropdown with predefined values (instead of allowing free-text input).

How can this be implemented when the data is coming directly from the API to the UI, but on edit it should be restricted to a dropdown with specific values?

gabriel

Dropdowns in r3 exists to select values from other relations, eg. they are relationship inputs.

This means that if you do not use relationships - because everything is text - that you cannot have dropdowns in r3. To address this, you´d need to change your relation structures and use relationship attributes.

You´d also have to change your API calls to work with and update relationships instead of just updating text values. I am sorry, but r3 thinks in relationships - there really is no way around it, if you want to use the r3 frontend.