FilterZen: Feedback Forum > 2-3 Stage User Profile Property Filter
Sounds reasonable. Use Text Filters for all filters unless you have a different UI need for a specific filter. Ie. the Title filter would be a "hidden" (ie. un-ticked "allow users to enter a filter value" check-box option) Text Filter defaulting to the filter value Manager, possibly using the filter operator "Contains" rather than Equal to capture values such as "Manager Mechanics" (which will require you to enable the CAML Direct Filter Mode for this FilterZen Web Part).
Why are you using a List rather than a User Profiles Web Part such as PeopleZen? How is that List being synced with your user profiles data base?
ROXORITY
Thank you for the reply.
The reason why I am using a list is because the list is a BDC of a SQL Table (View) with multiple "BadgeNo" rows. The link between the two is the badge number. So, there is no sync.
Peter
Can you tell me how to select a custom user profile property in a text filter? I can select the property "Title", but I can't select "Badge". In PeopleZen this is no problem.
Peter
You can use for your filter name *any* name that exists in the connected List, whether you can select it or not. Though if this is a Column in the connected List you should be able to select it. One way or the other, FilterZen doesn't (yet) know about "user profile properties", only your List Columns.
ROXORITY
Then I'll have a problem because the "Department" and the "Title" property isn't a column in the connected List. I want to make a filter using "user profile properties" of the current user.
Peter
OK, got it. That functionality is coming up real soon but in the current FilterZen version, it's not there yet.
ROXORITY
I want to display all the badge number in a list for a managers department.
I have a list with a column "BadgeNo". The custom user profile property "Badge" contains the badge number of every user. All users belong to a department. The user profile property "Department" is used for this. Some users are obviously managers. The user profile property "Title" is used for the manager title e.g. "Manager Mechanics".
The list may only be shown to managers. So, first I need to filter all managers based on the "Title" property. Then the "Department" user profile property of the current (logged in) manager should be sent to a 2nd filter. Finaly, this filter should sent the all the "Badge" user profile properties (of the managers department) to the list.
Is this the way to do it, do I need different approach or is it not possible with FilterZen?
Thank you for your time
Regards,
Peter