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a415
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I have a view that shows:
ID     LAW_ALUMNI     SOM_ALUMNI     NSG_ALUMNI
####1      Y              N              N
####2      N              Y              N
####3      Y              Y              N
####4      N              N              Y
####5      N              Y              Y

N's indicate that the constituent IS NOT an alumni of the school. Y's indicate that the constituent IS an alumni of the school. Many alums have multiple degrees in different schools.

I want to make a drop-down list of Population so that a user can choose "Law Alumni", "SOM Alumni", or "Nsg Alumni".... and if Person A is an alumni of multiple schools, then Person A will show up under the school that is chosen.

Currently, I have:
DEFINE FILE WF_COLLEGE
Population/A20=
IF WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.LAW_ALUMNI = 'Y' THEN 'LAW' ELSE
IF WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.SOM_ALUMNI = 'Y' THEN 'SOM' ELSE 
IF WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.NSG_ALUMNI = 'Y' THEN 'NSG' ELSE 'N';
END
...
...
WHERE WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.Population EQ '&Population.(<Law Alumni,LAW>,<SOM Alumni,SOM>,<Nsg Alumni,NSG>).Select a Population.';
...
...


Doing it this way doesn't work because if someone is a LAW_ALUMNI and SOM_ALUMNI, they'll only populate in LAW_ALUMNI and never in SOM_ALUMNI because of the order of my DEFINE...

The only way I can see this working is having an OR, but not sure how to phrase it correctly. I'm having a serious mental block with it.

Any ideas on how I can get the DEFINE to work correctly so I can keep the drop-down menu? Confused

Thanks all!

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Waz
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Can you do this...

WHERE WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.LAW_ALUMNI EQ 'Y' AND 'LAY EQ '&Population.(,,).Select a Population.'
OR WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.SOM_ALUMNI EQ 'Y' AND 'SOM EQ '&Population'
OR WF_COLLEGE.WF_COLLEGE.NSG_ALUMNI EQ 'Y' AND 'NSG EQ '&Population'


Waz...

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Waz! That was it!! Thanks so much Smiler


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Keep in mind that if you change the parameter to multi select, then all will have to change.


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Waz:
quote:
Keep in mind that if you change the parameter to multi select, then all will have to change.


What is the "all" you are referring to?
Thanks!


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The sample code will only work on a single select list, not a multi select list.


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how can I make similar work for a multiselect?


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