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10/15/2018 9:37 AM
 
Perry Pierce


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I am very new to the DNN world am trying to figure out how to add a new field to the user profile.  Within Site Settings/UserProfiles I have selected the Add field and selected AutoComplete.  This was the only option that sounded like it would be a drop down.  The issue is there does not seem to be anywhere to configure the data source for the field.  I also tried the List put got the same results.  How can I create a dropdown with a SQL table as the data source?
 
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10/16/2018 2:39 AM
 
Michael Tobisch


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Perry,

first: welcome to DNN, I hope you have a great time with it.

You can use the "List" type to get a dropdown list.

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10/16/2018 9:01 AM
 
Perry Pierce


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Thanks for your response Michael.  I saw there was an Auto Complete option as well.  Do you have any idea if that would be a SQL based list or is there no way to create a profile field that is database driven?
 
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10/17/2018 1:52 AM
 
Michael Tobisch


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Perry,

Inspecting a profile page with such an element reveals a bit of the secret:

<input name="dnn$ctr$EditUser$Profile$ProfileProperties$Test2$Test2" class="ui-autocomplete-input" id="dnn_ctr_EditUser_Profile_ProfileProperties_Test2_Test2" type="text" maxlength="50" value="" autocomplete="off" data-name="Test2" data-editor="AutoCompleteControl" data-pid="0">

This class is part of the jQuery UI, but I don't see a way to populate the values through the DNN interface. The only possibility seems to be to write some jQuery function and inject it on the profile page (you can use Will Strohl's Content Injection module for that - https://github.com/hismightiness/dnne...). For a documentation of the Autocomplete widget in jQuery UI see https://jqueryui.com/autocomplete/.

Happy DNNing!
Michael

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