AutoComplete for Mendix App - Error when trying to search within a calculated attribute

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Hello everyone, I’m using the AutoComplete for Mendix App in my Project to make input suggestions to the user when he is entering his information.  The source/attribute I want to search in to make the suggestions is a calculated attribute filled by a microflow (String). This is not working for me at the moment, I get the error in the screenshot. However, the App is working fine when using a stored attribute. I’m searching via XPath in the autoComplete App.  Is there a way to solve this?    Best regards    Jan 
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The error states that it's looking for an assocation named NameSurname, but it can't find it (because it's actually an attribute I assume)

However, the issue probably is that you can't use a Calculated Attribute for this, since these attributes aren't saved in the database, and thus can't be used with XPath.

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Dear Jan,

The widget can use search XPath query on calculated attribute, as the attribuet is not storred in the DB. However i noticed the widget also support search type Microflow, you could give this a try, as the calculated values will done server side and send to the server!

https://github.com/AuraQ/AutoCompleteForMendix/blob/master/src/AutoCompleteForMendix/widget/AutoCompleteForMendix.js#L679

 

Cheers, Andries 

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Thank you for your answers, and Paul, thanks for the hint! I was already suspecting this. 

I did a workaround, using a microflow to fill the contents of a data view whilst also copying the values into a stored attribute which allowed me to use the autocomplete widget with XPath again. 

Thanks for your suggestion Andries. I will have a look into it for future use. 

Cheers, Jan 

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