My name is Nadira Fant. We were curious if it were possible to control column visibility through the URL. Our use case is we are using one data table on several pages, but we want to show specific columns for specific pages. Just like how we can control column filters through the URL, we were wondering if it was also possible to show/hide columns within the URL parameters as well
If this is not possible, is there another way? We would prefer not to have multiple tables with the same data
to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there, and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.
You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;
and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.
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If you have coding skills and wish to try to make a custom solution now,
As mentioned, there is no built-in way to have one table which you can manipulate to show a certain number of columns on one Page while hiding others on another Page;
At this time, you can only try a workaround with multiple Tables.
You could have one main "Manual Table" in your SQL Database, for example;
while having several other SQL Query based Tables.
These SQL Tables will call the same data and any editing you do will reflect all of them and the main Table;
but you can set different columns to show in each of them, etc.
Here is a more detailed example if you would try.
So, you can have one main/master Manual table which will store all the data in the database.
Then, you can check this table's MySQL Table name from the Editing tab in the back-end table settings,
and you will be able to make multiple SQL tables that pulls data from the same "master table",
and any editing you do on all these other SQL tables are going to be stored in the same table in the database,
This will be my example table :
Now, to make a new SQL Table from it,
first, check in Editing Tab/MySQL table name for editing:
in my example, the Manual table name is wp_wpdatatable_39,
so i make a new SQL table that will pull data from it;
and we can choose all columns like :
SELECT * FROM Table_Name
or just specific columns;
we can also have completely different settings/filtering/sorting and limitations for front-end users on each table;
and you can make multiple SQL Query tables that pull the same data from the "main table".
SELECT column_name1,
column_name2,
column_name3
FROM table_name
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In this example, if i want to limit to only show the "Company" column, and i will leave wdt_ID ( because we got to have row ID) and userid ( if we want userID for limiting rows per currently logged user ID),
when i hide those columns in the end, the front-end user will only see the "company" column.
SELECT wdt_ID,
userid,
company
FROM wp_wpdatatable_39
Later, you can make another SQL Table that will show some other columns, have other filters and so on ( depending on what you need to achieve)...
Hello
My name is Nadira Fant. We were curious if it were possible to control column visibility through the URL. Our use case is we are using one data table on several pages, but we want to show specific columns for specific pages. Just like how we can control column filters through the URL, we were wondering if it was also possible to show/hide columns within the URL parameters as well
If this is not possible, is there another way? We would prefer not to have multiple tables with the same data
Thanks
Best
Nadira
Hello,
Sorry to disappoint you, but at this time, we don't have any built-in solution to achieve this
You can suggest it to our developers, though - they will do their best to make a solution in the future.
Please feel free to search on our suggestions page,
to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there, and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.
You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;
and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.
-
If you have coding skills and wish to try to make a custom solution now,
you can check out our available hooks for Developers on this documentation and see if you can find any hook that might help.
Please be advised that custom solutions with hooks are not included in our support.
You can also research resources such as Stack Overflow to see if any other user perhaps found a workaround.
( We do like to give examples for certain solutions, but for this use-case, we, unfortunately, don't have anything yet)
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
[email protected]
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Hi Nadira,
My apology, I just forgot to add something.
As mentioned, there is no built-in way to have one table which you can manipulate to show a certain number of columns on one Page while hiding others on another Page;
At this time, you can only try a workaround with multiple Tables.
You could have one main "Manual Table" in your SQL Database, for example;
while having several other SQL Query based Tables.
These SQL Tables will call the same data and any editing you do will reflect all of them and the main Table;
but you can set different columns to show in each of them, etc.
Here is a more detailed example if you would try.
So, you can have one main/master Manual table which will store all the data in the database.
Then, you can check this table's MySQL Table name from the Editing tab in the back-end table settings,
and you will be able to make multiple SQL tables that pulls data from the same "master table",
and any editing you do on all these other SQL tables are going to be stored in the same table in the database,
This will be my example table :
Now, to make a new SQL Table from it,
first, check in Editing Tab/MySQL table name for editing:
in my example, the Manual table name is wp_wpdatatable_39,
so i make a new SQL table that will pull data from it;
and we can choose all columns like :
or just specific columns;
we can also have completely different settings/filtering/sorting and limitations for front-end users on each table;
and you can make multiple SQL Query tables that pull the same data from the "main table".
-
In this example, if i want to limit to only show the "Company" column, and i will leave wdt_ID ( because we got to have row ID) and userid ( if we want userID for limiting rows per currently logged user ID),
when i hide those columns in the end, the front-end user will only see the "company" column.
Later, you can make another SQL Table that will show some other columns, have other filters and so on ( depending on what you need to achieve)...
You can see my Video example here https://watch.screencastify.com/v/jOXrsJ9jaspWG5m3VqZH
Let me know if that makes sense, i hope it can help, and if you have any questions
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
[email protected]
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